The Golden Waffle Principle

Steve is a native Hoosier from New Albany, Indiana. He earned a B.A. with honors in Classical Studies at Indiana University and an M.A. in Classics from The University of Texas. He has taught Latin for nearly thirty-five years in a variety of settings, including an urban middle school in Kansas City, Missouri, and at undergraduate and high school levels in Texas. In Indiana, he has taught Latin and Classics courses at North Central High School and Butler University, and since 2021 he has taught Latin at Guerin Catholic High School in Noblesville, Indiana. He is the author of numerous books and articles in the field of Classical Studies, including the popular Latin For Dummies. In addition to being the 2014 Indiana Teacher of the Year, Steve is a recipient of The College of Wooster Excellence in Teaching Award, the Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship, the Dr. Elizabeth Watkins Latin Teacher Award from the American Classical League, and is a Texas Foreign Language Association Latin Teacher of the Year. He is also a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa and in 2014 was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Mike Pence. When he is not teaching and writing, he loves spending time with his wife Melissa and their children Austin and Olivia.