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 at American Military University in Charlestown, West Virginia, and his MA and Ph.D. in Humanities at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dr. Withun has taught various subjects, including History and Literature, at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. He has also taught college Composition, Humanities, and Literature.
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.
Dr. Withun currently lives in Prattville, Alabama, with his wife Vanessa and their children.
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