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Mary Frances Bannard, Classics Faculty
Mary Frances Bannard joined the teaching faculty at Groton in 2016. She did her undergraduate work at Middlebury College and the University of Virginia, and earned an MA in Classics from Bryn Mawr College, where she wrote her thesis on culinary metaphors in imperial Roman satire. Before coming to Groton, she taught middle and high school Classics and served as a grade level dean at the Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, PA; she has also taught Latin at Nashoba Brooks School in Concord, MA.
At Groton, Mary Frances runs a Third Form girls' dorm and teaches in the Classics Department. She also assistant coaches girls cross country, helps with technical theater, and teaches the occasional yoga class. She lives on campus with her husband, Preston, also a member of the Classics faculty, their two daughters, and two dogs.
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Joshua Duclos, History Faculty
Joshua Duclos, a member of the History Department and the Religion/Ethics Department, teaches Ethics, Sacred Studies, and World and the West. He also coaches thirds soccer and advises the Philosophy Club.
Joshua has taught at Boston University, in St. Paul's School Advanced Studies Program, and at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics. In 2008, he was awarded a Fulbright grant and spent the year studying and teaching in Prague. Joshua has BA in philosophy from Connecticut College and an AM in humanities from the University of Chicago. He is currently completing his PhD in philosophy at Boston University. His area of specialization is ethical theory, and his dissertation focuses on the confluence of wilderness, value, and meaning.
Joshua has lived in France, the Czech Republic, and India, but he grew up in New Hampshire and is happy to be back in the Northeast. He enjoys running, hiking, and following the U.S. national soccer teams.
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Genevieve Fowler, Intern, Science
Genevieve Fowler, a Groton graduate from the Form of 2012, returned to the Circle in 2016 to teach physics and to work in the newly opened Fabrications Lab (the Fab Lab). Outside of teaching, she has spent her time running Fab Lab workshops, helping out with student projects, and gaining student and faculty interest in making use of the space and the tools in it.
Genevieve graduated from Yale College with a degree in mechanical engineering; she worked at Yale's Center for Engineering, Innovation, and Design, Yale’s version of the Fab Lab. In her spare time, Genevieve enjoys building rockets, rock climbing, and being outdoors.
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Abigail Frantz, Health and Wellness Counselor, MSW, LICSW
Abby Frantz joined the Groton faculty in 2016 after working for many years in the Emergency Psychiatry Department at Boston Children's Hospital, where she remains a per diem clinician. Prior to Boston Children's Hospital, Abby worked at the Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Institute at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA. It was there that Abby received extensive training and experience in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the treatment of anxiety and related disorders, which remains her primary area of interest. Abby has also worked in therapeutic schools and outpatient and integrated care settings.
Abby holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.S.W. in clinical social work from Simmons College School of Social Work. Abby has been an adjunct faculty member at Simmons, first as a field placement advisor and currently as instructor of Assessment and Diagnosis for the SocialWork@Simmons online master's program.
Abby loves traveling, baking, reading and going on adventures with her young son, Owen, and husband, Chuck.
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Adam Lamont, Intern, Classics
Adam Lamont, a Groton graduate of 2012, is back on the Circle as an intern-at-large, assisting in the Classics Department. Adam, who coaches football, basketball, and baseball, is happy to be back and exploring different parts of the school as a faculty member.
A 2016 Bowdoin graduate, Adam double-majored in Classics and Economics. He played football for one year at Bowdoin before transitioning into a student broadcaster and journalist.
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Eric Spierer, History Faculty
Eric Spierer teaches world history and comparative religion. In July 2016, he graduated with distinction from the Columbia University - London School of Economics dual MA/MSc program in global history, and he was the joint recipient of the Richard Hofstadter Prize for Best Dissertation. Prior to graduate school, Eric was a paralegal at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City, and after that taught history at The Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire, his alma mater. Eric went to Wesleyan University, where he was a history major and a varsity rower. Outside the classroom, Eric coaches basketball and rowing and is a Third Form dorm affiliate.
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Christopher Whiteman, Chaplain
The Rev. Christopher Whiteman is ordained in the Episcopal Church. After receiving a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from the Harvard Extension School, he earned a Master of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School. There he was a Swartz Fellow, Hopkins Shareholder, Williams Scholar, and was named the winner of the 2015 Billings Prize for Preaching. At Groton, he leads Episcopal services as well as weekday services in St. John’s Chapel, teaches Sacred Texts and Ancient Peoples, is a dorm affiliate, and advises three Third Formers.
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