Michael C. Sloan

Michael C. Sloan is Professor and Department Chair of Classics at Wake Forest University, where he holds the F.M. Kirby Family Faculty Fellowship. He earned a double major in Classics and Economics from Baylor University, followed by a Master's in Theology and a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

Dr. Sloan's research encompasses Greek and Latin literature from antiquity through the Carolingian Renaissance, with publications on authors including Aristotle, Augustine, Cicero, Homer, Horace, Erasmus, Euripides, and Orosius. His current book project focuses on the 9th-century scholar Sedulius Scottus within the context of Carolingian intellectual culture.

Honors include Wake Forest's Kenyon Family Faculty Fellowship for teaching excellence, the Reid-Doyle Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Teaching and Learning Collaborative Innovative Teaching Award. Dr. Sloan actively advocates for the humanities through opinion pieces in national media and has been featured in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal for his expertise in classical literature and higher education.