Steven L. Tuck
American Classical scholar
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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]
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
Tuck has received the Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Archaeological Institute of America for 2014.[13]
Archaeological tours
Dr. Tuck leads educational journeys for Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural trips
- Steve Tuck's tour page Steve Tuck