Randolph-Macon College Classics Professor Bartolo Natoli has been awarded the 2019 Lurlene Todd Teacher of the Year award by the Classical Association of Virginia (CAV). The award, which was presented at the CAV spring meeting on May 4, 2019, honors the best Latin or Greek teacher in Virginia.

Attendees came from all corners of the Commonwealth to the meeting, which was held at RMC, and represented classicists on the secondary and collegiate levels. Among those who nominated Natoli are Grace McIntire ’19 (Latin, classics and Greek major; education, women’s studies and history minor) and Nikki Carroll ’10 (Latin and classics major; education and art history minor).

Continuing a Legacy
“The award is very special to me because being an educator is a major part of my identity,” says Natoli. “To be honored by friends and colleagues I deeply respect is quite humbling. Moreover, it is important to me to continue the legacy of pedagogy built by RMC Classics Professors Emeriti Greg Daugherty and Dan McCaffrey, both of whom are previous winners of the Todd Award.”

Technology and Classics
Natoli is co-editor, along with Steven Hunt (University of Cambridge) of Teaching Classics with Technology (Bloomsbury Academic, 2019). The book includes chapters from 18 authors hailing from the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia.

“The book is the first major, trans-Atlantic study of the impact of technology on the teaching of classics,” says Natoli. “It serves both to set the state of the field of classical pedagogy and to provide avenues for further research, all the while grounding these discussions in both classroom practice and pedagogical theory.” Natoli plans to use the book in his Latin Teaching Methods course, which is offered every other year.

Bartolo Natoli
Natoli, who joined the RMC faculty in 2014, earned his B.A. from the University of Richmond, his M.Ed. from Colorado State University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. His areas of specialty include ancient sexualities and the intersection of classics and pedagogy, especially the use of technology to teach Latin and Greek.

In addition to teaching, Natoli serves as editor of the Classical Journal Forum and as a member of the editorial board of Teaching Classical Languages. He is also the coordinator of the Virginia Governor’s Latin and Japanese Academies.