Dr. Joseph Stumpf
History
Professor Stumpf is a native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and a devoted Tar Heel. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Classics at UNC-Chapel Hill with a specialty in Classical Archaeology, a Master’s at the University of British Columbia, also in Classical Archaeology, and a PhD from the University of Missouri at Columbia, awarded in Art History and Archaeology, with his dissertation written on the socio-economic phenomenon of tourism in the ancient world, especially in Greece under the Roman Empire. Professor Stumpf has studied abroad on fellowship in both Greece and in Jordan and has extensive archaeological experience derived from work in North Carolina, Arizona, Italy, Jordan and Greece. He has taught as an adjunct professor at The George Washington University and Howard University and at Montgomery College in both the Art Department and the History and Political Science Department. He was hired as a full time member of the History and Political Science faculty in 2005, specializing in ancient and medieval western history.
Courses offered by Professor Stumpf include HS 116 (World Civilization to AD 1500), HS 120 (History of Technology and Western Civilization), HS 151 (Western History from the Fall of Rome to the 17th Century) and HS 186 (Ancient Western History).
Thematic research interests include the history of travel, tourism and pilgrimage, and military, technological and religious history. Area interests include the Classical Civilizations of Greece and Rome, as well as the Ancient Near East.
Spring 2009 Schedule
HS 116/31562, TR
HS 116/30136,
HS 151/30150,
MWF
HS 186/31469, TR 11:00-12:15, HU 109
HS 186/34341, M
Spring 2009 Syllabi: Phone: 240-567-7280
Office: HU 274
Office Hours: MWF, 9:55-10:55,
T 8:25-9:25, and by appointment,
or email me at joseph.stumpf@montgomerycollege.edu
