Ralph E. Doty

• 1973 Ph.D., Philosophy. Columbia University, New York.
  • Dissertation: Early Academic Critique of the Stoic Criterion of Truth.
• 1969 M.A., Philosophy. Columbia University, New York.
  • Thesis: The Fallacy of the Religious Interpretation of Minoan Art.
• 1967 B.A. (with Distinction), Letters. University of Oklahoma.

• 2002 Professor, Department of Classics, University of Oklahoma (promotion)
• 1991 Associate Professor, Department of Classics, University of Oklahoma. (Tenure and promotion)
• 1986-91 Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Oklahoma.
• 1983-86 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Oklahoma.
• 1980-82 Instructor, Humanities Faculty, Oscar Rose Junior College, Midwest City, Oklahoma.
• 1979-82 Instructor, Latin, George Lynn Cross Academy, Norman, Oklahoma.
• 1977-79 Instructor, Humanities Faculty, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, California.
• 1972-73 Preceptor of Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Columbia University, New York.

• 2004 Who’s Who in America
• 2001 Adele Mellen Prize for Scholarly Writing
• 1995 Secretary, Oklahoma Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
• 1994 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
• 1989 Baldwin Award Study Prize for Superior Teaching, University of Oklahoma
• 1971 Wilson Dissertation Year Fellowship, Columbia University, New York
• 1967 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, Columbia University, New York.
• 1967 Phi Beta Kappa

• 2006 Xenophon's Hellenica, co-authored with Donald F. Jackson, Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, N.Y.
• 2003 Hiero – A New Translation. Edwin Mellen , Lewiston, N.Y.
• 2003 Poroi – A New Translation. Edwin Mellen , Lewiston, N.Y.
• 2001 Xenophon on Hunting. Edwin Mellen , Lewiston, N.Y.
• 1994 Xenophon's Gynaikologia: the Training of a Greek Housewife. CANE Instructional Materials, published by the Classical Association of New England, Amherst, Massachusetts.
• 1994 Xenophon: Oeconomicus VII-XIII. Bristol Classical Press, Bristol, England.
• 1992 The Criterion of Truth. Peter Lang Publishers, New York, NY.

• 2004 “Figures of Speech: Philological Argument for and against Xenophon’s Authorship of Cynegeticus”, Manuscripta 45/46.
• 2003 “How Myths Come About: The Case of Echidna”, Classical Outlook 80, no. 4 (Summer 2003).
• 2001 “Romans and Rabbits: Saliens de Tramite Cuniculorum”, Classical Outlook 78, no. 4 (Summer 2001).
• 1996 "Attitude Change and Right Brain Thinking", Journal of Thought 31.3: 39-46 (1996).
• 1991 "How High is the Sky?"(with Jennie Patterson), Classical Bulletin 66 (1991): 77-78.
• 1986 "Carneades a Forerunner of William James' Pragmatism", Journal of the History of Ideas, (1986): 133-138.
• 1985 "Chrysippus' Theory of Education", Journal of Thought 20.2 (1985): 70-75.
• 1976 "Ennoemata, Prolepseis and Common Notions", Southwestern Journal of Philosophy 7.3 (1976): 143-148.

• 2004 “The Ambitions of Curiosity: Understanding the World in Ancient Greece And China” Classical Journal 99.4 (April/May 2004).
• 2003 “Pyrrho, his Antecedents, and his Legacy” Classical Bulletin , vol. 78, no. 1 (Spring 2003)
• 2000 "The Anatomy of Medical Terminology", The Classical Outlook 77.3 (Spring 2000).
• 1999 "Learn Ancient Greek," The Classical Outlook 76.3 (Fall 1999):
• 1998 "Who Killed Homer," The Classical Outlook 76.1 (Fall 1998):35.
• "The Bow and the Lyre," The Classical Outlook 75.3 (Spr. 1998): 117.

• 2004 “Buddhism, The Wave of the Future.” Presented at the Fifth Annual Oklahoma Conference on Buddhism, Norman (March)
• “The Underworld Journey in Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep.” Presented at the Centennial Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, St. Louis, Missouri (April).
• 2003 “Life, Death, and Karma.” Presented at the Fourth Annual Oklahoma Conference on Buddhism, Stillwater (February)
• 2002 “Echidna: a Study in Mythopoeia.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Austin, Texas (April).
• “Zen in the Art of Teaching.” Presented at the 3rd Annual Oklahoma Conference on Buddhism, Edmond (March).
• 2000 “The Evolution of Roman Rustic Capitals.” Presented at the 27th Annual Conference on Manuscript Studies, St. Louis, Missouri (October).
• 1999 "Manuscript Studies in the College Curriculum." Presented at the 26th Annual Conference on Manuscript Studies, St. Louis, Missouri (October).
• "Bad Dogs and Worse Sophists: the Pack and the Polis in Xenophon's Cynegeticus." Presented at "The World of Xenophon" Conference, Liverpool, U.K. (July)
• 1998 "Figures of Speech: Philological Arguments for and against Xenophon's Authorship of Cynegeticus." Presented at the 25th Annual Conference on Manuscript Studies, St. Louis, Missouri (October).
• 1995 "The Question of Abortion in the Hippocratic Oath." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association, San Diego, California (December).
• 1993 "Etiquette in the Odyssey:or, Why is Odysseus Such a Terrible Guest?" Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (April).
• 1992 "Patterns of Retribution: Medea and Dido." Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Southern Section, Richmond, Virginia (October).
• 1990 "Woman's Role, Woman's Power: A New Look at Xenophon's Oeconomicus." Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Southern Section, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (November).
• 1986 "The Metaphor of the Hero's Quest", Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and and South, Tampa, Florida (April).

