Steven L. Tuck is a professor of classics, who is currently head of classics at Miami University. He teaches many classics courses at Miami University, especially those relating to the arts.[1] He received a Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from University of Michigan in 1997,[2][3] and he is the author of the textbook A History of Roman Art.[4]

Steven L. Tuck
Steven L Tuck at an archeological site
Professor Tuck at an archeological site near Rome, Italy
EducationPh.D., University of Michigan
OccupationClassics scholar
EmployerMiami University

In addition to his teaching, he has lectured the general public at Classics at the University of Colorado Boulder,[5] Yale University,[6] the University of Puget Sound,[7] Baylor University[8] and for the Getty Villa.[9] He has also appeared in the media discussing classics, including in a 2019 feature for Atlas Obscura on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. and its impact on refugees and migration in the ancient world.[10] For the Vergilian Society, he managed the Villa Vergiliana in Cumae, and organized educational programs there.[11][12]

Awards and recognitions

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Tuck has received the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Archaeological Institute of America for 2014.[13]

Archaeological tours

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Dr. Tuck leads educational journeys for Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural trips

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. Steven L. Tuck - Miami University". miamioh.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  2. ^ "Dr. Steven L. Tuck - Miami University". miamioh.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. ^ "Dr. Steven L. Tuck's Website". www.users.miamioh.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  4. ^ [1]http://www.caareviews.org/reviews/3554
  5. ^ "Decorating for Death - Dr. Steven Tuck - Jan 23". Classics. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  6. ^ Steven Tuck - Summing It All Up: Lessons from Ancient Cities for the Modern City Designer/Dweller, retrieved 2019-08-21
  7. ^ "Events Calendar  ·  University of Puget Sound". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  8. ^ "Visiting Scholar Lecture: Dr. Steven Tuck on "Decorating Spectacles: Sculptural Programs in Roman Amphitheaters"". Department of Art and Art History | Baylor University. 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  9. ^ "Bacchus Uncorked: Villas and Vineyards | Getty360 Calendar". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  10. ^ Al-Samarrai, Noor (2019-02-27). "Where Did All the Refugees From Vesuvius End Up?". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  11. ^ "Call for Papers: Dido in and after Vergil". Vergilius. 62: 174. 2016. JSTOR 90001714.
  12. ^ Wonder, John; Tuck, Steven L.; Koloski-Ostrow, Ann O.; Ostrow, Steven (2008). "Classical Summer School Tours". Vergilius. 54: 242–60. JSTOR 41587389.
  13. ^ "Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award". Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 2019-08-20.