About Jeremy J. Swist

Jeremy J. Swist is a lecturer in the Department of Classical Studies at Brandeis University, having previously taught at Miami University, Xavier University, and the University of Texas at San Antonio. He earned his BA in History and Latin from the University of Maine, and his MA and PhD in Classics from the University of Iowa. He publishes on imperial Greek and Roman historiography and rhetoric, the emperor Julian, and classical reception in heavy metal music. He lives in his hometown of Boston with his four, fluffy, feline research assistants.