Rob Hardy, Candidate for Northfield School Board

General Information

Name : Rob Hardy
Place of residence : Northfield, Minnesota

Education

College

Attended college : Yes
College : Oberlin College
Degree : B.A. (with highest honors)
Year of graduation : 1986

Ph D.

University : Brown University
Area of research : Classics
Year of graduation : 1991

Political Information

Party affiliation : Other
Party affiliation : Non-partisan
Running for a: Local office
Running for position:
Chamber/district:
Incumbent: No
Previous elective offices : NA
Unsuccessful bids for elective offices: NA

Other facts

Cannon River STEM School, co-founder and chair of the board of directors, 2008-2012; , charter renewal evaluation team leader, 2011; Northfield Public Schools District Educational Program Advisory Committee, assessment subcommittee member, 2004-2008; Northfield Public Library Board, 1995-2000; Northfield.org/Northfield Citizens Online, board member, 2008-present. Professor at Gustavus Adolphus College, University of St. Thomas, and Carleton College; substitute teacher in Northfield and Minneapolis Public Schools; volunteer at (ARTech); homeschool tutor in Edina and St. Paul; instructor for the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium. Freelance writer for Minnesota Public Radio ("The Writers' Almanac") and EBSCO Publishing; editor of the Ultralingua Latin-English dictionary; published poet, essay and fiction writer, and scholar. Translator/adaptor of two Greek tragedies performed at . Nominated for an American Philological Association Outreach Award. Stay-at-home father (1992-1999) of two graduates (classes of 2010 and 2012) who currently attend and Kenyon Colleges.