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David Withun, Ph.D., is the founding Head of School at Ivy Classical Academy in Prattville, Alabama. He is a veteran of the United States Army, where he served as an Intelligence Analyst. He earned his BA in History and Philosophy from American Military University in Charlestown, West Virginia, and earned his MA and Ph.D. in Humanities at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama.

Dr. Withun has taught various subjects, including History, Literature, Composition, and Latin to K-12 students. He has also taught college Composition, Humanities, and Literature at the college level.

Dr. Withun’s academic areas of expertise and interest include American intellectual and cultural history and literature, classical education, and both the Eastern and Western Great Books.

His first book, Co-workers in the Kingdom of Culture: Classics and Cosmopolitanism in the Thought of W. E. B. Du Bois, was published by Oxford University Press in spring 2022.

His non-academic interests include spending time in nature hiking, backpacking, camping, birding, stargazing, and kayaking. His hobbies include reading, writing, and photography. When he can’t go outside, he enjoys watching great movies and listening to music.

Dr. Withun currently lives in Prattville, Alabama, with his wife Vanessa and their children.