Dr. Aaron Maddeford has been teaching for the past 16 years at every level from middle school to college. He received a bachelors in liberal arts from Thomas Aquinas College in California, and a doctorate in philosophy from The Catholic University of America. He was a teacher and the academic dean at St. Benedict’s School before moving to Williamsburg to help start Veritas Preparatory Academy. He worked there for six years, teaching, designing the curriculum, and finally serving as headmaster. Subsequently he taught philosophy at John Tyler Community College from 2020—2024. He currently teaches as a philosophy professor at Benedictine College in Atchison, KS. Dr. Maddeford also serves on the board of directors at A Simple House, a Catholic organization that ministers to the poor in Kansas City and Washington DC.