Brief Biography:

‍Katherine Noe, a Cincinnati native, attended diocesan Catholic schools through 12th grade. Feeling that her K-12 education was incomplete, she pursued a deeper understanding of theology, philosophy, and history at Christendom College. There, she was profoundly shaped by her professors and the great thinkers of the past. She majored in Political Science, writing her thesis on the link between St. Augustine's City of God and American political philosophy. After graduating in 2023, she moved to Boston to join the St. Thomas More Teaching Fellowship. This fellowship aims to re-establish a strong Catholic identity in the Catholic schools of the Boston archdiocese. For two years, she brought the insights she gained at Christendom College to a school similar to those she attended in grade school. Realizing her desire was to impact the classical education movement more broadly, she enrolled in Hillsdale College's Classical Education Master's program. She and her cohort are now immersed in the study of educational tradition, preparing to share classical schooling with a wider audience.

Research Interests:

‍Renewal and strengthening of Catholic education, the role of contemplation and religion in education, the Aristotelian view of education, monastic education

What brought you to Hillsdale?

‍I came to Hillsdale to expand my knowledge of classical education. After spending time in teaching, I realized just how important the classical model is for students, especially in the Catholic and Christian schools. Classical education gives students a model of what it is to be a flourishing human person, creating happy and thriving citizens. Hillsdale offers a comprehensive and rigorous formation in classical education that I had not been able to find elsewhere.

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