Reger, Gary

Gary Reger is Emeritus Professor of History and Emeritus Hobart Professor of Classical Languages at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. His research has revolved around Hellenistic economic history, Greek epigraphy, and the study of human activity in deserts across time and space. His publications include Regionalism and Change in the Economy of Independent Delos, over 50 journal articles and book chapters, and four edited volumes, the most recent of which, Reading Aridity in Western American Literature (with Jada Ach) collects papers on the American desert Southwest. Two books are under contract: Writing the American Desert, essays on the American Southwest, and First There Is a Mountain, a long-term examination of the human geography of a mountain in southwestern Turkey. The award of a Fulbright Fellowship brought him to UWA and has made possible this symposium.