Education:
Ph.D. in the History of Religions
The University of Chicago, 2003

M.A. in Religion
The University of Chicago, 1998

B.A. in Psychology and Religious Studies; minor in Sociology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1995

Teaching:
I teach mainly on Christianity and theory and method in the study of religion. Courses that I regularly teach include REL 2000: Introduction to Religion, REL 3050: The Christian Tradition, and, at the graduate level, REL 5000: Christian Theology to 1500. I also participate in our faculty team-taught section of REL 1000: Religions of the World.

Research:
My area of specialization is Medieval Christianity, with a particular focus on the pre- and post-conversion religion and culture of Scandinavia.

Publications:
"God on the Margins: Dislocation and Transience in Myths of Óðinn." History of
Religions (2007, forthcoming)

"At Smyrja Konung at Veldis: The Question of Royal Legitimation in Snorri Sturluson's
Magnúss saga Erlingssonar." Saga-Book of the Viking Society (2006, forthcoming).

"'Lord Help Us': Religion in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11." Method and Theory in
the Study of Religion 18:2 (2006): 166-78.

"The Giant who Wanted to be a Dwarf: The Transgression of Mythic Norms in Þórr's
Fight with Geirrøðr." Scandinavica 40 (2001): 189-225.

"Warriors, Wyrms, and Wyrd: The Paradoxical Fate of the Germanic Hero/King in Beowulf." Essays in Medieval Studies 16 (1999): 1-15.

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