Professor
English and Classics
Honors Commons, Room 116 Library
Queens campus
(718) 990-7552
formanr@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
B.A., 1968, St. John’s University, Classics
M.A., 1970, New York University, Classics
Ph.D., 1973, New York University, Classics
Certificate, 1979, Classical Art and Archaeology, American Academy
in Rome
Robert Forman has been teaching at St. John’s since 1970. He
teaches ancient Greek and Roman literature and the Honors Program
core course in global literature as well as Latin in the Department
of Languages and Literatures. He has written on St.
Augustine’s relationship to pre-Christian literature, Vergil’s
Aeneid, and on classical drama. Presently, he directs the
Honors Program on the Queens campus. He is a native New
Yorker with a lifelong interest in the city’s history. This
has led him to teach the University’s transitional course for
freshmen, Discover New York and lead his students on several
walking tours each fall.