<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Vandiver">Elizabeth Vandiver</a></b> (b. 1956) is a noted professor of classics at Whitman College in Washington. Her works include <i>Heroes in Herodotus</i>, and she has recorded numerous lectures on the classics for The Teaching Company. Vandiver received her undergraduate education from <a href="http://shimer.edu">Shimer College</a>, a <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/curriculum/index.cfm">Great Books school</a> where she enrolled at age 16 through <a href="http://www.shimer.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/earlyentrantprogram.cfm">the early entrance program</a>, and her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Elizabeth_Vandiver">Shimer College Wiki</a>) (from <a href="http://shimercollege.wikia.com/Elizabeth_Vandiver#Brief_description">Shimer College Wiki</a>)