• 2004 Classical Influences on American Detective Fiction. Centennial Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, St. Louis, Missouri (April).
• 2003 Roundtable: “Editing Greek Texts for Classroom Use.” Annual Meeting, American Philological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana ( January )
• 1993 The Banquet in Classical Literature. Annual Meeting, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Iowa City, Iowa (April).

• 1993-8 American Philological Association Committee on Education, Subcommittee on Outcomes Assessment.
• 1988 Attended Boston Area Colloquium on Ancient Philosophy, Brown University, Providence, RI. February, 1988.
• 1985 Conducted Teachers' Workshop in Teaching Mythology, Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education.

• 2002- Mornings with the Professors
• 2001 Bizzell Library Exhibition: “Books That Have Inspired Me”
• 2000-01 Faculty Advisor, Sooner Ballroom Dance Club
• 1998 Member, Arts & Sciences Committee for Evaluation of the Departmental Chair
• 1993 Member, Arts & Sciences Committee for Evaluation of the Department Chair
• 1991- O.U. Speakers Bureau
• 1988-91 Chairman, Arts & Sciences Academic Appeals Board
• 1988 Member, Arts & Sciences Committee for Evaluation of the Department Chair
• 1986-9 Member, Arts & Sciences Academic Appeals Board
• 1985- Member, Graduate Faculty, University of Oklahoma
  

• 2000-1 Member, Classics Department Committee A
• 1998 Member, Classics Department Self-Study Committee
• 1997-8 Member, Classics Department Committee A
• 1995-6 Member, Classics Department Committee A
• 1993 Member, Classics Department Self-Study Committee
• 1993-94 Member, Classics Department Committee A
• 1992- Departmental Outcomes Assessment Liaison
• 1991-92 Member, Classics Department Committee A
• 1989-90 Member, Classics Department Committee A
• 1987-88 Member, Classics Department Committee A
• 1987 Member, Classics Department Self-Study Committee

• 2000 “Manuscripts in the Classical Heritage”
• 1997 "Medusa". University of Oklahoma Classics Society, October.
• 1994 "Urban Legends." Albert F. Staples Society, May 19.
• 1992 "Greece and Egypt." University of Oklahoma Classics Society, October.
• 1991 "The Greek Symposium." University of Oklahoma Classics Society, November.
• 1989 "Mythos and Ethos". University of Oklahoma Classics Society, April.

• 2004 CL C 4503: “The Classical Tradition”
• 2003 RELS 2013: “Introduction to Buddhism”
• 1998 HON 2970: “Methods of Inquiry”
• 1991 LAT 5143/4143: "Lucretius"
• 1990 GRK 4990: "Lucian"
• 1989 GRK 5970: "Greek Lyric Poetry" - graduate seminar.
• 1988 CL C 3133: "Plato and the Platonic Tradition".
• 1986 CL C 3510: "The Hellenistic Age".
• 1985 GRK 3990: "Greek Lyric Poetry".

• 1998 GRK 4213 "Greek Dramatists"
• 1989 LAT 4143/5143 "Philosophers"
• 1986 GRK 2113 "Intermediate Prose"
• 1985 GRK 1115 "Beginning Greek"
• 1985 GRK 1215 "Beginning Greek Continued"
• 1983 CL C 2383 "Classical Mythology"

• Lower and upper-division Classical Culture courses
• Lower and upper-division Greek courses
• Lower and upper-division Latin courses
• Independent Study and Directed Readings in Classical Culture
• Independent Study and Directed Readings in Greek

• 1995 Faculty Discussion Group on "Teaching Students to Think"
• 1989 In the graduate seminar "Greek Lyric Poetry" part of the lectures were devoted to the subject of publication: selecting a journal, slanting the paper towards the journal's needs, etc. In addition, all participants were required to research the journals subscribed to by O.U., to report on their requirements and the general "slant" of published articles, and to prepare a paper for submission to the journal of their choice.
• 1988 Participation in Ford Foundation Workshop in writing across the curriculum, summer and fall semesters, 1988. The University of Oklahoma.

• Member, Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
• Member, American Philological Association