Education
Ph.D. 2007 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Th.M. 2003 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Non-degree 1999-2000 University of Georgia
M.Div. 1999 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A. 1995 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Work Experience
• Shorter University
o Associate Professor (2015 -Present)
o Chair Christian Studies Department (2012-Present)
o Chair QEP Taskforce (2013-Present)
o Chair Curriculum Committee (2015-)
o Assistant Professor Christian Studies (2011-2015)
o Adjunct 2006-2011 Maintained full-time teaching load during Academic Years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
2006-Present
• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
o Adjunct Instructor (2001-2011)
o Project Coordinator and Research Assistant at the H. Milton Haggard Center for New Testament Textual Studies (1999-2009)
o Ph.D. Assistant to Dr. William F. Warren (1999-2002)
1999-2011
• Georgia Highlands College Tutorial Center 2009-2011
Publications
2000, 2004, 2010
Project Coordinator and contributor, The Center for New Testament Textual Studies: New Testament Critical Apparatus. Accordance Bible Software.
2009
Co-Authored with Richard Bray, Religious Studies: Canon Internet Course (Spring 2009).
Articles
2014
Articles submitted for publication in the Lexham Bible Dictionary
Herod’s Temple
Pottery
Textiles
Semitic Ostraca
Flora
Khirbet Susiya
Book Reviews
Allen Verhey and Joseph S. Harvard, Ephesians in the Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible series (Jan 2013).
Blomberg, Craig L. Christians in an Age of Wealth: A Biblical Theology of Stewardship. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. (pending publication)
Francisco Lozada, Jr. and Greg Carey, eds. Soundings in Cultural Criticism: Perspectives and Methods in Culture, Power, and Identity in the New Testament (May 2014)
Leland Ryken, The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence In Bible Translation. Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry (Spr 2004): 135-36.
Research Experience
• International Greek New Testament Project the Gospel of John
(1997-2002)
• Project Coordinator and Research Assistant Center for the H. Milton Haggard Center for New Testament Textual Studies
(1999-2009)
Teaching Experience
• Adjunct New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana; Atlanta, Georgia; and Birmingham, Alabama (2003-2011)
• Project Coordinator and Research Assistant Center for the H. Milton Haggard Center for New Testament Textual Studies (1999-2009)
• Shorter University – adjunct 2006-2011, full-time 2011-present (2006-Present)
• Georgia Highlands Tutorial Center 2009-2011
Presentations
“When the Church Read the Bible: Liturgical and Lectionary Influences on the Text of the New Testament” presented at the national meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Atlanta, Georgia
Nov. 2003
“Lectionary Influences on the Text of the New Testament” presented at the national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Toronto Canada
Nov. 2002
“Let the Scribe Understand: The Influence of the Lectionary Cycle on the Text of the Gospels” at the Southwest regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Dallas
March 2000
Affiliations/Memberships
• Theta Alpha Kappa Honors Society (2013-Present)
• Society of Biblical Literature (1999-Present)
• Evangelical Theological Society (1999-Present)
• American Academy of Religion (2002)