Education 

• PhD, MA, University of Maryland
• MDiv, Saint Vincent Seminary
• BA, Saint Vincent College

Courses Taught 

• Art and Society in England from Queen Elizabeth I to Queen Victoria (Team Taught)
• Antiquity to Renaissance
• Colonial American History
• The Devil and the Problem of Evil in Western Thought
• English History to 1485
• English History to 1485 (Freshman Seminar)
• English History:  1485 to Present
• Historiography
• History and Development of Catholic Doctrine
• The Idea of Freedom:  Politics, Philosophy, Economics, and Theology (Team Taught). Freedom Project Teaching Grant
• Methods and Techniques of Research for Liberal Arts
• Middle Ages, Reformation, Reason (Saint Vincent Seminary)
• Modern Church History (Saint Vincent Seminary)
• Modern Ireland
• Renaissance Europe to Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
• Seminar: God, the Devil, and the Problem of Evil in Western Thought (Saint Vincent Seminary)
• Seminar: Research Project for Senior Majors
• Seminar:  Readings in History for Junior Majors
• Seminar:  Roman Catholic-Anglican Relations (Saint Vincent Seminary)

Honors and Awards

• Saint Vincent Student Faculty Award, 1982 
• Saint Vincent College Faculty Development Grant, 1984-1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002.
• Saint Vincent Student Government Association Award, 1989.
• Men of Distinction, 1989 (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England).
• Men of Achievement, 1990 (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England).
• Saint Vincent College Nominee, CASE Professor of the Year, 1992.
• Saint Vincent College Faculty Award, 1992.
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 1994, 2000, 2004.
• Freedom Project Teaching Grant (founded by the John Templeton Foundation), “The Idea of Freedom: Politics, Philosophy, Economics, and Theology,” with B. Watson and A. Herr. 2001. Course offered in spring 2002.
• Saint Vincent College Student Government Association Faculty Award, 2003.
• Saint Vincent College Thoburn Award in Teaching Excellence, 2008.