Classics

Doug studied Religion at Columbia University School of General Studies, where he graduated summa cum laude. His thesis explored ways of understanding the character Karna, an ambivalent figure in the Mahabharata. After working at the Earth Institute at Columbia, Doug attended CUNY’s Summer Latin Institute and then pursued post-baccalaureate studies in Latin and Greek at CUNY-Hunter College. While at Hunter, Doug presented a paper on satirical features in Seneca’s Thyestes at the Sunoikisis Undergraduate Research Symposium at the Center for Hellenic Studies.

Doug’s interests currently include Lucretius and Apuleius and their attitudes toward religion.