The ASCSA’s new Director of Publications, Andrew Reinhard, joined the Princeton staff on August 26th, bringing with him a unique mix of publishing experience, an archaeological background, and technical acumen.

“Andrew Reinhard’s expertise in electronic publishing, combined with his more traditional skills and his enormous energy and enthusiasm for this position, make him a very welcome addition to the ASCSA publications team,” Jane Carter, Chair of the ASCSA’s Publications Committee, said. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Andrew as our new Director of Publications.”

Reinhard was previously the Director of eLearning for Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers where he managed all digital publishing efforts, crafting a long-term strategy that blended print publications, digital ancillaries, eBooks, and websites.

While at Bolchazy-Carducci, Reinhard completed several first-of-a-kind projects to facilitate the acquisition of ancient languages and to provide Greek and Latin teachers with online tools to help them reach newer generations of students. Some notable projects included the eClassics website for the discussion of technology and Classics pedagogy, the Latin Proverbs iPhone app, the iPodius online store for downloading MP3 podcasts and music, MP4 video, software, and eBooks, vocabulary flashcards for cell phones and smart phones, and online supporting materials for several textbooks. Aside from managing Bolchazy-Carducci’s digital initiatives, he also managed book projects that included Aesop’s Fables in Latin and the popular Follow Your Fates series of interactive fiction titles.

His explorations into using virtual worlds and online game environments for language acquisition will be published in the forthcoming proceedings of the international conference, Greek and Roman Games in the Computer Age (Trondheim). His seminal article on technology and Classical language pedagogy was published in 2008 by Classical Journal as an online supplement.

Outside of publishing, Reinhard served on the Publications and Executive Committees of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) and was webmaster for camws.org. He later designed and managed the website for the online, peer-reviewed journal Teaching Classical Languages, and was also the webmaster for the Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature (SORGLL).

Reinhard is trained as an archaeologist. He participated in the Ohio State University’s excavations at Isthmia as well as at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo). He earned his MA in Art History and Archaeology from the University of Missouri – Columbia in 1996, where he was advised by Professor William Biers. Reinhard’s thesis surveyed Athenian janiform head-vases of the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. His BA is from the University of Evansville, where he double-majored in Archaeology and Writing.

Reinhard has presented several papers on publishing, archaeology, Classics, and technology at the joint annual meetings of the AIA and APA, as well as at the Classical Association (UK) and various regional Classics conferences. The goal of many of these talks was to demystify technology, encouraging archaeologists and classicists to add new software to their toolkits in the field, in the lab, and in the classroom.

From 1996-2007, Reinhard worked for Willoughby Associates, creator of Oracle and Access relational databases for museums. His responsibilities included directing the Client Services department, creating and publishing technical documentation, managing software rollouts, and consulting onsite with museum professionals in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. For ten years Reinhard honed his skills in successfully communicating often complex, technical information to non-technical people in print, in person, and online.

Reinhard has enjoyed his past two weeks at the ASCSA’s offices in Princeton. “It’s both an honor and a privilege to be a part of the American School,” Reinhard said. “I’m thrilled to be here and am looking forward to publishing more Agora, Corinth, and other volumes along with Hesperia and the Hesperia Supplements. I also plan on working with the editors, authors, Publications Committee, and the different units of the American School to explore the creation of digital ASCSA publications and online supporting materials for our printed content.”