I am a Classicist, Indo-Europeanist and Indologist whose main practical interest is ancient-language teaching. After finishing my PhD on a topic in Indo-European syntax at the University of Cambridge, I was the Townsend Senior Lecturer in the Greek, Latin and Sanskrit Languages at Cornell University for nine years. Wanting a different challenge, I then taught those three languages at a secondary school in the UK (ages 11-18). I am currently working as a researcher on the Uncovering Sanskrit Syntax project at the University of Oxford. I am the author of The Cambridge Introduction to Sanskrit, and have been teaching large online Sanskrit courses based on this book and the various electronic resources I created to complement it. I am currently working on a Sanskrit Reader intended to offer those with basic Sanskrit an easy and painfree path towards reading fluency.
University of Oxford
Doctoral
2002-2005
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
University of Cambridge
Lektor in Sanskrit
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2020-Present
Research Assistant, 'Uncovering Sanskrit Syntax'
University of Oxford
2019-2022
Teacher of Classics, Head of Sanskrit
St James Senior Boys School
2014-2022
Senior Lecturer
Cornell University
2011-2014
Lecturer
Cornell University
2005-2011