Adam Kolman Marshak teaches ancient history at Gann Academy, a non-denominational Jewish high school. He is also the supervisor of the Gann Academy Teacher Training Program, which pairs young teaching interns with experienced mentors, and the head of professional development funding at the school.He received his BA in History and Classics with honors from Stanford University (2001), and his PhD in History from Yale University (2007), where he was a Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies and Distinguished Teaching award winner. In addition to his teaching at Gann Academy, he has also published a number of scholarly articles, specifically on the history of Roman Judaea and the political world of Herod the Great. These articles have appeared in academic journals, such as the Journal for the Study of Judaism, as well as multiple edited manuscripts such as Jewish Identity and Politics between the Maccabees and Bar Kokhba. Additionally, Dr. Marshak also has written entries in the Eerdman's Dictionary of Early Judaism and the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. He currently resides in Newton, Massachusetts with his wife Melissa and their daughters Yaira and Ophira.