CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Pamela Vaughn, Ph.D.

Professor of Classics

San Francisco State University

1600 Holloway Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94132

(415) 338-3153

 

EDUCATION

 

St. Olaf College: B.A. (Classics) 1971

University of California, Berkeley: M.A. (Latin) 1983

University of California, Berkeley: Ph.D. (Classics) 1988

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

1983-1987:                  Graduate Student Instructor, University of

                                    California, Berkeley: Director of Latin Workshop (1986)

1988-1993:                  California State University, Fresno Department of Foreign

                                    Languages and Literatures, Classics Program (1988-1993)

1993-2006:                  San Francisco State University

                                    Department of Classics, 1993-2006

(1997-2006 as Department Chair for Classics and Comparative & World Literature)

 

2006-2010:                  Associate Dean for Faculty Development

                                    Director, Center for Teaching & Faculty Development

 

2010-present:              Professor, Department of Classics

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

1971:   Phi Beta Kappa

1992:   NEH Summer Study Grant (Examination and Analysis of the Religious

Texts, Legends and Mythic Cultures of the Aztec, Buddhist and Hindu)

2001:   Recipient, American Philological Association 2001 Award for

Excellence in the Teaching of Classics

2003:   Bautzer Faculty Development Award, California State University

2005:   Sabbatical:  Research on the Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum, (proceedings of ecumenical councils in the Early Church), Oxford University

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES

 

As Associate Dean:

 

            Campus Coordinator and Principal Investigator for EnACT~PTD, a Department of Education partnership with Sonoma State University (2008-2011) and oversight of Research Faculty associated with the grant at SF State

 

            Campus Coordinator for FIPSE grant (Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education) to develop five case stories around a central theme of student engagement, to be disseminated through the MERLOT/ELIXR web site

 

            Developed The Bridge Initiative, SF States campus accelerator plan for submission to the ACE/Sloan Foundation competition for funding to support faculty career flexibility (2007)

 

Campus Coordinator and Principal Investigator for Access by Design (AxD), a National Science Foundation grant partnership with Sonoma State University and Cal Poly Pomona (2007-2009); primary responsibility to introduce STEM faculty to issues of accessibility and the principles of Universal Design for Learning, and to engage a faculty learning community around these issues

 

            Member, Advisory Committee for Calculus in the New Millennium, SF States project supported by the CSU Transforming Course Design initiative (2007-present)

 

Member, CSU Awards Review Committee for Transforming Course Design Initiative (2007)

 

Campus Coordinator and Principal Investigator for EnACT, a Department of Education grant partnership with Sonoma State University (2006-present); offered workshops on Universal Design for Learning and established faculty learning communities focused on issues of accessibility and application of Universal Design for Learning

 

Campus Coordinator for development of three digital case stories for the MERLOT/ELIXR faculty development web site (working with faculty in the colleges of Business, Humanities, and Science & Engineering) (2008)

 

Member, Steering Committee for CSU FIPSE grant (Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, Department of Education) for the MERLOT/ELIXR project: Faculty Development Centers and Online Repositories Collaborating to Share Exemplary Teaching Practices (2006-present)

 

Member, Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (2006-present)

 

Member, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2006-present)

 

As Classics Professor:

 

Advisor to Latin teaching credential students; to Classics and Comparative Literature majors and minors; to Classics and Comparative Literature graduate students, San Francisco State University (1993-2006)

 

Advisor, Classics Student Association, San Francisco State University (1993-2005)

 

Subject Matter Preparation Coordinator, Latin (1994-2006), reviewing all subject matter preparation for candidates for K-12 credentials in Latin (currently the only Latin subject matter program in the State of California)

 

National Associate Editor, American Classical League Newsletter (1994-2005)

 

Chair of Host Committee, Philological Association of the Pacific Coast (now Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association), Annual Conference, San Francisco State University (1994)

 

Chair (1995-1998), All University Teacher Education Committee, San Francisco State University

 

Coordinator, annual Student Forum on the Ancient World, San Francisco State University (1996-2005)

 

Faculty Co-Chair, Faculty and Staff Retreat (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000), San Francisco State University; member of planning committee for 1998 and 2001 retreats

 

President, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, 1996-97; editor (1997) of PAMLA journal, Pacific Coast Philology

 

American Philological Association: Member, Committee on the Classics in American Education (1996-2000)

 

Chair, Departments of Classics and Comparative & World Literature, San Francisco State University (1997-2006)

 

Graduate Coordinator for (1) Classics and (2) Comparative Literature (1997-2004)

 

Co-Coordinator, Passport to the Ancient World; department-sponsored event for Bay Area high school Latin students, San Francisco State University (April 1997)

 

Chair, Task Force on Integrated Teacher Preparation (1997-98), to prepare set of recommendations for Vice President for Academic Affairs, San Francisco State University

 

Member, Cornerstones Committee (CSU Systemwide Strategic Planning), San Francisco State University (1997)

 

Member, Phi Beta Kappa Committee on Members in Course (San Francisco State University Chapter, 1997-2002)

 

Member, Search Committee for Dean of Undergraduate Studies, San Francisco State University (1997)

 

Chair of Host Committee, American Classical League 1998 Institute and Workshops, San Francisco State University (Summer 1998)

 

President, California Classical Association – Northern Section (1998-2000); Vice President (1996-1998)

 

American Philological Association: chair, Committee on the Status of Women and Minority Groups (1998); member of committee 1995-98.

