Profile

Humanities educator and published writer trained in philosophy, religion, and literature within the classical, Great Books tradition. Background spans college and secondary classroom teaching of primary texts and lectures, guiding students in Socratic dialogue, logical reasoning, and the great ideas of the Western tradition. Actively contributes to public scholarship on the good life, literature, and classical education.

Education

D.A. Humanities (Philosophy and Religion)  —  Harrison Middleton University  Fall 2028
Concentrations: The Great Ideas of Happiness and Good and Evil
Dissertation Topic: Existential Apologetics in Pascal’s Pensées and Kierkegaard’s The Sickness unto Death

M.A. Humanities (Great Books)  —  American Public University
Jun 2023

B.S. Religion: Biblical and Theological Studies  —  Liberty University
May 2010

Professional Experience

Adjunct Humanities Instructor  —  Hillsborough College, Tampa, FL
Jan 2025 – Present

  • Write and deliver course content for HUM 1020 Introduction to the Humanities, covering the history, philosophy, literature, and art of Western civilization.
  • Guide students through units on the value of the humanities, visual art, architecture, music, theatre, and film.
  • In the past, I took students through primary texts including Plato’s Republic, Cicero’s On Duties, Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Montaigne’s Essays.
  • Assess and provide written feedback on weekly discussions and essays in Canvas.

Contractor  —  Memoria Press, Remote
2024 and 2026

  • Developed larger and shorter catechisms based on Memoria Press’s Traditional Logic I & II and Material Logic texts.

Editorial Intern  —  Ad Fontes Journal, Davenant Institute, Remote
Oct 2025 – Dec 2025

  • Performed proofreading, copyediting, line editing, and developmental editing of scholarly journal articles.
  • Researched image copyright statuses and maintained accurate attribution on the journal’s website.

High School Teacher  —  Paideia Academics, Remote
May 2023 – May 2024

  • Designed and delivered lessons for Philosophy/Logic and American Government/Economics, combining lecture, Socratic dialogue, and multimedia presentation to form students in logical reasoning and civic thought.
  • Assessed and provided written feedback on weekly discussions and essays in Canvas.

Board Member  —  Pietas Classical Christian School, Melbourne, FL
Jan 2020 – May 2023

  • Provided governance and pedagogical guidance for a start-up classical Christian school, now grown to two flourishing campuses.
  • Contributed to development of the 7th–12th grade classical curriculum.

Publications

“Happy Tragedy: How Tragedy Amplifies the Happy Life in the Greek Tragedies and the Bible,” The Consortium Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, Summer 2026.

“Mentoring the Mind: The Art of Maximizing Memory through Literary Short Forms,” The Consortium Journal, vol. 4, no. 2, Dec. 2025.

“Confessions, True and False: Augustine and Rousseau — Opposite Orientations Toward God, Man, and Society,” Salvo Magazine, Issue #72, Spring 2025.

“True Happiness According to Boethius and St. Augustine,” FORMA: Digital Exclusives (CiRCE Institute), Jul. 2023.

“Light and Darkness in Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy and Dante’s Divine Comedy,” The Consortium Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, Dec. 2023.

“Michel de Montaigne and Charlotte Mason: Two Peas in a School Pod,” FORMA Journal (CiRCE Institute), Late Summer 2022, pp. 48–52.