Isabelle A. Pafford received her B.A. from Boston University, M.A. degrees in Classics as well as Museum Studies from San Francisco State University and her Ph.D. in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology from the University of California at Berkeley in 2006. She has taught at San Francisco State and Berkeley, joining the faculty at Santa Clara as an Academic Year Lecturer in 2008.
Her research focuses on the role of money in Greek sanctuaries. Using inscriptions, she has examined how small fees paid by worshipers at some sanctuaries mirror the belief system of the worshipers.
Dr. Pafford primarily teaches courses on Greek and Roman History, Greek Art, and Greek Religion. She likes to use technology in her classroom, when possible, and many of her class lectures are available as podcasts.
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