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 his administrative career in 2015, serving as an Assistant Principal at Enka High School and then Cane Creek Middle School. In 2019, he became Principal of Valley Springs Middle School, a position he held for three years before accepting his current position.

Ben earned an undergraduate degree in Latin from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, a master’s degree in Latin from the University of Georgia, and master’s degrees in educational administration from the University of Scranton and Appalachian State University.

Quintilian is supported by a Bridge Initiative Grant from the Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek, a division of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.

Music: "Echo Canyon Instrumental" by Clive Romney

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