Quintilian: The Latin Teacher Podcast

About Forum Romanum, the NJCL Latin League, and strategies for teaching Roman history to beginning Latin students. Clint Hagen has been teaching Latin in the state of Texas for the past three decades. Having previously taught in the cities of Amarillo and Austin, he currently teaches at Fort Worth Country Day. He is the creator of Ecce Ambulatores! , an introductory-level Latin textbook, and The T...

About what classicists think, the hypocrisy of English-only "decolonization," and how a nineteenth-century debate can offer strategies for saving the humanities today. Eric Adler is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics at the University of Maryland. He received a B.A. from Connecticut College, an M.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a Ph. D. from Duke Universit...

About Statius, the American Classical League Mentoring Program, and upcoming revisions to the Advanced Placement Latin curriculum. Patrick Yaggy ’s career in education began 25 years ago. Teaching first in Georgia and then later in Arizona, he is well-known within the Latin-teaching community for both his excellence in the classroom and his generous contributions to the profession. He has served a...

About Kefalonia, Roman baths, and the search for the real Odysseus. The documentary Odysseus Returns premiered on PBS in August of 2024. The description of the film on the PBS website reads as follows: “An amateur historian, Makis Metaxas, claims he found the bones of Odysseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey . But the discovery is soon embroiled in controversy, and Makis embarks on his...

About England, the family of Caecilius, and revisions to a classic textbook about the classical world.  Caroline Bristow is the Director of the Cambridge School Classics Project . After earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in ancient history from the University of Oxford, she worked as a teacher for several years, teaching subjects such as classical civilization, classical Greek, religion, phi...

About the Olympics, Athenian demagogues, and the importance of cultivating a love of Latin in local communities. Bob Simmons is an Associate Professor and Chair of Classics at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. His research interests include Athenian demagogues, political and social conflict in 5th-century Athens, and sports in ancient Greece and Rome. He is the author of Demagogues, Power, a...

About Cleopatra’s daughter, ancient prosthetic limbs, and the representation of women from antiquity in video games.  Jane Draycott is a Lecturer in Classics and Co-Director of the Games and Gaming Lab at the University of Glasgow . Her research interests include the Roman territories of Egypt and Mauretania, science, technology, and medicine in the classical world, and video games set in classica...

About Mississippi, the National Spelling Bee, and leaving the field of journalism to become a Latin teacher. Sierra Mannie teaches Latin at Hunter College High School in New York City. Before she began teaching, however, she worked as a writer and journalist, with articles and editorials appearing in such publications as Time Magazine, the Jackson Free Press, and The Hechinger Report . More recent...

About tattoos, great books, and the dark side of the subjunctive. Phuc Tran is the author of " Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In ," published by Flatiron Books in 2020. "Sigh, Gone" received the New England Book Award and the Maine Literary Award, and it was also named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon. Phuc received a bachelor’s d...

About Ronnie Ancona, Nava Cohen, John Gruber-Miller, and Mark Pearsall. The American Classical League Merens (Meritus / Merita) Award is intended to recognize educators who are, as the name of the award signifies, deserving of appreciation for their "sustained and distinguished service to the Classics profession generally and to ACL in particular." In 2023, there are four recipients of t...

About Vindolanda, the Via Caledonia, and the fusion of Classics and STEM. Nathalie Roy teaches Latin, Roman Technology, and Classical Mythology at Glasgow Middle School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A National Board Certified Teacher, Nathalie received both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Louisiana State University. Over the course of her career, she has served in a variety of leadersh...

About Cincinnati, Bob Dylan and the classical tradition, and lessons from the fall of the Roman Republic for the American people. Thomas Strunk is an Associate Professor of Classics and Director of the Classics and Philosophy Honors Bachelor of Arts Program at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a B.A. in Classical Studies and History from Pennsylvania State University and an M.A. a...

