Hillsdale College

Faculty

The Diana Davis Spencer Graduate School of Classical Education offers students instruction and formation of the highest quality. Our faculty are accomplished scholars with a passion for teaching our students about beautiful and time-tested truths from a literary, curricular, historical, philosophical, and pedagogical perspective. While no program can exhaust a topic as expansive as classical education, our students are instructed by some of the most thoughtful leaders in the field and are therefore equipped to lead well in their future pursuits.

Profiles

Benjamin Beir
Larry Arnn
President of Hillsdale College, Professor of History and Politics

Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1985
M.A., Claremont Graduate School, 1976
B.A., Arkansas State University, 1974

Benjamin Beir
Benjamin Beier
Chairman and Associate Professor of Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2013
M.A., University of Dallas, 2008
B.G.S., University of Kansas, 2004

Daniel Coupland
Daniel Coupland
Dean of the Graduate School of Classical Education
Professor of Education Department

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2003
M.A., Oakland University, 1999
B.A., Liberty University, 1994

David Diener
David Diener
Assistant Professor of Education

Dual Ph.D., Indiana University, 2010
M.A., Indiana University, 2008
M.S., Indiana University, 2008
B.A., Wheaton College, 2001

David Whalen
Catherine Sims Kuiper
Assistant Professor of Education

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2018
M.A., University of Notre Dame, 2014
B.A., Hillsdale College, 2012

David Whalen
David Whalen
Associate Vice President for Curriculum and Professor of English

Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1992
M.A., University of Kansas, 1985
B.A., University of Kansas, 1982

Staff

David Whalen
Jaime Boerema
Program Coordinator, Graduate School of Classical Education

B.A. Hillsdale College, 2022

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