Faculty Profile

Prof. Michael Kumpf, Ph.D.

Professor of Classics



Michael.Kumpf@valpo.edu


Biography

On sabbatical Fall 2011
EDUCATION
Ph.D. -- The Ohio State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS: ANCIENT GREEK WRESTLING
Professor Kumpf continues to work on a book on ancient Greek wrestling; tentative title: No Dust on the Shoulders: A Study of Ancient Greek Wrestling and Its Influence.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Book review of Johann Heinrich Alsted, 1558-1638: Between Renaissance, Reformation and Universal Reform by Howard Hotson (Oxford, 2000) was published in the spring 2003 issue of Neo-Latin News.

Four Indices of the Homeric Hapax Legomena together with Statistical Data (Alpha-Omega Series) Georg Olms Verlag (Hildesheim, Germany), 1984