Mark Fullerton, professor in the Department of Classics and Department of History of Art, has been named as chair of the Department of Classics for a four-year term, effective July 1, 2023.

Fullerton’s areas of expertise include Classical art and archaeology, style and signification in Greek and Roman Sculpture and the methods by which historians study and write about Classical art.  His published works include “Roman Art and Archaeology,” “Greek Sculpture,” “Greek Art,” “Ancient Art and its Historiography” and “The Archaistic Style in Roman Statuary.”

"As a Classical archaeologist with faculty appointments in two departments, my teaching and research are strongly interdisciplinary," says Fullerton. "In my new role as chair of Classics, a primary goal is to add my own focus on interdisciplinarity to a faculty whose interests already range across and beyond the arts and sciences. By identifying, exploring, and employing these shared interests and values, I hope to help make Classics’ interactions with cognate disciplines, both the obvious and the not-so-obvious, even broader and stronger."

Fullterton says he hopes to continue the exciting work that the department is already doing. "The most exciting recent development in the department is the addition of five new faculty over the past two years. As interim chair this past year, I have very much enjoyed helping them integrate their interests and strengths in research and teaching with those of the stellar group of scholars with whom I already have had the pleasure of working. The field is evolving in exciting ways, and I am delighted to be part of this new era in Classics."

Fullerton received his AB in classics from Bowdoin College in 1975 and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Classical and Near Eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College in 1977 and 1982, respectively. He previously served as chair of the Department of History of Art from 1995-2006. Fullerton is also a member of and regular presenter at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.