CV

See below for selections from my full Curriculum Vitae.

Education

June 2019	Ph.D. in Religious & Theological Studies, University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology
	Concentration: Biblical Interpretation – New Testament and Christian Origins
	Comps: Second-Century Christianity, Council of Nicaea, and 1/2 Thessalonians
	Dissertation: From “Most Useful Book” to Scriptura Non Grata (The Shepherd of Hermas)
May 2013	M.T.S. (Master of Theological Studies), Anderson University School of Theology
	Professional Distinctions in Biblical Studies and Biblical Languages
	Thesis: Teaching Heresy: Lessons from a Critical Investigation … of the Ebionites
Dec. 2006	B.A., Miami University (Oxford, Ohio), Cum Laude
	Major in Strategic Communication with a Minor in Marketing

Teaching Experience

Term	Rank	Institution	Course	Level	Modality
Spring 2023	ADJ	Anderson U.	Early Church and the Empire	Graduate	Online
Fall 2022	ADJ	Anderson U.	New Testament	Graduate	Online
Fall 2021	ADJ	U of Denver	World Christianities (Sec. 1)	Undergraduate	Campus
	ADJ	U of Denver	Creation & Humanity	Mixed U/G/Ph.D.	Campus
	ADJ	U of Denver	World Christianities (Sec. 2)	Undergraduate	Campus
Fall 2020	ADJ	U of Denver	Christianity	Mixed U/G	Remote
Winter 2020	GTA	U of Denver	New Testament	Undergraduate	Online
Spring 2018	GTA	U of Denver	New Testament	Undergraduate	Campus
Spring 2017	GTA	U of Denver	Limits of Human Knowledge	Undergraduate	Campus
Fall 2017	GTA	Iliff S.O.T.	Hebrew Bible	Graduate	Campus
Fall 2016	GTA	U of Denver	Major Figures – Bible & Qur’an	Undergraduate	Campus
Winter 2016	GTA	Iliff S.O.T.	Hebrew Bible	Graduate	Online
Fall 2015	GTA	U of Denver	Islam & U.S. Politics	Undergraduate	Campus
Fall 2011 – Spring 2013	GTA	Anderson U.	Introduction to the Bible (x4)	Undergraduate	Campus
Fall 2011	GTA	Anderson U.	The Gospel of Mark	Undergraduate	Campus

With independent studies designed/overseen on the Gospel of John, Archaeology and the Bible, and Early Christian Art.

Paraeducational Experience

January 2021 – August 2021	Freelance Professional Proofreader and Adult Education Instructor
September 2019 – June 2020	Evening & Weekend Reference Librarian, University of Denver
August 2014 – June 2019	Research Center Desk/Library Assistant II, University of Denver
September 2017 – June 2018	Writing/Research/Languages Tutor, DU Learning Effectiveness Program
August 2012 – May 2013	Hebrew I/II Tutor, Anderson University Kissinger Learning Center
August 2011 – May 2013	SOT Writing Tutor, Anderson University Kissinger Learning Center

Grants/Awards

Summer 2012	Archaeological Fellow of the Jeeninga Museum of Bible and Near Eastern Studies
	Participant, Tel Hazor Excavations with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Teaching and Research Specialties

Christian Origins and Early Christianities (1st–5th Century)	The Shepherd of Hermas and Non-Canonical Christian Texts
The New Testament	Heresiology/Heresy and Orthodoxy
Formation of the Biblical Canon	Early Christian Interpretation of Scripture
Christian Classics—Patristic Texts	Jewish Christianity

Additional Instructional Competencies

Humanity and Divinity / Creation and Humanity	The Hebrew Bible
World Christianities	The Essenes, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Qumran
Theism and Atheism	Church History: Catholicism, Protestantism, etc.
Religion and Politics/Society	Religious Studies—General Survey / Introduction
Second Temple Judaism	Religious Studies—Overview of Abrahamic Faiths
Christianity, the Bible and Pop Culture	The Qur’an, Islam and Christianity

Professional Affiliations

• Society of Biblical Literature
• North American Patristics Society
• International Society for Heresy Studies

Languages

Koinē Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Ecclesiastical Latin, French, German, & Coptic (in progress)

Life Interests

Genealogy, cycling, volunteering, technology, reading, sports, Star Wars, and camping.