Faculty & Staff
Daniel S. Holmes 
Assistant Professor of Classical Languages
Daniel Holmes has taught at Sewanee since 2008. He received his B.A. from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. At Sewanee he has taught Ancient Greek at all levels, Greek literature in translation, mythology, and ancient drama, and also has taught in the interdisciplinary Humanities program. His scholarly interests focus on the intersection of philosophy and literature in Greece of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., especially in Greek drama, the Sophists, and Plato. Dr. Holmes taught previously at Loyola College in Maryland and the University of Miami. A native of Australia, he is glad to call Sewanee his adopted home, where he lives with his wife, fellow Classical Languages professor Stephanie McCarter.
Donald C. Huber
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Director of the Humanities Program
Don Huber joined the University of the South Department of Classical Languages in 1996. Before moving to Sewanee, he taught for six years in the Department of Classics at Vanderbilt University. He received his M.A. from Brown University and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt. In addition to teaching Greek and Latin, Dr. Huber is the director of the interdisciplinary Humanities program, in which he teaches in the Ancient and Medieval sections. His scholarly interests range from Epic and Lyric Poetry to numismatics and comparative mythology. Dr. Huber’s wife, Sukey, who has also taught Greek at the University, currently works as a development officer for Sewanee. Don and Sukey are the parents of daughter Georgette.
Stephanie A. McCarter
Assistant Professor of Classical Languages
Stephanie McCarter received her B.A. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. She teaches courses in Latin language and literature, literature in translation, women and gender in Classical Antiquity, and mythology, as well as teaching in the interdisciplinary Humanities program. Her research focuses on Latin poetry, especially its philosophical and ethical perspectives, and she is currently working on several projects involving the poets Horace, Vergil, and Statius. Before coming to Sewanee she taught at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. A Tennessee native, she came to Sewanee in 2008 along with her husband, fellow Classical Languages professor Daniel Holmes.
Christopher M. McDonough
Associate Professor and Chair of Classical Languages
Chris McDonough received his B.A. from Tufts University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches a wide range of courses at Sewanee, including Latin language and literature, mythology, literature in translation, and Classics in Cinema. He has directed and is currently teaching in Sewanee's interdisciplinary Humanities program. An expert on Roman religion, Dr. McDonough has authored over a dozen scholarly articles and co-authored an annotated translation of Servius' Commentary on Aeneid VI. He previously taught at Boston College, Princeton University, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He came to Sewanee in 2002 together with his wife, Kelly Malone, an Associate Professor of English, and their two boys, Joseph and Daniel.
