Dan came to Middlesex from Creighton University, where he taught Greek, Latin, and the classics in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies. He completed his doctorate in classics at the University of Virginia after earning his M.A. in Latin there, and he holds a B.A. in classics from Cornell University. Dan is the author of a number of scholarly articles and book reviews on Latin poetry, especially the lyric poetry of Horace, the subject of his dissertation. Before his position at Creighton, he taught and coached wrestling at North Cross School in Roanoke, VA. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dan is the head coach of the Coed Wrestling program.