TEACHING AT
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Undergraduate Courses: IS 1100 (Freshman Seminar); History 1300 (Western Civilization I); History 1301 (Western Civilization II); English 2301 (Integrated Honors); History 2301 (United States II); History 2301 Paired (joint classes with English 1302); History 3344 (Christianity); History 3345 (Birth of Europe); History 3346 (Age of Chivalry); History 3348 (Crusades); History 3399 (Directed Reading); History 4347 (Medieval Church); History 4370 (Great Cities); History 4397 (Directed Research); History 4398 (Senior Seminar). Honors 3301 (Honors Seminar in Humanities).
Graduate Courses: History 5308 (Historical Studies of Religion); History 5341 (Topics in Medieval History: specialized courses on chivalry, hagiography, medieval Italy, medieval Italian Church, medieval warfare, ecclesiastical reform, and "renaissances"); History 5366 (Religious Studies: specialized course on the medieval Church); History 6000 (Masters Thesis); History 6305 (Seminar in European History); History 7000 (Research); and History 8000 (Dissertation). Non-credit medieval Latin reading group. Medieval and Renaissance Studies 5301: Methods in Medieval and Renaissance History.
Teaching Awards:President's Academic Achievement Award, Texas Tech (2015).
Faculty Distinguished Leadership Award, Texas Tech Parents' Association (2009).
Professing Excellence Award, Success Center, Texas Tech Residence Life (2002).
Zeta Iota Chapter (TTU) of Phi Alpha Theta, Outstanding Individual Faculty Member (1999).
Founding Member, TTU Teaching Academy (1997-).
TTU President's Excellence in Teaching Award (1995).
TTU Moms' and Dads' Association Spencer A. Wells Outstanding Faculty Member Award (1988).
Dissertations Directed:
Olga Delgadillo,"From Symbols to Sanctity: Miracles as Cultic Veneration in Italy between the Twelfth and the Fourteenth Centuries
Catherine of Sienna, Rita of Cascia and Lucia Brocadelli." Dissertation, TTU 2023..
Mac Karen L. Milmine, "Worms, Wombs and Ecstasy: The Spiritual Disability of
Catherine of Sienna, Rita of Cascia and Lucia Brocadelli." Dissertation, TTU 2019.
Lane Sobehrad,
"The Past in Prologues: The Origins Form,
and Function of Introductory Material in Medieval England."
Dissertation, TTU, 2017.
Shadia Mahmoud,
"The
Development of Archaeological and Historical Museums in Egypt during
the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Imperialism, Nationalism,
UNESCO Patronage and Egyptian Museology Today."
Dissertation, TTU, 2012.
Mohamed El-Moctar,
"The Crusades' Impact on Sunnī-Shī'a
Relations." Dissertation, TTU, 2011.
Judd H. Burton,
"Religion, Society, and Sacred Space at Banias: A Religious
History of Banias/Caesarea Philippi, 21 BC-AD 1635."
Dissertation, TTU, 2010.
Donal Scott Buchanan, “Questing for Order:
Medieval British Institutions and the Victorian Intellectual Press.”
Dissertation, TTU. 2007.
Patrick Henry Maille, “The Place of Magic in Christian
Conversion from the First to the Fourth Century: A Study in
Popular Religion.” Dissertation, TTU, 2005.
Master's Theses Directed:
Jessica Tharp, "Danishness in the Viking Age: Violence, Christianity, and Boundary Perception in the
Construction of Medieval Danish Identity.". Thesis, TTU,
2021.
Courtney Hubbart,
"Ties That Bind: Chivalric
Loyalty in the Late Twelfth Century according to Major Angevin
Chroniclers
Justin Kirkland, "From Rite to Right: How Holy Days Became a
Natural Right in Medieval England." Thesis: TTU, 2013 [honored as
TTU Graduate School's "Outstanding Thesis in the Humanities," 2013].
Jacob Lackner, "Jews through Christian Eyes: The Jewish
‘Other’ in Thirteenth-Century Papal Documents, Artwork, and
Sermons." Thesis, TTU, 2012.
James Green, "The Philosophy and Theology of John
Scottus Eriugena as a Reflection of and Influence on Late
Carolingian and Post-Carolingian Society: Inherent
Conjunctions and Disjunctions between Theory and Practice." Thesis,
TTU, 2010.
Johnathan Edgeller, "Taking the Templar Habit:
Rule, Initiation Ritual, and the Accusations against the
Order." Thesis, TTU, 2010.
Jason Price, "The Generalship of Alexius I Comnenus."
Thesis, TTU, 2005.
Robert J. Jensen, "Philip Melanchthon's View of Salvation in
Relation to That of Bernard of Clairvaux ." Thesis, TTU, 2000.
Leif Errol Pierson, "Evidence for Viking Disruption from
Early Norman Histories and Commemorations of Saints." Thesis, TTU,
1999.
Patrick Henry Maille, "Early Christianity and the Family."
Thesis: TTU, 1998.
Kenneth A. Malcolm,
"Death's Reflection of Life: A Study of Italian Hagiographical
Representations of Death in the Eleventh,
Twelfth, and Thirteenth
Centuries." Thesis, TTU, 1991.
Non-Thesis Masters Degrees Directed:
Mathew McGraw (2006); Beverly English (2004); Lisa Fields (2002);
Thomas H. Payton (1998); Cynthia Rosser (1994).
Committee Member for Successfully Completed Doctoral
Students:
Alexis Milmine (English, 2019);;Katherine
Scherff (Fine Arts Doctoral Program, 2019);.Kathryn L. Jasper (University of California Berkeley, 2011);Travis
Childs (2008); Michael Lynn Houck (2004); Tiffany M. Haggard Fink
(2003); William S. Clayson (2002); Memet Yetisgen (2000); R. Blake
Dunnavent (1998); Dan B. Wimberly (1995): Susan Jean Dickey (1993);
Dennis Williams (1992); Richard Devaux (1990); David W. Marshall
(1989).
Committee Member for Successfully Completed Masters
Students:
Juan Vela (2019); Ethan Dodson (2018, internship report, Forensic Science); Joseph Anselmi (non-thesis, 2012);
Corey Ashcroft (non-thesis, 2007); Tiffany Ziegler (2005);
Michael Lynn Houck (1998); Memet Yetisgen (1996); Jeffrey Lance
Vanzant (1993), Mary Margaret Haraden (1993); R. Blake Dunnavent
(1992); Megan Lora Hickerson (1991); David Lee Null (1991); Dennis
Williams (1989), Janet Marie Millson Fortner (1987); Anna L. Morales
(1985).
Interdisciplinary Masters Committees:
Lori Rodriguez (2014); Melissacarin Wanner (Chair, 2010); Kelly
McGinty (2004); David Aranda (2001).
Current Active Doctoral Committees:
Brooke Bartosch (Chair)