Stephan Nitu is a Junior Research Associate in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford, where he has recently completed a DPhil in Ancient History. An aspiring educator with a keen interest in defining and communicating the value of research, he seeks to highlight the foundational skills and competencies that the humanities ennoble us with and has presented at multiple international conferences on the necessity of prioritizing human flourishing--in research, practice, and teaching, on the humanities and beyond.