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Brendan McCarthy

Email: [email protected]
Office: 303J
Phone: 801-863-8067
Mail Stop: 185
https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/[email protected]?anonymous&ep=plink
Curriculum Vitae: Brendan McCarthy CV

Biography

I have been teaching ancient history at UVU since 2018 after receiving my Ph. D. I specialize in teaching online and using digital tools in the classroom.

Education

PhD, The Ohio State University, 2018

Major: Ancient History

MA, The Ohio State University, 2013

Major: Ancient History

BA, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2011

Major: History

Teaching

HIST 420R

Issues and Topics in Global History, Fall 2024

HIST 482R

Public History Internship, Fall 2024

HIST 482R

Public History Internship, Fall 2024

HIST 4980

Senior Research Thesis Research Component WE, Fall 2024

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2024

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2024

HIST 3130

Roman History, Summer 2024

HIST 482R

Public History Internship, Spring 2024

HIST 3130

Roman History, Spring 2024

HIST 4310

Violence and War in the Ancient World WE, Spring 2024

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2024

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2024

Presentations

McCarthy, Brendan , AI Ideas for CHSS, "Beat the Bot_ Using AI to Practice Source Usage", CHSS Teaching Committee. (April 10, 2024)

McCarthy, Brendan , 2024 Honors Faculty Summit, "Scaffolding Final Projects Workshop", UVU Honors Program, UVU. (March 25, 2024)

McCarthy, Brendan , Snow College Convocation, "Winning an Election in Ancient Rome_ Competition in the Roman Republic", Snow College Department of Humanities, Eccles Center, Ephraim, UT. (February 29, 2024)

McCarthy, Brendan , UVU's AI Strategy, Tools, and Use Cases, "Beat the Bot_ Using AI to Practice Source Usage", UVU AI Task Force. (January 24, 2024)

McCarthy, Brendan , CAMWS Annual Meeting 2023, "Social Network Analysis as a Form of Source Criticism in Plutarch", Classical Association of the Middle, West, and South, Provo, UT. (March 30, 2023)

McCarthy, Brendan , Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series, "Better Off Dead? King Tutankhamen's Life and Legacy", Fulton Library, Roots of Knowledge. (November, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

McCarthy, Brendan , "Amici: Exploring Ancient Authors through Social Networks" . https://bmccarthyuvu.github.io/amici/

McCarthy, Brendan , (2024) "Traumatic Brain Injury in Roman War" . Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Press. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-7035-1

McCarthy, Brendan , "Reputation Brokers_ Existimatio and Popular Participation in Roman Politics" (Issue: 2, vol. 121). The Classical Journal.

McCarthy, Brendan , Yona, Sergio , "Brendan McCarthy review of Sampson, Gareth C. Rome, Blood, and Power_ Reform, Murder, and Popular Politics in the Late Republic 70-27 BC" . Classical Journal.

McCarthy, Brendan , Fronda, Michael , (2020) "Brendan McCarthy reviewing Rosillo-Lopez, Christina (ed.) Communicating Public Opinion in the Roman Republic" (vol. 10). Northfield, MN: Ancient History Bulletin. https://ancienthistorybulletin.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AHBOnlineReviews2020.07.McCartheyOnRosillo-Lopez.pdf

McCarthy, Brendan , Yona, Sergio , (2019) "2019.04.07 McCarthy on Chin" . Classical Jounal.

Awards

Honors Faculty Fellow

Utah Valley University Honors Program - January, 2023

Fellowship to lead teaching and service-related special projects in the honors program.

HONR 2000

Ancient Legacies HH, Fall 2023

HIST 3110

Greek History, Fall 2023

HIST 3010

The Historians Craft WE, Fall 2023

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Summer 2023

HIST 482R

Public History Internship, Spring 2023

HIST 3130

Roman History, Spring 2023

HIST 3130

Roman History, Spring 2023

HIST 4990

Senior Research Thesis Writing Component, Spring 2023

HONR 2000

Ancient Legacies HH, Fall 2022

HIST 4980

Senior Research Thesis Research Component WE, Fall 2022

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2022

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2022

HIST 482R

Public History Internship, Summer 2022

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Summer 2022

HIST 320R

Issues and Topics in Global History, Spring 2022

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2022

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2022

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2022

HIST 3110

Greek History, Fall 2021

HIST 3010

The Historians Craft WE, Fall 2021

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2021

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2021

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Summer 2021

HIST 3130

Roman History, Spring 2021

HIST 4990

Senior Research Thesis Writing Component, Spring 2021

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2021

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2021

HONR 2000

Ancient Legacies, Fall 2020

HIST 4980

Senior Research Thesis Research Component WE, Fall 2020

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2020

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2020

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Summer 2020

HIST 420R

Issues and Topics in Global History, Spring 2020

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2020

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2020

HIST 3110

Greek History, Fall 2019

HIST 3010

The Historians Craft WE, Fall 2019

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2019

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Summer 2019

HIST 420R

Issues and Topics in Global History, Spring 2019

HIST 3140

Roman Empire, Spring 2019

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2019

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2019

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Spring 2019

HIST 3110

Greek History, Fall 2018

HIST 3130

Roman History, Fall 2018

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2018

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2018

HIST 1500

World History to 1500 SS, Fall 2018

McCarthy, Brendan , International Ancient Warfare Conference, "Traumatic Brain Injury in Roman War", , Sioux Falls, South Dakota. (June 23, 2022)

McCarthy, Brendan , European Conference on Social Networks 2021, "Augustus and the Transformation of Roman Spatial and Social Networks", , International Network for Social Network Analysis, Naples, Italy. (September 7, 2021)

McCarthy, Brendan , Utah Classical Association Fall Meeting, "Using Digital Humanities in Teaching Classical Culture", , Utah Classical Association, Online. (October 24, 2020)

McCarthy, Brendan (Presenter & Author), Spaces of Roman Constitutionalism, "Vici: The Shape of Rome’s Social Bubbles", , Law, Governance and Space_ Questioning the Foundations of the Republican Tradition, Helsinki, Finland. (September 28, 2019)