​Micheal Posey is currently in his second year with the Mountain Brook School system.  Although currently a full-time Latin teacher, Posey has taught French, German and Spanish in independent schools throughout the US.
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Posey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in Romance Languages: Spanish and French, coupled with equal coursework in Classics: Latin and Ancient Greek; and a Master’s Degree in Spanish Language and Literature from Middlebury College along with post-graduate work at other institutions.  He considers himself a lifetime learner!
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In Poseyʻs teaching tenure, he has been recognized four times as a National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) grant recipient.  Posey's latest NEH summer seminar (2021) focused on a three-week deep-dive into Roman Daily Life through the lens of the Satyricon by Roman author, Petronius, and realia from the city of Pompeii.  In 2017, he received the Mason A. Steward for teacher training award by the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS).  In 2020, The College Board selected Posey to attend an Advanced Placement (AP) and WE Summit held on Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, WA. 
 
Most recently, Posey was selected for the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms, a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.  Posey is one of approximately 71 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad through the Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program.  Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as record of service and demonstrated leadership potential.  Posey will travel to France in the Spring/Summer of 2023.  

On the technology front, Posey is a certified Google Educator (Level I and II) and was selected as a recipient of a National Security Agency (NSA) fellowship to explore cybersecurity (2017).

Professionally, Posey currently is a Writing and Steering Committee member of the National Latin Exam and also Chair of the National Pegasus Mythology Exam.  Posey has served twice as President of the Louisiana Classical Association (LCA), chaired Excellence Through Classics (ETC), a committee of the American Classical League (ACL), and was the longtime editor of PRIMA, a quarterly newsletter distributed by ACL. 

Posey has been a featured presenter at several local, regional, and national professional conferences on utilizing online formative assessments and incorporating current educational technology in the world language classroom.
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A crock-pot slow-cooker, neighborhood jogger, and enthusiast of a panoply of world languages and cultures, Posey has traveled extensively in the Americas and Europe and is most passionate about introducing students to meaningful global opportunities and world-connected learning.

Miriam Patrick currently teaches Latin I and ESOL LDC 1 at Parkview High School. She is Latin, Gifted, ESOL, and Special Education certified as well. She has experience teaching learners of all kinds in Latin 1 - AP Latin both in person and in the online environment.

Patrick has a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Latin with a minor equivalent in Arabic from Georgia State University, a Master of Arts in Latin from the University of Florida, and a Master of Arts in Special Education focusing on Autism Spectrum Disorder and Emotional Behaviour Disorder from Saint Mary's University in Minnesota. Her research focuses on proto-racism in Classical literature and working with learners of all kinds in the Latin classroom. 

​In 2012, Patrick was named the Foreign Language Association of Georgia's Teacher of Promise. In 2021, she received the Humphrey's award for innovative pedagogy from the American Classical League. This is her first summer seminar through the National Endowment of the Humanities. 

Patrick has published two Latin novellas available on Amazon through her publishing company Pomegranate Beginnings: Pluto: fabula amoris and Eurydice: fabula amoris. Additionally, she maintains the website mater monstorum which houses her work on such topics as monsters, social justice, special education, and technology. Patrick has also been published by Cambridge University Press for her work on Free Voluntary Reading and Comprehensible Input in the Latin Classroom. 

Professionally, Miriam currently serves as the president for the Georgia Classical Association as well as the chair for the ACL's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee. She regularly presents on local, regional, and national platforms about such topics as comprehensible input, multiculturalism, and special education. 

Miriam lives with her partner and a variety of animals including two dogs, four cats, and a freshwater fish tank. She enjoys dance, creating artwork, and playing video games in her spare time. Additionally, she is currently studying and reading in Spanish, Mandarin, and Arabic. 

Thank you to our Readers and Advisors!

We could not have completed this project thus far, nor could we move ahead without the advice and suggestions from our NEH seminar advisors and readers. They provided support in a number of ways through research, suggestions on the Latin, and being a sounding board for our ideas and creations. Pondering Petronius would not exist without them!

1. Matthew Panciera - Matt served as our advisor and teacher for the Roman Daily Life Seminar. He helped us complete research, suggested resources, and encouraged us on our path. 
2. Ellen Sassenberg - Ellen provided input as a reader and as the K-12 consultant for the Roman Daily Life Seminar. 
   
3. Robert Patrick Ph.D. - Bob provided input as a reader and K-12 educator.