About MovieTalks, detoxing from the textbook, and the challenges involved in coordinating a large program with multiple teachers. Rachel Ash and Keith Toda are two of the Latin teachers at Parkview High School , a large public school in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Rachel earned a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma and an M.A. from the University of Florida. She currently serves as Treasurer of the...

About Hawaii, community outreach initiatives, and using hip-hop rhythms to teach grammatical forms. Daniel Harris-McCoy is Associate Professor of Classics and Chair of the Department of Religions and Ancient Civilizations at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his B.A. in Classics from Reed College and Ph. D. in Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. In between, he recei...

About Pindar, stealth Latin, and the collection of demographic data about diversity in Classics. Arum Park is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona. After earning a B.A. in Classics from Yale University, Arum taught high school Latin in Pennsylvania for three years. She then left the high school classroom to complete an M.A. and Ph. D. in Classics from the University of N...

About archaeology, the Villa of the Mysteries, and four seasons at the American Academy in Rome. Sarah Beckmann is the Andrew Heiskell Rome Prize fellow in ancient studies at the American Academy in Rome . Her research project, "The Villa in Late Antiquity: Roman Ideals and Local Identities," explores the Roman villa, not just in respect to the elites who owned these properties, but also in respec...

About Australia, the ramifications of ChatGPT, and the intersection of the Latin language and LEGO® products. Anthony Gibbins teaches Latin and Greek at Sydney Grammar School in Sydney, Australia. He is the creator of Legonium , a popular novella , social media account , and repository of instructional resources, all designed around the intersection of the Latin language and LEGO® products.  The d...

About movement, building a family atmosphere in the classroom, and being recognized as the ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year. William Lee has been the Latin teacher at Tom C. Clark High School in San Antonio, TX, for the past 20 years. He taught at Barbara Bush Middle School and Ronald Reagan High School in San Antonio for three years prior to accepting his current position. William is c...

About ekphrasis, Latin in western North Carolina, and making the transition from classroom teacher to school administrator. Ben Alexander is the Principal of A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, North Carolina. Before he moved into administration, Ben was a high school Latin teacher, first at White Knoll High School in Columbia, South Carolina and then Enka High School in Asheville. He began hi...

About REDI, leisure on the Bay of Naples, and leadership initiatives for the American Classical League. Jennie Luongo has been teaching Latin at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas for the past 28 years. She has taught every level of high school Latin, from level one to post-AP, and she has also coordinated study programs in Italy and Greece for both students and teachers. In 2018, she...

About Maine, the term "Classics," and the creation of the Latin Tutorial series. Benjamin Johnson is the creator of Latin Tutorial , a series of short instructional videos about Latin grammar and ancient culture. Since the series launched in 2011, he has produced more than 250 videos, attracting more than 100,000 subscribers and 12 million views in the process. He is also the creator of Hexameter....

About Juvenal, the Nashville Parthenon, and animated representations of the classical world. Chiara Sulprizio is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classical and Mediterranean Studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She received a B.A. in Classics from the University of Washington and a Ph. D. in Classics from the University of Southern California. She regularly teaches cours...

About Sewanee, a new translation of Ovid, and the importance of seizing the day. Stephanie McCarter is a Professor of Classical Languages at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. She received a B.A. in Classics and English from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and an M.A. and Ph. D. in Classics from the University of Virginia. Since her arrival at Sewanee in 2008, she has taug...

About Atalanta, approaches to translation, and reflections on life in both Athens, Georgia and Athens, Greece. A.E. (Alicia) Stallings is a highly acclaimed poet and translator. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, she has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation, and, in 2011, a prestigious “genius grant” from the Mac...

About Detroit, "Ovid and the Art of Love," and the challenges involved in making a movie about an ancient Roman poet. Esmé von Hoffman is the writer and director of the 2020 film “Ovid and the Art of Love.” On its official website , the film is described as follows: “Based on the life of the famous Roman poet Ovid, this fun, classic story full of adventure, romance, and intrigue gets a modern twis...