Dr. Jason Pedicone
Advisory Board
The Princeton-trained classicist who built an international movement to teach Latin and Greek as living languages, and who told Meriwether Academy how to build a movement of its own.
Hear His Podcast EpisodeThe Paideia InstituteAbout Jason Pedicone
Dr. Jason Pedicone is president and co-founder of the Paideia Institute, an international organization that teaches Latin, Ancient Greek and the classics through immersion programs, school partnerships, after-school literacy programs and online courses.
He earned his PhD in classics at Princeton after studying spoken Latin in Rome with Father Reginald Foster, the papal Latinist whose summer program Paideia was founded to continue. Beyond Paideia he also runs a tutoring and college advising company and a software consulting practice.
Building a movement
Pedicone spoke at Meriwether Academy’s June 2026 dinner in Nashville, How to Build a Movement, on what it takes to revive the cultural traditions of the West and turn a small circle of enthusiasts into a lasting institution. It is a question close to Meriwether’s own mission of founding a classical boys’ school. He told the story of Paideia’s founding on episode 3 of the Meriwether Academy Podcast, and he serves on Meriwether’s advisory board.
Lectures and talks by Jason Pedicone
Dr. Pedicone’s dinner talk and podcast conversation with Meriwether Academy.
Building the Paideia Institute
The Paideia Institute
Learn Latin and Greek with the institute Dr. Pedicone co-founded.
The Paideia Institute
Immersive Latin and Greek programs in Rome and Greece, school partnerships, after-school literacy programs and online courses for students and adults.
Visit paideiainstitute.org →How to Build a Movement, June 2026
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About Dr. Jason Pedicone
Who is Jason Pedicone?
Dr. Jason Pedicone is president and co-founder of the Paideia Institute, which teaches Latin and Ancient Greek through immersion programs and online courses. He holds a PhD in classics from Princeton.
What is the Paideia Institute?
An international organization that teaches Latin, Ancient Greek and the classics through immersion programs, school partnerships, after-school literacy programs and online courses.
Who was Reginald Foster?
Father Reginald Foster was a papal Latinist in Rome famous for teaching Latin as a spoken language. Pedicone studied with him, and Paideia was founded to continue his summer program.
What did Jason Pedicone speak about at Meriwether Academy?
At a June 2026 dinner in Nashville he spoke on how to build a movement to revive the cultural traditions of the West.
Our board, advisors and speakers
The scholars, artists and leaders who have taught at Meriwether Academy in Nashville. Meet the whole fellowship.
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Justin ShubowNational Civic Art Society
Joe AllenAuthor of Dark Aeon
Dr. Benjamin SmithCatholic Studies Academy
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