Jonathan Migliori Jeopardy Profile: Age, Job, Family, Stats

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Jonathan Migliori is an American educator, archaeologist, historian, and cruise ship lecturer based in Providence, Rhode Island. He is best known professionally as an Upper School Latin teacher at The Wheeler School, where he has taught since August 2019. His work encompasses all levels of high school Latin while also developing and teaching specialised Fundamentals of Latin courses for grades 6–8 students with learning differences (LD). Beyond the classroom, he serves as faculty advisor for the school’s Aerie Literary Voices literary journal. Prior to joining Wheeler, Migliori spent four years teaching Social Studies at La Salle Academy in Providence, where he instructed sixth-grade Ancient Civilizations and Geography, seventh-grade American History, Grammar, Greek and Latin Roots, Research and Technology. His passion for making history accessible extends beyond traditional education, having worked as an expert for Context Travel between 2020 and 2023, designing and presenting seminars on the history, archaeology, languages and literature of ancient civilizations. His career reflects a lifelong fascination with archaeology and museums, something he credits to childhood visits that inspired him to pursue the field professionally. Alongside teaching, he has remained deeply involved in educational outreach, museum programming and alumni leadership throughout Rhode Island.

Outside of academia, Migliori has built an international reputation as a Resident Historian and Guest Speaker with Viking Cruises, a position he has held since June 2017. During the summer months he lectures aboard ocean cruises, presenting talks on archaeology, ancient history, linguistics and literature while providing geographical and historical context for destinations throughout Europe. His itineraries have included Viking Homelands through the Baltic, British Isles Explorer, Empires of the Mediterranean, Mediterranean Odyssey, Iceland & Norway’s Arctic Explorer, Viking Shores and Fjords, and other Norwegian, British Isles, Baltic, Mediterranean and Aegean voyages. In 2025 he taught medieval literature aboard Viking Sky during its voyage from New York to Bergen, Norway, while also leading historical discussions and explaining reproductions such as the Bayeux Tapestry displayed aboard ship. Earlier in his career he worked extensively with the Rhode Island School of Design Museum as both a Curatorial and Education Intern and Continuing Education Faculty member, writing object labels for ancient Egyptian collections, researching artefacts, lecturing university students, developing archaeological educational resources for schoolchildren, supervising interns and teaching a continuing education course titled Alexander to Zeus: An Introduction to the Archaeology + Art of the Greco-Roman World. His experience also includes teaching at Greenwich Academy, serving as an intern at Motley Rice LLC, working as a gladiator and exhibit guide at the York Archaeological Trust in England, archival digitisation and visitor services at Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, and participating in the Greene Farm Archaeology Project excavations in Warwick, Rhode Island. He has volunteered for Project Open Door since 2015, creating museum-based educational programs for underserved Rhode Island students, and has served as President of the Brown Club of Rhode Island since 2016, organising alumni events across the state.

Academically, Migliori earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 2011 with triple concentrations in Archaeology and the Ancient World (Classical Archaeology), Medieval Cultures and Classics. While at Brown he participated in the Archaeology Department Undergraduate Group, Rhode Island Archaeology Colloquium, theatre productions including Shakespeare on the Green, and edited the Brown Classical Journal. He later completed a Master of Arts in Roman Archaeology at Durham University in England in 2013, where he served as a steward on the University College Middle Common Room Executive Council and participated in the Durham University Archery Club. He also completed archaeological studies through the American Institute for Roman Culture/Holy Cross in Rome Program, studying Roman archaeology, topography, Latin and Italian. His academic interests extend into publication, including All You Need Is Lof: Memory and Mortality in Beowulf in Ziggurat: The Brown Journal of Religious Studies and photography published in the Brown Classical Journal. His skills include research, teaching, editing, blogging, Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, copy editing, project management and event management. He holds an estimated Advanced Duolingo certification in Italian, speaks English, Spanish and Italian, and was recognised as a Bezos Scholar by the Bezos Family Foundation and The Aspen Institute in 2006.

In July 2026, Migliori makes his national television debut as a contestant on Jeopardy!. He is scheduled to appear on Friday, July 17, 2026, representing Providence, Rhode Island as a Latin teacher. According to the official Jeopardy! Contestant Zone, he competes against returning champion Lea James, an attorney from Boston, Massachusetts, and challenger Andy Strange, a project test engineer from Erlanger, Kentucky. His appearance reflects his long-standing interest in history, classics and trivia, fields that have defined both his educational career and public engagement.

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