| EDUCATION |
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| 1982 |
Ph.D. The University of Chicago, The Divinity School
Theology Dissertation: “The Possibility of
Offense”: An Aesthetic Analysis and Interpretation
of Sacraments.
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| 1979 |
A.M. The University of Chicago, The Divinity
School
Religion and Literature
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| 1974 |
M.Div. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
theology and Biblical Studies
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| 1971 |
B.A.
Georgetown College English and Music |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE |
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| 1982 |
Whittier College
Assistant
Professor [1982]
Associate
Professor [1987]
Professor
[1992]
C. Milo Connick Professor [2005]
Genevieve S. Connick Professor [2008] |
| 1985 |
University of California, Riverside
Visiting Lecturer |
| 1981 |
The University of Chicago, Extension
Division |
| 1982 |
Lecturer |
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ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE |
|
| 2008-10 |
Chairperson, Whittier College
Faculty |
| 2003-06 |
Chairperson, Department of Religious
Studies |
| 2001-11 |
Special Assistant to the President
for Community Relations |
| 1999-2001 |
Executive Assistant to the President
and Director of Institutional Planning |
| 1998-99 |
ACE Fellow, Harvey Mudd College |
| 1996-98 |
Chairperson, Department of Religious
Studies |
| 1994-2002 |
Journal of the American Academy of
Religion, Associate Editor |
| 1992-98 |
Faculty Master, Garrett House |
| 1992-94 |
Chairperson, Whittier College
Faculty |
| 1990-93 |
Chairperson, Department of Religious
Studies |
| 1990-92 |
President, Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| 1989-94 |
Religious Studies Review,
Associate Editor and Editor |
| 1986-88 |
Director, NEH Grant: "Whittier
College Introductory Courses in
Religion" |
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 2005-06 |
President, Whittier Area Chamber of
Commerce
Whittier, California |
| 1979-82 |
Resident Head of Bishop House undergraduate residence hall
The University of Chicago |
| 1979-82 |
Manager, Divinity School Coffee Shop
The University of Chicago |
| 1975 |
Associate Pastor (summer), Branch’s Baptist Churc
Richmond, Virginia |
| 1974 |
Associate Pastor (summer), First Baptist Churc
Bluffton, Indiana |
| 1973 |
Counselor, Jefferson County Jail
Louisville, Kentucky |
| 1972-74 |
Minister of Music, Rolling Fields Baptist Churc
Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| 1969-71 |
Minister of Youth and Music, First Baptist Church
Mt. Sterling, Kentucky |
| 1969 |
Minister of Music, First Baptist Church
Falmouth, Kentucky |
