Ted Higgs teaches the intermediate and accelerated Latin courses, Greek and Roman mythology, the Greek and Latin masterpieces class, the summer Latin reading course, and special topics courses.  He is the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Classics Division, the instructor of record for the medical terminology course, and faculty adviser for Eta Sigma Phi, the Classics honor society, and Shale, the UK undergraduate creative writing journal.  He has published numerous translations of Greek and Italian poetry, as well as poetry of his own, and serves on the editorial staff of The Heartland Review.  He is currently working on a translation of Gasparo Contarini’s De Republica Venetorum.

Special Fields

Italian Humanists, Modern Greek, Italian

Education:

• Boston University, CAGS, Human Services, 1984
• University of Okahoma, MA, Latin, 1976
• University of Oklahoma, MA, English Literature, 1976
• University of Oklahoma, MA, Human Relations, 1976
• Austin Peay State University, BA, History, 1973
• US Army Command and General Staff College, 1982
• Defense Language Institute, Modern Greek, 1968; Italian, 1980

Previous Positions:

• Instructor, Latin, University of Kentucky, 2003-
• Adjunct Instructor, Latin and English, Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, 2001-2003
• Lecturer, English and Italian Studies, University of Maryland, European Division, 1990-1997
• Assistant Professor, English and Philosophy, United States Military Academy, 1976-1980; 1983-1986
• Lieutenant Colonel, US Army (Active Service, 1967-1991)