 

Participant, The Wharton School Program on Managing Higher Education (University of Pennsylvania, April 1999)

 

Member, Academic Senate, San Francisco State University (1998-present) and Senate Executive Committee (1998-present); Vice Chair 1999-2000

 

Chair, Academic Senate, San Francisco State University (2000-2002)

 

Member, Search Committee for Dean of Humanities (2000-2002)

 

Member, Search Committee for Vice President for Physical Planning and Development (2001)

 

Member, Hiring Committee, Museum Studies tenure-track hire (2001)

 

Advisor, Comparative Literature Students Association (2001-02)

 

Chair, Search Committee for Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (2002-03)

 

Member, Presidents Task Force on Inter-Group Relations (2002)

 

Member, Commission on University Strategic Planning and steering committee (2002-2005)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

 

Ritual and Representation in Caesars Bellum Gallicum, November 1988 annual meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, Portland, Oregon (juried)

 

Hannibals Changing Image, June 1990 annual meeting of the American Classical League, CSU Northridge (juried)

 

The Legend of Dido and the Consequences of Love, interdisciplinary symposium (Classics-Humanities-Music), CSU Fresno, February 1990 (Vaughn co-organizer, with director of CSU Fresno Opera Workshop)

 

Enemies: The Roman View, invited paper at University of Oregon (history and classics departments), March 1991

 

The Effects of Pollution on Ancient Architecture, invited paper presented to the Fresno Ecology Society, April 1991

 

Video: Latin via Television, an overview of CSU-Fresno interactive televised instructional programs and the success of televised Latin instruction to regional high schools, presented to joint meeting of the California Classical Association and California Humanities Association, April 1991, San Francisco (by special invitation)

 

Invited speaker, Eastern Washington University, November 1991: presentation on formation and development of the small interdisciplinary classics program (for faculty, deans and other administrators of EWU)

 

Frontinus Stratagemata and Military Training, August 1991 annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, Kona, Hawaii (juried panel)

 

Identification and Retrieval of the Hoplite Battle Dead, in Hoplites: The Classical Greek Battle Experience, Hanson, ed. (Routledge 1991)

 

Doubly Marginal: Women in Herodotus, presented at the 1992 annual meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, San Diego, California (juried panel)

 

Ciceros Pro Caelio: Ancient Voices, Modern Echoes, presented at the June 1993 annual meeting of the American Classical League, Boulder, Colorado (juried panel)

 

Teaching Strategies for Effective Instructional Television, Fall 1993 College Teaching and Learning Exchange, San Jose; workshop co-presenter and joint panelist (juried panel)

 

The Classicist as Mediator, editorial for the American Classical League national Newsletter, vol. 17, no. 1, Fall 1994

 

Refractions and Reverberations of Classical Myth, 1994 Inclusive Curriculum Conference, Vancouver, B.C. (by special invitation)

 

Walking Among the Ghosts of Ancient Ostia, slide lecture presented to the Humanities Club, San Francisco State University (February 1995) (by special invitation)

 

Survival Skills for the New Millennium, paper presented to the Graduate Group on Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, UC Berkeley (March 1995) (by special invitation)

 

Mysterious Imports, workshop on ancient mystery religions for the California Junior Classical League, April 1995 (part of department outreach program)

 

Rumpole Solves a Classical Mystery, article for American Classical League national Newsletter, Fall 1995

 

Women in Antiquity: The Herodotean View, Magazine 13.2, 67-76 (San Francisco State University, Fall 1995) (juried)

 

The Herodotean World of The English Patient, annual conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Ancient-Modern Relations panel, November 1995 (juried panel)

 

Spectacle and Spectator in Ciceros Pro Caelio, Huntington Library, April 1995 (California Classical Association, Southern Section, by special invitation)

 

In Flight, radio interview on interpretation and relevance of classical myth and epic; Human Rights Office, Queens University (Ontario, Canada), Spring 1996 (by special invitation of Irne Bujara, Director, Human Rights Office)

 

Cicero and the Politics of Ancient Rome, Berkeley High School (October 1996) (part of department outreach program)

 

