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Tudor-Stuart Britain & Reformation Europe


Graduate Student
B.A., Linfield College; M.Div., Multnomah Biblical Seminary; M.A., Portland State University

Advisor: Stefania Tutino

I work on religion and culture in Tudor-Stuart England, specifically the intersection of official religious policies and local (re)interpretation and enforcement thereof. (more...)

Publications

  • Review of A Very Brief History of Eternity, by Carlos Eire.
    Cultural Encounters—A Journal for the Theology of Culture 7, no. 1 (2011): 146–148.
  • Review of The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith, by Mark A. Noll.
    Cultural Encounters—A Journal for the Theology of Culture 6, no. 1 (2010): 120–123.

Awards

  • UCSB Dean's Fellowship, 2012-2013
  • Best Overall Paper, Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting, April 2012
  • English History Award, Portland State University Department of History, 2012
  • Caroline P. Stoel Graduate Editorial Fellowship, Pacific Historical Review, 2010–2011 & 2011–2012
  • Lauren Banasky Scholarship for Graduate Research in History, Portland State University, 2011–2012

Presentations

  • “Local Reception of Liturgical and Doctrinal Reform under Henry VIII: Evidence from Three Suffolk Parishes.”
    Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association; San Diego, California: August 2012.
  • “Local Reception of Liturgical and Doctrinal Reform under Henry VIII: Evidence from Three Suffolk Parishes.”
    Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting; Spokane, Washington: April 2012.
  • “Turning Action into Belief: The Significance of Changes Made to the Ritual Celebration of the Eucharist in England, 1534–1552.”
    Phi Alpha Theta Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting; Seattle, Washington: April 2011.
  • “Thomas Cranmer and the English Reformation: Constructing an English Reformed Theology and Liturgy.”
    Evangelical Theological Society Northwest Regional Meeting; Portland, Oregon: March 2009.