History and Political Thought

Professor of History and Theology

Degrees Earned

• University of California, Irvine, CA, Ph.D. 2012
• Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, M.Div. 2001
• Washington University, St. Louis, MO, M.A. 2001
• University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, B.A. 1996

Research Interests

• Greek and Latin literature; epic; Augustan poetry, especially Ovid; history of literature; ancient history of Greece and Rome; mythology; New Testament

Teaching Interests

• Greek and Latin language and readings; ancient history; mythology; social history; Bible; New Testament readings

Associate Professor of History

Degrees Earned

• Vanderbilt University, Ph.D. 2018
• Vanderbilt University, M.T.S. 2009
• University of Kentucky, M.S.Ed 2005
• Norwich University, B.A. 1996

Research Interests

• English Reformation; Late Medieval and Reformation Europe; Late Medieval and Reformation Orthodoxy, Heresy and anti-Judaism; Early Modern Witch-Craze

Teaching Interests

• Medieval Europe; the Crusades; Late Medieval and Reformation Europe; Early Modern European Religion and Politics; Genocide and Mass Killing; Modern War

Professor of History

Degrees Earned

• Concordia College, St. Paul, Minnesota, B.A., 1993
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, M.A., 1997
• Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ph.D., 2002

Research Interests

• Religion and Race in Twentieth-Century America; American Lutheran History

Teaching Interests

• American History; Modern European/Russian History; Latin American History

Assistant Professor of History

Degrees Earned

• University of St Andrews, PhD, 2016
• University of St Andrews, MLitt, 2010
• Concordia University Irvine, BA, 2009

Research Interests

• Early Modern Warfare, Strategy, Austrian History, British History, War of the Spanish Succession, Fiscal-Military State

Teaching Interests

• Military History, European History, International Relations