Professor Jeremy Hartnett began teaching at Wabash in 2004 after graduate work at the University of Michigan.  A specialist in Roman archaeology and social history, he studies sites in Italy including Pompeii, Herculaneum, Ostia, and Rome.  In particular, Prof. Hartnett is drawn to everyday life in Roman cities, and has spoken on these topics at the Getty Villa in Malibu, the Aspen Institute, the Boston Museum of Science, and elsewhere.

His most recent book, The Remarkable Life, Death, and Afterlife of an Ordinary Roman: A Social History (Cambridge University Press, 2024), discusses a Roman funerary monument accidentally discovered under St. Peter's basilica iin 1626, which now resides in the Indianapolis Museum of Art.  Intended for students and general readers who desire more depth and nuance about Romans outside the halls of power, the project reconstructs an ancient life in as many dimensions as possible and also traces the sculpture's remarkable ody