He holds a B.A.(Hons) in English with Latin from the University of Reading, an M.A. in English Renaissance poetry from the University of York, a Ph.D. from the Warburg Institute of the University of London , and a Diploma in Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica from the Vatican. He has lectured in Rome at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies and Saint Mary’s College and was an adjunct professor at The American University of Rome before becoming a core faculty in 2004. He has responsibility for Classical Studies and is also director of the Honors Program and Interdisciplinary Studies. He brings to these studies his wide experience of the classical tradition and his in-depth knowledge of the contribution of Rome to Humanist studies.