ISSN 0945-2354.Ģ002 'Letters and Mysterious Letters,' contributor of article for Encyclopedia of the Qur'an (E.J. ISSN 1547-9080.Ģ006 'A Second Look at Latin Secundus = 'Favorable'' in Pomoerium Online Journal, Vol. ISSN 1433-7177.Ģ007 'Vergilian Allusions In Newman’s “Kindly Light,' in Newman Studies Journal, Vol.

ISSN: 1616-413X.Ģ008 'Further Evidence for an 'Italic' Substratum in Romanian,' in Philologie im Netz 43/2008, pp. ISBN 9780470373378.Ģ008 'A Latin Etymology for Romanian DA = Yes' in Ianua.

I invite you to click on the link to my main page to explore my novels and other resources for learning languages.Ģ008 Intermediate Arabic for Dummies. In this novel, I indulge my love of Latin and spin a tale in which a knowledge of that ancient language is crucial to stopping a shadowy terrorist organization.Īnother novel students of Latin will love is In Saecula Saeculorum, in which a group of four high school students are sent back in time to Ancient Rome on a mission to save the world. The novel Amor Vincit Omnia: An Andrew Valquist Adventure, recounts the early days of a new linguist at the National Security Agency. My first novel, A Place of Brightness, tells the story of a family starting from the time they were fighting against Communist tyranny in 1960's Romania down to the current day. In addition to my interest in languages, I've written several novels published by Lingua Sacra Publishing. I'm proud to be a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and I'm a certified interpreter for that organization.

I'm the author of Intermediate Arabic for Dummies, by Wiley Publishing. In 2006 I left the NSA to become a teacher of Latin at a public high school. I've published a number of academic articles, listed after this biography.Īfter 9/11, I served for four years at the Top Secret National Security Agency as an Arabic linguist, during which time I earned the Global War on Terrorism Civilian Service Medal for service performed in Iraq in 2004. I earned my BA in Classics (Latin and Greek) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed by an MA and PhD in Biblical Hebrew and Semitic Studies, with a minor in Arabic.

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