Elizabeth Fagan
Associate Chair
Associate Professor
Harris Hall 5190
Office hours: Friday, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. and by appointment
ancient history and archaeology
material culture
narratives
About
Elizabeth Fagan joined the Department of Focused Inquiry in fall 2019 and began serving as Associate Chair in the fall of 2024. Dr. Fagan taught social theory at the University of Chicago and ancient history at Truman State University prior to coming to Virginia Commonwealth University. Her love of teaching was fostered by her time as an assistant director at the Chicago Center for Teaching, and she continues to focus on learner-centered pedagogies in her classrooms. Dr. Fagan researches Classical-period (ca. 300 BCE – 300 CE) Armenia and its connections with the ancient Mediterranean world and Eurasia. Dr. Fagan brings her expertise in material and visual analysis into her VCU classrooms to help students learn that rhetoric, politics, and arguments surround them, no matter the media.
Education
- Ph.D. - History and Anthropology, University of Chicago
- B.A. - Liberal arts, St. John's College
Courses
- UNIV 111
- UNIV 200
- HIST 304