Lincoln Christian University



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Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies
Office: M09
Phone: 217 732-3168 ext. 2350

Education
  • Ph.D., University of Chicago
  • M.A., University of Chicago
  • B.A., Kalamazoo College

Appointed to Faculty: 1995

Professional / Academic Activities:
  • Associate Dean for General Education

Courses:
  • ID 201 Ancient Civilizations
  • ID 202 From the Early Church to the Medieval World
  • ID 301 The Emerging Modern World
  • ID 302 the Modern and Postmodern World
  • ID 303 European Study Tour
  • ID 310 Rome and the Early Church
  • ID 321 American Civil War
  • HI 141 American History

Publications:
  • "No Friend of Caesar": Jesus, Pilate, Sejanus and Tiberius." Stone-Campbell Journal vol. 11, n. 1, spring 2008, 47-57.
  • Book Review. Warren Carter. Pontius Pilate: Portraits of a Roman Governor. Interfaces. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003. In the Stone-Campbell Journal vol. 8, n. 2, fall 2005.
  • Book Review. David Cherry, ed. The Roman World: A Sourcebook. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2001. In the Stone-Campbell Journal vol. 7, n. 1, spring 2004.
  • Book Review. Sarah B. Pomeroy; Stanley M. Burstein; Walter Donlan and Jennifer Tolbert Roberts. Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. In the Stone-Campbell Journal vol. 4, n. 2, fall 2001.
  • "Pontius Pilate and the Trial of Jesus: The Crowd." Stone-Campbell Journal vol. 3, n. 2, fall 2000, 195-207.
  • "’In the Fifteenth Year’ Reconsidered: A Study of Luke 3:1." Stone-Campbell Journal vol. 1, n. 2, fall 1998, 201-211.

Additional Professional Experience:
  • St. Xavier University, Lecturer, 1993.
  • Editorial Assistant, Classical Philology,The University of Chicago Press, 1990-1994.

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