Department of Classics

Anthony Smith is a PhD candidate in the Classics Department and serves as a Beginning Latin instructor. He received his MA in Classics from the University of Florida and his BA in Classics from Boston College. His research interests center on Vergilian and Ovidian metapoetics, pedagogy, and ancient influences on modern multimedia science fiction and fantasy (with a focus on katabasis and the underworld). His current dissertation has the working title “Looking Forward, Looking Back: Katabasis on Contemporary Stages.” He was the recipient of the UF Graduate Student Teaching Award for the 2021/2022 academic year. He is the instructor of the Honors course OCRA (One Credit to Rule Them All) and (un)Common Reads/Arts courses on Homer’s Odyssey, Ovid’s love poetry, and the character Hercules. He also serves as a Preview Graduate Assistant with UF Preview Orientation and as an instructor in the First Year Florida program.