Thank you to Chad Ludington, but his name sounds like he was played by James Spader

[ProfessorPlum]

with a sweater wrapped around his neck in the movie.

But I'll take someone trying to tell the truth any day of the week

[Croney]

1. Wikipedia sheds light.

Several states have towns of Ludington. New York has Ludingtonville, named after a Revolutionary War colonel. I'd never heard the name before either.

Sybil Ludington was known as the female Paul Revere, warning residents of Danbury, CT that the British were burning fields.

[honest.abe]

2. He's Associate Prof at NC State

https://history.ncsu.edu/people/faculty_staff/ccluding

[Croney]

3. Haha, his first book was about wine.

He knows whereof he speaks!

[honest.abe]

4. The Politics of Wine in Eighteenth-Century England

Sounds intriguing!

[Croney]

5. The sequel: The Politics of Beer in 2018.

[honest.abe]

8. HA!

[Bad Thoughts]

6. Teaching Assistant Professor

It is a non-research professorship with only teaching responsibilities that is different than an assistant professor. (I was also one at NCSU.)

[honest.abe]

7. Ah yes.. thanks for the correction.

[Poiuyt]

9. When I first heard the name, I wondered if he was Chad Ludington III

He does sound like a preppie, doesn't he?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Nevilledog]

10. *snort*