Dr. Kevin MacNeil joined the Culver Academies’ faculty in 1999 as Director of Studies and was appointed Academic Dean two year later. He earned a bachelors degree in mathematics from Bard College in 1981, a masters degree in mathematics from Brown University in 1984, a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Illinois in 1989 and a Ph.D. in philosophy from that same institution in 1992. He has taught a variety of courses at the college and secondary school levels in humanities, literature, mathematics and philosophy. Dr. MacNeil has given lectures and workshops on teaching and learning, (especially the teaching and learning model of the Academies) and faculty professional development to audiences in the United States and Canada. He and his wife Denise Burnham, who supervises evening activities, have two daughters, Clara CGA ’08 and Sophie.