Titles/Honors

Instructor, Clemson University, 1973-1975
 

Assistant, Associate Professor, Professor, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1975-present
 

Chair, Department of History, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1992-1998
 

Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 2015
 

Associate Editor, Ancient History Bulletin, 2010-present
 

Assessor for Classics for the Australian Research Council, an agency of the Australian national government that awards grants to researchers, 2014-present
 

Fellow of the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Hellenistic Studies, 2016-present
 

President of the University Assembly, 1986-1988
 

President of the Faculty Senate, 1988.

Awarded the College of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education prize for Excellence in Research for 2021
 

Awarded the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences prize for Excellence in Research for 2014
 

Awarded the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences prize for Excellence in Research for 2007
 

Received a Certificate of Appreciation from The State of Arkansas for “distinguished service in supporting the activities of the Arkansas Economic 
Development Commission’s Trade and International Investments Division,” 1997.
 

Received a special Chancellor’s award for “Outstanding Service to the University,” 1988