'''Kenneth W. Harl''' is an American scholar, author, classicist and [[numismatist]]. He received an undergraduate degree from [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]], a PhD from [[Yale University]], and has been Professor of Classical and Byzantine History at [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans since 1978.
Although he has a vast body of publications, Harl is most well known for being a world-class teacher. He has earned Tulane’s annual Student Award for Excellence in Teaching eight times and was a 2001 recipient of [[Baylor University]]’s nationwide Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teachers. Alumni have commented on his enthusiasm for classroom teaching as well as his extraordinary facility for language and skill in mathematics.
Dr. Harl is both a Fellow and a Trustee of the [[American Numismatic Society]].
Fun Fact: Dr. Harl often likes to joke amongst his seminar students that when asked to give his occupation on his census questionaire, he answers "Germanic Warchieftan, Status: Unemployed but ready to raid."
==Works==
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*''Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700,'' 1996, ISBN 0-8018-5291-9
He has taught a number of courses with [[The Teaching Company]]: "The Vikings," 2005, and "Rome and the Barbarians," 2004.
