Apostolos N. Athanassakis (
Greek: Αποστολος Αθανασάκης) is a classical scholar, and the former Argyropoulos Chair in
Hellenic Studies at the
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Professor Athanassakis, or "Professor A" as he is often referred to by students, served as the faculty in residence in
Manzanita Village. Athanassakis taught at UCSB for nearly 30 years in the Classics Department. From 1984 to 1986 he served as head of the Humanities Division at the
University of Crete, in
Greece.