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

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Bible, Greek, and Latin courses

• TGRE 501, 502 Greek I, II
• THL 312 New Testament Book of the Bible
• TEXN 510 The Synoptic Gospels and Acts
• TEXN 540 Prison, Pastoral, and General Epistles
• THL 590 Guided Readings
• THL 595 & 596 Thesis I & II

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