I.  Education
Ph.D.          Concordia University (Montreal), Religion (2015)
M.A.R.      Yale University, Ancient Christianity (2011)
B.A.            Lee University, Biblical and Theological Studies (2009)

II.  Employment
Director of International Baccalaureate Program, St. Frederick High School (April 2020-)
Director of Grants Development, Louisiana Delta Community College (Sept. 2018-April 2020)
Acquisitions Editor for Early Christianity and Patristics, Gorgias Press (Sept. 2017-)
Part-time lecturer in History, University of Louisiana at Monroe (Sept. 2015-)
Grant Coordinator, University of Louisiana at Monroe (Feb. 2017-Sept. 2018)
Assistant Director of Media Relations, University of Louisiana at Monroe (2015-17)
Part-time Lecturer in Early Christianity, Department of Religion, Concordia University (2013-14)

III.  Publications
Books (refereed):
  • Christian Papyri in the Michigan Collection. University of Michigan Press (under contract)
  • New Testament Texts on Greek Amulets from Late Antiquity. Library of New Testament Studies 554. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016.
  • Matthean and Lukan Special Material: A Brief Introduction with Texts in Greek and English. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2011.
Chapters in Books (refereed):
  • "Amulets." In The Reception of Jesus in the  First Three Centuries. Vol. 3 of From Celsus to the Catacombs: Visual, Liturgical, and Non-Christian Receptions of Jesus in the Second and Third Centuries CE.  Edited by Chris Keith, Helen K. Bond, Christine Jacobi, and Jens Schröter. Edinburgh: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020.
  • “Papyrus,” “Scrolls,” “Parchment.” In The Dictionary of the Bible in Ancient Media. Edited by Ray Person and Chris Keith. Edinburgh: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017. 
  • (with Emanuel Tov and Christopher Rollston) “Writing and Writing Materials.” In The Dictionary of the Bible in Ancient Media. Edited by Ray Person and Chris Keith. Edinburgh: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017.
Journal Articles (refereed):
  • “A Newly Published Fragment of the Gospel of Mark (P137),” Early Christianity 10.1 (2019): 89-93.
  • (with Ross Ponder) “A New Christian Text concerning the Lord Driving out Passions,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 55 (2018): 13-20.
  • “A Greek Papyrus Fragment with a Citation of Matt. 1:20,” Journal of Biblical Literature 137.1 (2018): 169-174.
  • “Three Unpublished von Scherling Texts in the McGill University Library,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists ​53 (2016): 17-24.
  • “Scribes Avoiding Imperfections in Their Writing Materials,” Archiv für Papyrusforschung 61.2 (2015): 371-383.
  • “Papontos and the Hermaion Amphodon of Oxyrhynchus,” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 52 (2015): 39-42.
  • “A Letter from Harpalos and Sarapion(?),” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 51 (2014): 41-45.
  • “Three New Coptic Papyrus Fragments of 2 Timothy and Titus (P.Mich. inv. 3535b),” Journal of Biblical Literature 133.2 (2014): 389-397.
  • “A New Sahidic Fragment of the Gospel of Luke from the Michigan Collection,” Novum Testamentum 56.2 (2014): 198-204. 
  • “A Coptic Fragment of the Gospel of John with Hermeneiai (P.CtYBR inv. 4641),” New Testament Studies 60.2 (April 2014): 202-214.
  • “Two Sahidic Fragments of John 13:29-14:2: Garrett Coptic MS 6,” Journal of Coptic Studies 15 (2013): 277-282.
  • “P.Mich. inv. 3521,” in Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 49 (2013): 299-300.
  • “Two Unidentified Christian Fragments in the Michigan Collection,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 186 (2013): 121-123.
  • “A New Ptolemaic Papyrus from the Columbia University Collection,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 186 (2013): 247-250.
  • (with Andrzej T. Mirończuk) “An Oxyrhynchus Fragment of Homer, Iliad 23 in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 186 (2013): 6-10.
  • “What Is a τρυϲινον? A Fresh Look at P.Oxy. XIV 1674,” Archiv für Papyrusforschung 58.2 (2012): 269-272.
  • “A New Coptic Fragment of 2 Samuel 10:13-14, 17-18 (McGill MS NO Coptic 2),” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 184 (2013): 126-130.
  • “The Meaning of the Phrase ‘And the Witnesses Laid Down Their Cloaks’ in Acts 7:58,” in Expository Times 123.3 (December 2011): 113-118.
  • “The Bodmer ‘Miscellaneous’ Codex and the Crosby-Schøyen MS 193: A New Proposal,” in Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism 8 (2011): 9-20.
Op-Ed, Magazines, Online, etc.: ​
IV.  Media Interviews
V.  Academic Conference Papers
  • Invited panelist for SBL’s Student Advisory Board panel, “Does the Provenance of an Ancient Artifact Matter?” To be presented at the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. November 2015.
  • “The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife: An Open Letter to Biblical Historians.” Presented at the Fifth Annual Workshop of the Christianity and Late Antique Research Group, Montreal, QC. May 2014. (Invited)
  • “Amulets from Oxyrhynchus with New Testament Citations.” Presented in the Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds group at the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. November 2013.
  • “Some New Unpublished Coptic Manuscripts of the New Testament: A Preliminary Report.” Presented in the Textual Criticism group at the International Society of Biblical Literature, St. Andrews, Scotland. July 2013. (Invited)
  • “Amulets from Oxyrhynchus with New Testament Citations.” Presented in the Textual Criticism group at the International Society of Biblical Literature, St. Andrews, Scotland. July 2013.
  • “A New Coptic Fragment of 2 Samuel 10 (McGill MS NO 2).” Presented in the Papyrology and Early Christian Backgrounds group at the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. November 2012.
  • “John, Jesus, and the Kingdom: Re-Examining the Meaning of One Q Saying.” Presented in the Q program unit at the Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. November 22, 2010.

