Laura Manning

Education:
2021 Ph.D. University of Kentucky, Education Sciences

2016 M. A. University of Kentucky, Classics

2016 Graduate Certificate in Latin Studies, University of Kentucky

2014 B.A. Montclair State University Latin, Classics
Biography:

I have three sons, who are 35, 34, and 29 years old, and I have six grandchildren. Our family pets are named Regina, a dog - Regi for short, and Cloelia, a cat - Cloe for short. These pets live with my youngest son and his wife. The latest pet addition to our family is Lavinia, a cat who lives with me.

This is the twenty-first year that I have been teaching, and I can say unequivocally that I have the best job anywhere. I love the fact that my students choose to study with me. Teaching and working with future teachers: both of these keep the flame of lifelong learning burning in my heart. I am grateful and joyful.

I hold teaching certifications in several US states, including Kentucky and New Jersey. I didn't become a Latin teacher because of some innate love of grammar. Twenty-five centuries of Latin-speaking people got me hooked. The fact that people living from very a long ago and on down through the centuries felt the same emotions and shared many of the same experiences that we face today - and spoke and wrote so vividly about them - made such a deep and lasting impression on me that I had to read more. Now I get to share with others! Eugepae!

Availability

Office hours: Mondays 2pm and Tuesdays 10am for 1 hour and by appointment.

Virtual Office hours: Tuesdays 9am and Wednesdays 2pm for 1 hour and by appointment in my zoom room. Email me for the zoom link.

Research

My research interests include pedagogy of the Latin language, Latin letter writing, Women Latin authors, and Classical reception in Renaissance pedagogical oration. My research focuses on the Active teaching of Latin, in order to answer such questions as, "How do teachers and students communicate in an active Latin classroom?" framing the research to place it in the tradition of centuries of Latin pedagogy.

Selected Publications:

Hunt, S., Letchford, C., Lloyd, M., Manning, L., & Plummer, R. (2018). The Virtue of Variety: Opening the Doors to Wider Pedagogical Practices in UK Schools and Universities. Journal of Classics Teaching,19(38), 53-60. doi:10.1017/S2058631018000466

Manning, L. A. (2016). Duae Orationes Paedagogicae Marci Antonii Mureti De Praestantia Litterarum Humaniorum in Universitate Saeculo Sexto Decimo. MA Thesis. University of Kentucky. Lexington.

Manning, L.A. (2021) "Active Latin in the Classroom: past, present and future." In Lloyd, M and Hunt S. (eds). Communicative Approaches to Teaching Classical Languages. Bloomsbury Press. London.

Manning, L.A. (2021), "How Sweet That I am the One to Whisper These Things:" A Comparative Case Study of Active Latin Teaching and Learning. Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences. 91. University of Kentucky. Lexington.