Ph.D. in Theology, Foundation House, Oxford/Graduate Theological Foundation, 2001
M.Div., S.T.M., Yale University, 1972, 1987
B.A. in History with University Honors, University of Virginia, 1969
Education
Ph.D. in Theology, Foundation House, Oxford/Graduate Theological Foundation, 2001
M.Div., S.T.M., Yale University, 1972, 1987
B.A. in History with University Honors, University of Virginia, 1969
Courses
Core: America and the Enlightenment
History Major: The Reformation, The American Century, Race in America
Teaching Positions & Professional Experience
Joined Southern Virginia University in 2006
Previously taught ethics at Dabney Lancaster Community College, 2006-2010
Ordained in the Episcopal Church, 1972; served parishes in Connecticut, northern
Virginia, Richmond, and Hot Springs; served as rector of R. E. Lee Memorial Episcopal
Church in Lexington in 1987
Scholarship & Creative Work
“A Religious Biography of Robert E. Lee,” appeared as part of the “Library of Religious
Biography” issued by the Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2017\
“Lee Chapel at 150,” a sesquicentennial history of the chapel built by Lee at Washington
and Lee University, 2018
Published books on marriage and on ministry; presented historical papers at the Virginia
Forum, 2015, 2016, 2019; has written regularly for newspapers and magazines
Awards, Leadership & Service
Faculty advisor for Phi Alpha Theta, 2018-present
2018 Professor of the Year, awarded by the Southern Virginia University chapter of Phi
Kappa Phi
Organized and executed Reformation Conference, Southern Virginia University, 2017
Ran for Virginia’s House of Delegates, 2005; for the state Senate, 2007; and was
elected to the Lexington City Council, 2008-2012
Received fellowships at Harvard Divinity School (2001) and Virginia Theological
Seminary (2000) for doctoral studies