VI.  Teaching and Other Academic Responsibilities
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Biblical Literature (Term: 2018-2020)
  • Guest Lecturer, “Methods in Biblical Studies” (THEO 202), Prof. André Gagné, Concordia University, Spring 2015. An invited, three-hour lecture on papyrology and textual criticism.
  • Course Lecturer, “Catacombs, Crusades, Convents: History of Christianity I,” (RELI 320), Concordia University, Fall 2014.
  • Course Lecturer, “Christian Origins” (RELI 302), Concordia University, Spring 2014.
  • Conference Assistant, “Coming Back to Life: Performance, Memory, and Cognition in the Ancient Mediterranean,” McGill University and Concordia University, Summer 2014. 
  • Guest Lecturer, “Methods in Theology” (THEO 603), Prof. André Gagné, Concordia University, Spring 2013. An invited, two-hour lecture on New Testament textual criticism and papyrology.
  • Teaching Assistant, “Introduction to Christianity” (RELI 223), Shaun Turriff, Concordia University, Spring 2013.
  • Guest Lecturer, “Gospels and Acts” (THEO 315), Prof. André Gagné, Concordia University, Fall 2012. An invited, two-hour lecture on the Synoptic Problem.
  • Guest Lecturer, “The Bible and Sexuality” (RELI 398), Prof. Carly Daniel-Hughes, Concordia University, Fall 2012. An invited, two-hour lecture on Jesus’ sayings on marriage and divorce.
  • Teaching Assistant, “The Bible and Sexuality” (RELI 398), Prof. Carly Daniel-Hughes, Concordia University, Fall 2012.
  • Teaching Assistant, “The Religion of Ancient Israel” (RELG 202), Prof. Gerbern Oegema, McGill University, Spring 2012.
  • Guest Lecturer, “Advanced Greek Exegesis of the Gospels” (THEO 639), Prof. André Gagné, Concordia University, Fall 2011. An invited, two-hour lecture on the Gospels.
  • Graduate Seminar Organizer, Yale University, 2010. I designed and participated in a semester-long advanced graduate seminar titled, “New Testament Textual Criticism and Papyrology.” Supervised by Prof. Adela Yarbro Collins.
  • Greek Tutor, Yale University Divinity School, Summer 2010. 
  • Greek Tutor, Lee University, 2007–09.
  • Teaching Assistant, “Elementary New Testament Greek,” Prof. Donald Bowdle, Lee University, 2007–09.

VII.  Awards
  • Bourses de doctorat en recherche pour étudiants étrangers - Le Fonds de recherche du Québec Société et Culture (FQRSC) ($46,669), 2013–15 
  • Faculty of Arts and Science Full Tuition Recruitment Fellowship, Concordia University ($36,000), 2012-15
  • Concordia University International Tuition Fee Remission Award, 2012-15
  • Concordia Accelerator Award, Concordia University ($5,000), 2015
  •  “Coming Back to Life” Conference Assistant Grant, Concordia University ($1,800), 2014
  • Conference and Exposition Award, Concordia University ($750) 2014
  • Travel Grant, University of St. Andrews (£200), 2013
  • Conference and Exposition Award, Concordia University ($750), 2012
  • Rassemblement des Chrétiens du Moyen-Orient Award, Concordia University ($2,000), 2012
  • Teaching Assistantship, Concordia University ($6,000), 2012-13
  • GRECAT Research Bursary, Université Laval ($9,000), 2012-13
  • Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University ($10,000), 2012-13
  • Teaching Assistantship, McGill University ($3,000), 2012
  • Graduate Excellence Fellowship, McGill University ($20,000), 2011-12
  • Academic Travel Grant, Yale University ($400), 2010
  • Recipient of the George Henry Hubbard, Warren W. Pickett, and Gordon L. Corbett Scholarship, Yale University ($28,000), 2009-11

VIII.  Research Languages
Classical and Koine Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Coptic, French (intermediate reading), German (elementary reading)

IX.  Professional Associations
  • Association Internationale de Papyrologues, 2012–2016 
  • American Society of Papyrologists, 2009–2016
  • Society of Biblical Literature, 2007–2016
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