Articles and Features
In February of 2024, National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions named me a 2024 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. I'll be circumnavigating the British Isles aboard the National Geographic Explorer. For two years afterward, I'll be working on impact and outreach with my students. Read more here.
"Ancient Ink from Trees"
An article and lesson on making oak gall ink for Science Friday
"Teaching Outside the Box of Classical Languages: A Diverse Curriculum for Diverse Learners"
Teaching Classical Languages, An Online Journal of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Fall of 2023.
All STEM Leads to Rome: Classics Day at the Museum
Excellence Through Classics' Prima, Fall of 2023.
"Quintilian: The Latin Teacher Podcast, Episode 31 - Nathalie Roy Returns"
With host Ryan Sellers, July of 2023
"Game Like a Roman: Make Your Own Dice Tower"
A hands-on history lesson, Excellence Through Classics' Prima, Spring of 2023.
"Louisiana teacher scores prestigious award for bringing Latin to life for middle school students"
About Cambridge University Press' Dedicated Teacher Award, Baton Rouge Proud, May of 2023
"Baton Rouge teacher whose students built a Roman Road is one of six honored from across the world"
About Cambridge University Press' Dedicated Teacher Award, Baton Rouge Advocate, May of 2023
"These Glasgow Middle students built a Roman road with Roman tools. Here's how they did it."
About the Roman Road Project, April of 2023
"Using Hands-On History Projects to Bring Unheard Voices to Life"
An article for Edutopia, October of 2022
"The Magical Power of Objects"
A TED Ed Talk on using material culture in the classroom to bring the unheard voices of history to life, April of 2022
"Creative Classics with Nathalie Roy"
A blog post feature from Peopling the Past about using material culture to deepen understanding of marginalized people of the classical world, May of 2021
"Making it Work: Looking to the Past to Inspire the Future"
A blog post feature in the Louisiana First Foundation publication, January of 2021
"Tabula Rasa: Experiencing the Roman Wax Tablet"
A chapter in An Educator's Handbook for Teaching about the Ancient World, Volume I, May of 2020
"Ancient Technology Meets Modern Classroom at Glasgow Middle School" (p.22)
Baton Rouge Parents Magazine, April of 2020
"Casting a Long Shadow: Celebrating the Spring Equinox with the Roman Technology of Sundials"
Cambridge University Press, March of 2020
"Making a StINK with STEM in the Classics Classroom: Exploring Ancient Roman Writing through Experimental Archaeology"
Cambridge Journal of Classics Teaching, Fall of 2019
"Classicists Build Things"
Eidolon Classics Journal, November of 2019
"Old, new (and smelly) mix in new Roman Technology class at Baton Rouge middle school"
The Baton Rouge Advocate, August of 2019
"Roman Technology: Using STEM to Teach the Classical World"
Cambridge University Press, August of 2019
"STEM Everyday #102: A Latin Take on STEM"
STEM Everyday Podcast, August of 2018
"How Did the Romans Do That? Or Teaching Roman Technology in the Secondary School Classroom.” The Classical Outlook, vol. 93, no. 4, 2018, pp. 135–145. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26614099
The Classical Outlook, Spring of 2018
"How Did the Romans Do That? Teaching Students about Roman Technology in the Latin Classroom"
Excellence Through Classics PRIMA, Spring of 2018