David Cox
- Professor of History
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
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