Workshop on MA Programs and Graduate Education in Classics, conducted for the American Philological Association (December 1996 annual conference, juried panel)

 

Beyond Rome: Frontier Responses to Romanization, juried panel sponsored by American Classical League for December 1996 annual conference of the American Philological Association, New York (organizer and moderator)

 

The Mythology of Ancient Rome, Cathedral School for Boys (January 1997; part of department outreach program)

 

Monuments of the Roman Empire, University High School (April 1997; part of department outreach program)

 

Cicero Responds to Lucretius?  A Consideration of De Re Publica, Roman Politics and Philosophy, public lecture (Greco-Roman Cultural Society, Santa Rosa, April 4, 1997; by special invitation)

 

Slaying the Bull: Mithras and the Romans, workshop for the California Junior Classical League (The Menlo School, March 1998; part of department outreach program)

 

Coins Speak Volumes, public lecture as part of Coins and Cantos: An Appreciation of Henry Clay Lindgren, San Francisco State University, March 18, 1998 (by special invitation)

 

Stories in Stone: Mythology and Art, public lecture presented to the Friends of the Center for Modern Greek Studies, San Francisco State University, May 13, 1998 (by special invitation)

 

Getting News in the Time of Cicero, lecture presented to Dr. E. Smiths History of Journalism class, Fall 1998 (by special invitation)

 

Cicero and Mario: The Scholar As Activist, Pacific Coast Philology (1998; juried)

 

Latin consultant, Kern Corporation, for C. Cuse Productions; translation (from English), Latin text and tape recording of Latin ritual provided for episode of Nash Bridges, airing February 12, 1999.

 

Cicero, Rome and the Practice of Law, lecture presented to Dr. L. Elliss seminar on Roman Law, September 15, 1999 (by special invitation)

 

Finis Rei Publicae: Eyewitnesses to the End of the Roman Republic, a Latin reader with commentary and grammar review, with R.C. Knapp, University of California, Berkeley (Focus Classical Texts, 1999)

 

Homage to Horace, Magazine 17.2, 152-3 and 228-30 (Fall 1999, San Francisco State University) (juried)

 

Welcome to the Scriptorium, workshop on manuscripts for the California Junior Classical League, April 2000, Bellarmine Academy, San Jose, California (part of department outreach program)

 

Review: R. LaFleur, Latin for the 21st Century (with John Klopacz), Laetaberis n.s. XIII, 37-42 (1998-2000) (juried)

 

The Hero: Societys Blessing or Curse? public lecture presented to Oakmont Sunday Symposium, April 16, 2000, Santa Rosa, California (by special invitation)

 

Smashing Our Heads on the Glass Ceiling: Classics, Feminists, and Administration, Feminism and Classics 3, The Next Generation (May 18-21, 2000, University of Southern California; juried panel)

 

Ovid, the Poet of Change and Exile, presentation at the literature symposium of Humanities West, Rome in the Year One program (January 30, 2001) (by special invitation)

 

Hope, a commentary on the story of Pandora; radio interview for Loose Leaf Book Company (syndicated national program airing January 29-February 2, 2001) (by special invitation)

 

The Ancient Cities and Civilizations of Greece and Rome, slides, lecture and question/answer session, The Harker School, San Jose, California; 6th grade social science classes, February 16, 2001 (part of department outreach program)

 

The Ancient Hero in Film, public lecture and multimedia presentation at 9th annual Classics Students Association lecture series on the ancient world, March 15, 2001 (by special invitation)

 

Memento Mori, (translation and interpretation of Horace, Odes 4.7) Magazine 19, 179-182 (San Francisco State University, Spring 2001) (juried)

 

Finis Rei Publicae: Eyewitnesses to the End of the Roman Republic (revised 2nd edition, with new workbook; Focus Publishing 2003), with Robert Knapp (UC Berkeley)

 

The Ancient Hero in Film, Redux, public lecture for the Ancient Hellenic Arts Council, San Francisco Fine Arts Museums – Palace of the Legion of Honor, September 30, 2006

 

            Faculty Roles and Responsibilities, panel presentation at University of California, Berkeley, Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty (June 6, 2007)

 

            Faculty Roles and Responsibilities, panel presentation at University of California, Berkeley, Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty (June 11, 2008)

 

            The Accessibility Connection: Universal Design for Learning, with Amy Love, presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Edmonton, Canada (October 16, 2008)

 

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

 

Translation of Horace, Epodes, with interpretive essays

 

Translation and commentary of the proceedings (Acta) of two ecclesiastical synods (Constantinople and Jerusalem), part of the fruits of 2005 sabbatical research

 

 

 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORK

 

Member, Ancient Art Council advisory board, Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (2007-present)

 

            Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco Campus Christian Centers (The Ecumenical House, serving San Francisco State University), 2007-present; President of Board 2009-present