In addition to directing South Carolina’s most comprehensive Classics Department, Dr. Tim Johnson is a recognized scholar-teacher in the area of Classical lyric poetry. Among his publications are two books on the Roman lyricist Horace, the first of which was named by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title (2005). Professor Johnson has also edited a special collection on Homer for Classical World and served as editor for Religious Studies Review, seeing into print nearly 1,000 book reviews. He has been a member of the editorial board for the Classical Journal and is currently on the board of Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Tim teaches a wide variety of courses, including the Greek and Latin languages and Classical Culture with a special focus on the relationship between literature and politics. Among his other activities, he has studied at the American Academy and Vatican libraries, and frequently led study-abroad programs in Rome and southern Italy.  He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois and taught at Baylor and the University of Florida before coming to Charleston in 2011.