Carolyn Dewald

Professor of History
Director of the Classical Studies Program

B.A., Swarthmore 1968; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1975. Taught at Stanford (1975-7), USC (1977-2003) and at Vassar as Blegen Distingiushed Professor (2001–02). NEH Fellow 1984–85, Phi Beta Kappa National Lecturer 2002–03. Author of numerous articles on Herodotus, Thucydides and Greek historiography, as well as the introduction and commentary to the Oxford edition of Herodotus (tr. Robin Wakefield, 1998). Co-editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Herodotus and author of a forthcoming study of narrative organization in the history of Thucydides.