RobertForman
Professor of English
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Queens Campus, St. John Hall, Rm. B40-3
(718) 990-5623
formanr@stjohns.edu
Office Hours, Spring 2006
Monday/Wednesday/Friday: 10:15 A.M. - 11:15
Tuesday/Thursday: 9:15 A.M. - 10:30
Education
Certificate, American Academy in Rome, Classical Art and
Archaeology
Ph.D. New York University, Classics and Comparative
Literature
M.A., New York University, Classics and Comparative
Literature
B.A. St. John's University, New York, Classics
Publications
Books
St. Augustine and the Making of a Christian Literature.
NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1995
Classical Drama: An Introduction and Critical
Biography. Pasadena,CA: Salem Press, 1989
Chapters
"Augustine's Music: 'Keys' to the Logos" in Augustine on Music: An
Interdisciplinary Collection of Essays. R.R. LaCroix, ed., 1989
"Lavinium and the City of God" in Transactions of the American
Philological Association, Philadelphia, PA, 1982, 1-23
Dissertation
A Commentary on Vergil, Aeneid 10. Department of Classics
Monographs, New York University, 1973.
Academic Awards and Honors
April 2006, Honorary member, Phi Eta Sigma National Honor
Society
2000-1 Student Government Teacher of the Year, St. John's
College
1999-0 St. John's University, Award for Teaching Excellence
1997-8 Sigma Delta Pi (English Honor Society, SJC) teacher of
the year
1985 Faculty Outstanding Achievement Medal