Dr. Joseph Almeida
Professor of Classics and Legal Studies
Chair of the Department of Classics
Director of the Great Books Honors Program
Director of the Legal Studies Program
- PhD in Classics, 1999, University of California at Santa Barbara (Dissertation Specialization: Solon’s Political poetry; Comp. Specialization: Greek Philosophy, Latin Elegy)
- JD, 1988, Villanova University Law School, Villanova, PA (Articles Editor for Villanova Law Review and Order of the Coif)
- MA in Classics, 1985, Villanova University
- MA in English Literature, 1984, Middlebury College
- BA in Liberal Arts (Great Books Curriculum), 1981, Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA
- Professor of Classics and Legal Studies
- Director of Great Books of Western Civilization Honors Program
- Director of Legal Studies Minor
- Legal Practice in areas of Appellate Law and Administrative Tax matters
• Simplicius on Cat. 1a 16-17 and 1b 25-27: An Examination of the Interests of Ancient and Modern Commentary on the Categories. Quaestiones Disputate 4 (2014): 73-99.
• Constitutionalism in Burke’s Reflections: As Critique of Enlightenment Ideas of Originative Political Consent and the Social Compact. CSSR 17 (2012), 197-
• Augustine of Hippo in Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought Social Science and Social Policy. Ed. M. Coulter, S. Krason, R. S. Meyres, J. Varacalli. Vol. 1 A-J. Scarecrow Press, 2007, pp. 62-64.
• Gregory of Nyssa in Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought Social Science and Social Policy. Ed. M. Coulter, S. Krason, R. S. Meyres, J. Varacalli. Vol. 1 A-J. Scarecrow Press, 2007, pp. 484-485.
