Thomas M. Falkner, Ph.D.

Provost and Dean of the Faculty

As the Chief Academic Officer of the College, the Provost has general responsibility for the academic program in the areas of curriculum, staffing, and instruction and provides for the necessary support services and resources.  As Dean of the Faculty, he is the faculty’s representative to the administration and their advocate in the development of academic policy.  

Dr. Thomas Falkner earned degrees in Classics from LeMoyne College (A.B.) and SUNY-Buffalo (M.A., Ph.D.) and specializes in Greek and Latin literature, comparative literature, and contemporary reception of the classics. He is the author of The Poetics of Old Age in Greek Epic, Lyric, and Tragedy (1995) and Euripides' Orestes (1984), co-editor of Old Age in Greek and Latin Literature (1989) and Contextualizing Classics: Ideology, Performance, Dialogue (1999), and has written articles on all aspects of the discipline.  Current interests are in the influence of the classics on contemporary theater and fiction.  A frequent leader of student tours to Greece and Turkey, he has enjoyed six grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a year long Fellowship in Residence, and five research leaves.

Personal Statement:  I am energized by all that is happening at McDaniel to strengthen the academic program.  We have a dynamic and growing faculty, a new curriculum we call The McDaniel Plan, the Center for Faculty Excellence, and a range of new programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels—such as our new Center for the Study of Aging.  Our Budapest campus provides our students with a unique international experience.  I am excited about the future as McDaniel secures its place as one of the country’s premier liberal arts institutions. 

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