Name: John Schedel

Title:  Associate Professor

Courses teaching this semester: SPE 130. (That’s it!)

Last book read or are currently reading: “Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and the Pythagorean Tradition”.

Last movie you saw: “The Shootist” (on cable).

Favorite TV show: “Dogfights” (Followed by “Ice Road Truckers”, both on the History Channel).

What do you enjoy most about the beginning of a new semester: Being able to share my enthusiasm for public speaking, rhetoric, and history with a new group of students.