Ryan Tribble is a graduate student at the University of Iowa in the Department of Classics nominated by the Graduate College for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) Excellence in Teaching Award. He is finishing his dissertation on an ecocritical interpretation of Horace's first book of Epistles. Ryan holds a B.A. in Ancient Languages and English Literature from Asbury University, and a M.A. in Classics from the University of Iowa.