Professor Anthony A. Long
Anthony A. Long is Chancellor’s Emeritus Professor of Classics and Irving G. Stone Professor of Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is also affiliated with the departments of Rhetoric and Philosophy. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989, Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 1992, and a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2009. A leading expert in Stoicism, he has published numerous works in the field. Among his noted publications are: Problems in Stoicism (Athlone Press, 1971), Hellenistic Philosophy (Duckworth, 1974), The Hellenistic Philosophers(Cambridge University Press, 1987), co-authored with David Sedley, Epictetus. A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life(Oxford University Press, 2002), From Epicurus to Epictetus. Studies in Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2006), Greek Models of Mind and Self (Harvard University Press, 2015), and Seneca. Letters on Ethics (Chicago University Press, 2015), co-authored with Margaret Graver.
Maria Luisa De Seta
Maria Luisa De Seta is currently a teacher of Latin at Menlo-Atherton High School. She holds a Ph.D. in Classics and Literary Studies from the University of Calabria, Italy. She has published work on the indirect tradition of Terence, the language and style of Ovid, and the pedagogy of the classical languages. Ms. De Seta worked for 2 years at the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae in Munich and has extensive experience teaching Italian, Latin, and ancient Greek language and literature both in Europe and in the US.
Katie Lavoie
Katie Lavoie is currently a history teacher at Menlo-Atherton High School. Though she has spent the past several years in California, she is a proud Michigander. After graduating from Denison University with a major in history and minor in art history, Ms. Lavoie earned her Master’s in Education, with credentials in both social studies and English Language Arts. Over the course of her 12-year career, she has taught in three different states, most recently having spent seven years teaching in San Diego County, prior to moving to the Bay Area. She has extensive experience teaching a wide variety of courses including: AP Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, AP US History, World History, Modern European History, Ethnic Studies, English 10 Honors and Global Studies. In addition to teaching, Ms. Lavoie is passionate about curriculum design, having been instrumental in designing a Global Studies elective, as well as the Ethnic Studies curriculum. At her previous school, she was the founder of the AP Government and Politics program, which she led for seven years. Additionally, she founded and served as an adviser for two clubs linked to civic engagement. Well-traveled, Ms. Lavoie has ventured to over 40 countries, and places great importance on being a global citizen.