Christian Wildberg
Photo: Denise Applewhite
Christian Wildberg, professor of classics, has been named master of Forbes College, effective July 1, 2006.
A Princeton faculty member since 1996, he will succeed Elizabeth Lunbeck, who is joining the faculty at Vanderbilt University.
Wildberg teaches ancient philosophy and ancient Greek literature at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. His research interests focus on
classical philosophy. He has written four scholarly books, and he also
is the author of a Web-based documentation of the Greek and Latin
inscriptions on Princeton's campus.
Wildberg has a long record of University service, including four years
as director of graduate studies in the Department of Classics and four
years as co-chair of the Princeton University Committee for the Rhodes
Scholarships. He has been elected or appointed to a wide range of
University committees, including the Council of the Princeton
University Community. He knows the residential college system well from
his service as a senior fellow as well as a freshman-sophomore adviser
in Rockefeller College.
Wildberg's appointment was announced by Nancy Malkiel, dean of the
college, and Kathleen Deignan, dean of undergraduate students. A
faculty member serves as the head of each of Princeton's residential
colleges. The masters work closely with their staffs to build
supportive communities and to devise programs and activities to extend
education beyond the classroom.
