Dr. Jamie Chapman, director of Westminster College’s All-College Honors Program, participated in a Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) workshop, “Ancient Medicine, Science and Magic,” at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., in July.

Chapman was one of 19 faculty members selected from a national pool of applicants to participate in the seminar sponsored by CIC and Harvard University. In the five-day intensive course, participating faculty were presented with new ideas, materials and methods of teaching Classics.

During the seminar—led by Mark Schiefsky, the center’s director and the C. Lois P. Grove Professor of the Classics at Harvard University—participants explored ancient Greek science, medicine and magic from a broad perspective that can be used to design a wide range of instructional materials.

Chapman, who also serves as associate professor of sociology at Westminster, plans to use the experience to inform the honors program course she teaches, Ancient Greek Justice.  

Chapman joined the Westminster faculty in 2014. She earned her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and her doctorate from the University of Akron.

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