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Curriculum Vitae Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religion Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA |
| EDUCATION |
Ph.D., Harvard University (Study of Religion), November, 2002. B.A., magna cum laude, Columbia College, New York City (Religion), June, 1992. |
| DISSERTATION |
The Chancery of God: Protestant Propaganda against the Empire, Magdeburg, 1546-1551. Supervisor: Steven E. Ozment (History). Readers: David Hall (Divinity School), Carter Lindberg (Theology, Boston University). |
| SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS |
Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst research grant (1998-1999). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft fellowship (1999). Harvard University, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching (2000). |
| REFEREED PUBLICATION |
"Faith and Empire: Conflicting Visions of Religion in a Late-Reformation Controversy. The Augsburg Interim and its Opponents, 1548-1550." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 71 (2003), 45-74. Click to view in PDF. |
| OTHER PUBLICATIONS |
Review of Derek Peterson and Darren Walhof, eds., The Invention of Religion (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2002), forthcoming in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion 72 (2004). "Babylonian Captivity of the Church," "Confessionalization," "Magdeburg Centuries," "Magdeburg Confession," "Pamphlets," "Printing," and "Reformation Confessions," in The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History (Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming 2004). Review of Oliver K. Olson, Matthias Flacius and the Survival of Luther's Reform, H-German, H-Net Reviews, July, 2003. Click here to view.
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
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"Union and Resistance: 'Religion' and the Failure of Protestant-Catholic Ecumenism in Germany, 1540-1551." American Academy of Religion (November 2003). "Theology of Revolution Revisited: Civic Identity and Apocalyptic Thought in Magdeburg,1548-1551." Sixteenth Century Studies Conference (October 2002). "Our Lord God's Chancery: Images of the Holy City in Magdeburg's Propaganda Campaign, 1546-1551." AAR (November 2000). "The Rhetoric of Resistance in Magdeburg's Pamphlet Propaganda, 1546-1548." SCSC (November 2000). "Flugschriften gegen das Interim, 1548-1551." Graduiertenkolleg "Kirche und Gesellschaft" (Göttingen, Germany, June 2000). |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
Ursinus College, Fall 2002 to present. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion. Harvard University, 1995-2002. Tutor and Teaching Fellow, Committee on the Study of Religion and Harvard Divinity School. |
| OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES |
Steering committee member, History of Christianity Section, American Academy of Religion (since 2002). Selected participant, "Teaching About Islam and Middle Eastern Culture," a seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, the Council of Independent Colleges, and the American Council of Overseas Research Centers (Amman, Jordan, January 3-24, 2004). Invited participant, "Das Interim 1548/50: Herrschaftskrise und Glaubenskonflikt," Verein für Reformationsgeschichte conference (Wittenberg, Germany, October 2001). Organizer, Mellon Faculty Retreat on "Teaching Religious Texts in the Liberal Arts," Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA (May 2003). Fellow, Graduiertenkolleg "Kirche und Gesellschaft im Heiligen Römischen Reich im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert", Georg-Augusta-Universität Göttingen (Germany) under Prof. Bernd Moeller (1998-2000). Fellow, Undergraduate Teaching Workshop, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in the Theology and Religion, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, under the auspices of the Lilly Endowment, Inc. (2003-2004). Senior Teaching Fellow and Graduate Writing Fellow, Harvard University, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (2001-2002). Fellow, Dudley House, Harvard University (1996-1998 and 2000-2002). |
| LANGUAGES |
German (modern, early modern): fluent. French, Latin and Greek (classical, Homeric, koiné): basic reading and writing. |
| AFFILIATIONS |
American Academy of Religion |