To which classical figure do you most relate and why? No one in particular though I have many traits from many of the figures that I relate with. When did you know you wanted to be a classicist? When I was studying Latin in middle school. Who has been the most important mentor in your career? My high school Latin teacher because he made Latin alive and showed the many different aspects to it. What book has been most influential to your career? Tim Potter’s Romans in Northwest England. What trend in Classical Studies do you see as positive? The ability to adapt and use new technologies in presenting the material. What trend in Classical Studies do you see as negative? The lack of academics willing to view new ideas and changes. What book are you currently reading? 1301 Questions and Answers about Judaism. What literary character do you most resemble? Rabbit from Through the Looking Glass. Summarize yourself in the title of a Classics paper. "The Unusual Pieces of the Roman Mosaic." How would you like to be remembered? As an innovator and hard working.

Dr. Blair Gormley is a Latin teacher at Potomac High School in Dumfries, VA. Dr. Gormley is the winner of AbleMedia's Bronze Chalice awards for his submission of Jupiter vs. Belatucadrus. If you could travel back to ancient Rome, what five items would you take with you from the present? Waterproof matches, convex lens, Latin dictionary, Swiss army knife, and bubble gum. What is the best advice you have ever received? Never give up. When and where in the Classical World would you have liked to live? Roman Britain in the 2nd century AD. What would have you become if not a Classicist? Endocrinologist. If it were possible, with whom, dead or alive, from the world outside of Classical Studies would you like to have dinner? I would like to have dinner with Alexander Dumas. What law, rule, event, or custom from Classical times would you like to see reincarnated today? Citizenship for all freeborn males. What is one thing about Classical Studies you wished your students understood? That studying Latin is not easy and takes a long time to understand. What would be the title of your autobiography? The Rollercoaster Ride. If it were possible, with whom, dead or alive, from Classical times would you want to deliver your eulogy? Themistocles. What five albums would you want to have with you if you were stranded on a desert island? The Doors LA Woman, Echo and the Bunnymen Reverberation, Violent Femmes American Music, REM Out of Time and Mozart Requiem.