Department News

Faculty News - Spring 2009

Dr. Keith Bates served as a moderator/commentator for a panel called "Issues of Religion through the Ages" at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Austin Peay State University on February 28. He also chaired the Honors Thesis Committee for senior history major Joshua Abbotoy, who defended his thesis "How Political Fragmentation Impacted Byzantine Imperial Ideology, 1300-1453" on May 13.

Dr. Stephen Carls attended the University of Tennessee at Martin Civil Rights Conference on February 26. He represented Phi Alpha Theta national headquarters at the luncheon of the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Austin Peay State University on February 28. On March 26-29, he attended the conference of the Society for French Historical Studies in St. Louis. He also listened to Dr. Jeremy Black of the University of Exeter lecture at Belmont University on April 16.

Dr. Judy LeForge served as a moderator/commentator for a panel titled "Religion and Race" at the Tennessee Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Austin Peay State University on February 28. On March 11, she made a presentation on the results of her Union University 2008 PEW Summer Grant work, which focused on "The 19th Century Black Church and Biblically Inspired Activism."

Dr. Terry Lindley attended the Society of Military History Conference at Middle Tennessee State University on April 2-5. He had two book reviews published in Choice and had an entry titled "The Jesus Movement" published in The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization.

Dr. David Thomas had a book review about Mark Noll's book God and Race in American Politics: A Short History published on the InterVarsity Faculty Ministry web page.