Alan Sisto is a bearded gentleman, pulling off the black t-shirt thing with a grin and arms akimbo. He has apparently European ancestry; the surname Sisto may possibly be related to the word "sixtus" in Latin, but who knows?

Alan Sisto

Alan Sisto is the host and co-founder of The Prancing Pony Podcast, helping listeners walk through the works of J.R.R. Tolkien since 2016. In the years since, he has also launched The Rings of Power Wrap-up (co-hosted with Sara Brown … Read More

Chris Vaccaro is gazing at us from in front of lots of books, papers, and filing cabinet drawers with a hint of wry amusement. He's a man of European descent with a dignified bald head and full dark beard. He's dressed in a button down shirt with light stripes and we suspect he is in his academic office in Burlington, Vermont.

Christopher T. Vaccaro, PhD

Christopher Vaccaro is a Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Vermont, where he teaches courses on Beowulf, Old English language and literature, surveys of early British Literature, and Tolkien. Christopher has published essays on early medieval English poetry … Read More

Irina Manea

Irina graduated from the University of Bucharest with a BA in Germanic Philology and European History, pursuing an MA in Ancient Studies (late antiquity) afterwards, although time would tell she was a medievalist at heart. Her PhD track in Nordic … Read More

Robbie Park is looking us squarely in the eye with a broad grin as though this is about to turn into a wild adventure! her dark hair is swept to the side, she has dressed professionally for this photo, and she must have amazing stories to tell!

Robbie Park

Robbie Park has been working in both higher education and adult education for several years now. She holds a Master of Arts in History and a Master of Education in Adult and Organizational Learning. As the Director of Commerce, Robbie … Read More

Brenton Dickieson smiles and squints into the light. He is a man of European descent with a flowing reddish beard.

Brenton Dickieson, PhD

Brenton Dickieson (PhD, University of Chester) is a teacher, writer, and researcher from Prince Edward Island. Brenton teaches in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prince Edward Island and is a founding member of the Curiosity and Inquiry … Read More

A man of European decent is delivering a talk with a sheaf of notes in his hand. He's ignoring the notes, however, and he has wandered away from the podium. He leans in toward the audience with a look of excitement such as he probably had when he was discovering a new cool book at the library as a small boy.

Andrew Higgins, PhD

Dr. Andrew Higgins received a PhD in 2015 from Cardiff Metropolitan University. His PhD thesis ‘The Genesis of Tolkien’s Mythology’ explored the first major expression of Tolkien’s mythology The Book of Lost Tales materials, with a specific emphasis on the … Read More

Max hart is a young man of European ancestry with classes and sandy brown hair

Maximilian Hart

Maximilian Hart received an MA in Language and Literature at Signum University with a thesis Draconic Diction: Truth and Lies in Le Guin’s Old Speech. His academic work is currently focused on the language-based magic of C.S. Lewis and Ursula … Read More

Dr. Liam Daley sports a trim beard and glasses to go with his big smile. He's somewhere outdoors with a stone wall in the background. He's clearly got laugh crinkles by his eyes.

Liam Daley, PhD

Liam earned his PhD in English at the University of Maryland, focusing on literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance – in particular, how the difference between “history” and “literature” changes from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and what … Read More

Pilar has the widest, sparkling smile! Her shoulder length hair sweeps a beautiful patterned sweater and she is standing in front of an incredible blue bay! Pilar is a native Columbian woman with just the tiniest dignified touch of grey in her shoulder length dark hair. That laughter in her eyes, though! I'll bet her sweet little dog is at her feet as the photo is taken.

Pilar Barerra

Pilar loves languages and literature. She is interested in fairy tales, especially Andersen’s, Wilde’s, and Japanese traditional tales. She also enjoys Japanese children’s literature, Old English elegies, and Shakespeare. Pilar has a Certificate of Higher Education in English literature from … Read More

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