Tobias Philip first kindled his love for Classics at Bard High School Early College in NYC. He continued to study Classics at Swarthmore College, where he earned a B.A. in Greek and Latin with High Honors, winning the Gil Rose Prize for top graduating Classics student. He has completed his M.A. and is a doctoral candidate at Rutgers University, where he is writing a dissertation on Tertullian and the Greek and Roman philosophical tradition of criticizing spectacles. After completing a Fulbright scholarship in Heidelberg during the 2024-2025 academic year, he began teaching Latin at St. Bernard’s School in NYC. Tobias has also taught Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy and the intensive Introduction to Ancient Greek summer program for Calder Classics.