These students have been awarded a William C. Devaux grant to assist travel to present papers at conferences or to assist with research. Sam Baroody (M.A.) presented "The Bacchus Temple at Baalbek: Defining Temple Function and the Language of Syncretism" at the "Sapiens Ubique Civis 2013" conference at the University of Szeged, in Sezeged, Hungary, at CUNY in New York City, and at the University of Florida Graduate Classics Conference. Caitlin Clerkin (M.A.) presented "Representing Alexander in Ptolemaic Dynastic Cult" at SECAC 2012 in the "Imaginary Portraiture" session. Silvio Curtis (M.A.) research at the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics, Summer 2014. Melissa Greer (A.B.) presented “Friendship in the Pro Caelio” at the Univ. of Tennessee’s 3rd Undergraduate Conference, Spring 2014. Marcus Hines (M.A.) presented at "Orality and Literacy in the Ancient World XI: Voice and Voices" Conference at Emory University, Fall 2014. Nick Mantia (M.A.) presented “Weaving Yourself Into a Corner: The Use of Ekphrasis and Discourse in Catullus 64” at Fordham University’s Inequality colloquium. Nick Mantia (M.A.) presented "Zeus the Father of Gods and Typhon the Father of Monsters: Conceptions of Evil in Hesiod's Theogony" at the CAMWS-SS meeting, Fall 2014. Ben Nikota (M.A.) presented at the University of Florida Graduate Classics Conference. Elizabeth Penland (A.B.) presented “Hadrian's Pantheon and Cultural Unification” at the UNC 2nd Undergraduate Classics Conference, Spring 2013. Amy Skillicorn (M.A.) presented "Financial Systems in Fourth Century Greek Temples" at the APA conference in Seattle, WA. Ryan Slauer (A.B) presented “The Lines are Drawn: Christian Apologies in Late Antiquity” at the UNC 2nd Undergraduate Classics Conference. Allen Snider (M.A.) presented “Urbanitas and Romanitas in Plautine Comedy” at the “Rebuilding the City” graduate conference in Austin, TX. Jon Warner (M.A.) presented “Vegetius’ Regulae and Maurice’s Strategikon” at the "New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies“ and “Battle Narrative in Ammianus’ Account of Adrianople” at the Conference on Violence in the Ancient and Medieval World in Lisbon, Portugal. Joe Watkins (A.B.) presented “Herodotean Geography in Caesar's Bellum Gallicum” at the UNC 2nd Undergraduate Classics Conference and at the University of Tennessee’s 3rd Undergraduate Conference, Spring 2014.
