Eric Poehler
527 Herter Hall
epoehler@classics.umass.edu
About me:
Eric Poehler is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. As an archaeologist, Poehler specializes in the architecture, infrastructure, and urbanism of the Roman world, most specifically at Pompeii, Italy. With over twenty years of fieldwork experience, Poehler has served in a number of roles on archaeological projects, including as co-director (with Steven Ellis) of the Pompeii Quadriporticus Project. His publication record also reflects a long communion with the site of Pompeii, including nineteen articles and book chapters, an edited volume, and a recent book The Traffic Systems of Pompeii (Oxford University Press, 2017). Poehler’s research also focuses on the Digital Humanities and how technologies can be used to improve our understanding of the classical past. Currently, he is the Director of the Blended Learning and Digital Humanities program for the Five Colleges, Inc. His major digital project, The Pompeii Bibliography and Mapping Project, was awarded the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2018 Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology.
You can learn more about the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Classics Department on the embedded links. You can find about me online at academia.edu, and a few (somewhat redundant ) profiles on the web: my Dept. website, Five Colleges DH, UMass DHI.
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2:30-3:30pm and by appointment. If you need to find another time to meet, check out my schedule here: