Dn. Matthew Vest, PhD is Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Assistant Professor with the Center for Bioethics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He grew up in the foothills of the southern Appalachian mountains and now resides with his wife and two boys in Bozeman MT, where he serves as a deacon at St Anthony's Orthodox Church (OCA). He has taught "great books" and moral philosophy courses on the secondary and post-secondary since 2001, including helping launch New College Franklin (2007-2012).