Regional Chapters
The Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Andrew Smith, MA
Mid Atlantic Chapter Director
Andrew Smith has been a teacher and administrator in Christian classical schools for 15 years. He currently serves at Veritas School in Richmond, VA and prior to that was part of schools in Orlando and Memphis. Along with providing upper school administrative leadership, Andrew’s academic work has focused primarily on Rhetoric, both in curriculum development and in teacher training. Andrew holds a B.A. in History, an M.Div. and an M.A. in Philosophy. He and his wife, Keri, have four children, spanning in age from 17 to 6.
Robyn Burlew, MEd
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Fellow
Robyn joined the Fellowship in 2016. Robyn serves as the Academic Dean at the Veritas School in Richmond, Virginia. Robyn has been teaching providing administrative leadership to classical schools for over ten years, and provides expertise in both lower school and upper school curriculum and pedagogy. Robyn is trained in math and science and earned her MEd in educational leadership from Covenant College.
Jesse Hake, MA
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Fellow
Jesse was one of the inaugural fellows who joined the Fellowship in 2008. Jesse provides leadership in the application of classical education in urban settings, and in history and theology. He also has expertise in upper school curriculum and pedagogy. Jesse currently serves as the Academic Dean at Logos Academy in York, Pennsylvania. Jesse eanrned a MA in history from St. Andrews University, Scotland.
Christopher Hall, MAT
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Fellow
Christopher joined the Fellowship as an Associate Alcuin Fellow in 2016. Christopher serves as the Lower School Academic Dean at the Covenant School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Chris provides leadership in philosophy and lower school curriculum and pedagogy. Chris earned a degree in philosophy from Gettysburg College and MAT in education from Towson State University in Maryland.
Christine Perrin, MFA
Mid-Atlantic Chapter Fellow
Christine Perrin has taught literature and creative writing at Johns Hopkins University, Messiah College, and Gordon College’s Orvieto Program. She has been the Director of Writing at Messiah University and taught in the English Department for the last six years. She has published poetry in several journals, published a book of poetry as well as textbook for students, The Art of Poetry.
The Texas Chapter
Phillip Donnelly, PhD
Texas Chapter Director
Phillip recently joined the Fellowship in 2016. Phillip is the Director of the Great Texts Program at Baylor University, where he also serves as a professor of literature. Phillip has published numerous books and articles and is working on a series of books on the liberal arts. Phillip has presented at the Alcuin Retreat, and is a frequent speaker at the SCL annual conference. Phillip earned his MA and PhD in English literature from the University of Ottowa.
Alyssan Barnes
Texas Chapter Fellow
Stephen Barnes
Texas Chapter Fellow
Todd Buras
Texas Chapter Fellow
Sean Oswald
Texas Chapter Fellow
Brooke Ramsey
Texas Chapter Fellow
The West Chapter
Andrew Selby, PhD
West Chapter Director
Andrew is the language department chair and teaches humanities and Latin at Trinity Classical Academy in Valencia, CA. He holds a BA in humanities from Biola University where he studied great books at the Torrey Honors College, an MA in historical theology from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in religion from Baylor University. Andrew has taught students from grade 5 through post-graduate in a variety of subjects. He also has conducted various teacher trainings in classical pedagogy and curriculum. Andrew joined the Alcuin Fellowship as a member of the national board in 2024.
Grant Horner, PhD
West Chapter Fellow
Grant joined the Fellowship early on, and was the first college professor to join. Grant has published several books and has expertise in literature, film, language and rhetoric. He also has expertise in Socratic pedagogy. Grant helped establish the upper school at Trinity Classical Academy in Los Angeles while also teaching full time at the Masters College. Grant holds a PhD in literature from Claremont Graduate University.
Bill Stutzman, MA
West Chapter Fellow
Bill joined the Fellowship early on when he was Grammar School Principal at the Ambrose School. An accomplished guitarist and songwriter, Bill provides leadership in music as well as both lower school and upper school curriculum and pedagogy. Bill earned an MA in English from the University of Wisconsin.
Christopher Schlect, PhD
West Chapter Fellow
Dr. Christpoher Schlect is a senior fellow of history, head of humanities, and director of the classical and Christian studies graduate program at New Saint Andrews College where he teaches courses in history, education, and classical rhetoric. He holds a BA in history from Washington State University, an MA in history from the University of Idaho, and a PhD in history from Washington State University. Dr. Schlect also teaches for Gordon College’s MA program in classical Christian school leadership and chairs the accreditation commission for the Association of Classical Christian Schools. He has worked in classical Christian education for over thirty years and has K-12 experience as an upper school teacher and Mock Trial coach at Logos School in Moscow, Idaho.
The Southeast Chapter
Kevin Clark, MDiv, DLA
Southeast Chapter Director
Kevin was an inaugural Alcuin Fellow, and provides leadership in the recovery of liberal arts tradition, with expertise in literature, rhetoric, theology and philosophy. He is the Academic Dean at the Geneva School of Orlando and the co-author of the Liberal Arts Tradition and has degrees in music, philosophy, and a MDiv from Reformed Theological Seminary. He is a candidate for the Doctor of Liberal Arts at Georgetown University. He speaks frequently curriculum and pedagogy around the country.