The Clarkson family crest in stained glass occupies the window of the second floor staircase landing in Holcroft House.

Jan Wojcik

Professor of Humanities; Director, Reynolds Observatory
168 Bertrand H. Snell Hall
E-mail: jaw@clarkson.edu
Phone: 315-268-3990

Education
A.B., Boston College
Ph.D., Yale University

Courses Taught

  • What Galileo Saw
  • American Indian Literature
  • Literature of Fishing

Scholarly Interests
My scholarly interests began with biblical studies, and have evolved to thinking about the impact of scientific cosmology on religious thinking. I direct the Clarkson Observatory with emphasis on public observing and educational programs about observing, and the history of astronomy.

Presentations
"Ovid Plays Aristotle’s Cosmology," in the Section on Ancient Technology at the annual American Philological Association Meeting.

Panelist, "Ancient Greek Science," annual meeting of the American Philological Society.