fREEMAN—CV

EDUCATION :

Harvard University (Ph.D.)

ACADEMIC POSITIONS :

Luther College, Orlando W. Qualley Chair of Classical Languages (2007—present)

Luther College, Associate Professor of Classics (2004—present)

Harvard Divinity School, Visiting Scholar (2004—2005)

Washington University, Assistant Professor of Classics (1997—2004)

Boston University, National Endowment for the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow (1994—1997)

BOOKS AND EDITED JOURNALS :

The Letters of St. Patrick and Early Patrician Literature (forthcoming from the Library of Early Christianity series, Catholic University of America Press)

Alexander the Great (forthcoming from Simon & Schuster)

Julius Caesar (Simon & Schuster, 2008)

The Philosopher and the Druids: A Journey Among the Ancient Celts (Simon & Schuster, 2006)

St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography (Simon & Schuster, 2004)

War, Women, and Druids: Eyewitness Reports and Early Accounts of the Ancient Celts (University of Texas Press, 2002)

The Galatian Language (Mellen Press, 2001)

Ireland and the Classical World   (University of Texas Press, 2001)

Editor , Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 11 (1991)

HONORS AND AWARDS :

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2005)

Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies Summer Research Fellowship (2002)

Washington University Arts and Sciences Council Teaching Award (2002)

Friends of Princeton University Library Visiting Fellowship (1999)

Kemper Faculty Grant to Improve Learning (1998)

Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellowship (1998)

American Philosophical Society Research Grant (1997)

Harvard University Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (1991, 1992, 1993)

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES :

Modern Irish study—Oideas Gael, County Donegal, Ireland (2000, 2001)

Visiting Scholar—American Academy in Rome (1998)

Summer School at the American School of Classical Studies—Athens, Greece (1985)

MEDIA ACTIVITIES :

Twin Cities Public Television Almanac (2008)

WABC New York John Batchelor Show (2005, 2006)

Public Radio International To the Best of our Knowledge (2004)

WBUR Boston On Point (2004)

WGN Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg (2004)

Northeast Public Radio The Bookshow (2004)

Consultant/Guest Commentator, Hallmark Channel & Lightworks Productions Patrick (2004)

SERVICE ACTIVITIES :

Department Head, Luther College Classics Department (2005—present)

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Washington University Classics Department (2000—2004)

Executive Committee, American Conference for Irish Studies (2001—2003)

Chair, Donald Murphy Prize for a Distinguished First Book in Irish Studies (2001—2003)

American Philological Association Committee for the Classical Tradition (1999—2002)

Robert S. Brookings Residential College Faculty Fellow (1999—2004)