EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in History, Indiana University, Bloomington IN (1975)
• M. A. in History, Indiana University, Bloomington IN (1969)
• B. A. in History, Emporia State University, Emporia KS (1967)

EMPLOYMENT:

• Huntington University, Distinguished Professor, 1992-present
• Huntington University, Assistant to Professor of History, 1974-1992

HONORS/AWARDS

• National Merit Scholar, 1963
• Kappa Mu Epsilon Honor Society [Mathematics], 1964
• Pi Gamma Mu Honor Society [Social Sciences], 1965
• Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges, 1966
• Undergraduate Honors Degree, 1967
• Huntington University Distinctive Professor, 1976
• Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society, Honoris Causa, 1978
• Outstanding Young Men of America, 1980
• Huntington University, First Faculty Lecturer , 1981
• Institutul de Istorie A. D. Xenopol, Iasi, Romania, Honorary Member, 1991
• Huntington University Distinguished Professor, 1992
• Institutul de Istorie N. Iorga, Bucuresti, Romania, Honorary Member, 1992
• Society for Romanian Studies Citation for Service, 1993
• Huntington University Centennial Medallion, 1996
• Huntington University Centennial Faculty Lecturer, 1997-1998
• CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award, 1998
• Romanian Academy Nicolae Balcescu Prize for History, 2000
• CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award, 2000
• Scientific Council, Institutul de Istorie A. D. Xenopol, Iasi, Romania, 2001
• Distinguished Service Award, Alpha Chi National College Honor Scholarship Society, 2001
• Who's Who in America, 2005, 2006, 2007

FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS

• National Merit Scholar (1963-1967)
• Indiana University Graduate Fellow (1967-1971)
• Richard M. Weaver Fellow (1968-1969)
• Foreign Area Fellowship Program Fellow (1970-1971)
• Fulbright-Hays Fellow for Romania (1971-1972)
• International Research & Exchanges Board [IREX] Fellow for Romania (1971-1972)
• IREX Dissertation Fellow (1973-1974)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on Nationalism, University of Virginia (1978)
• Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellow for Romania (1982-1983)
• IREX Fellow for Romania (1982-1983)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on Ottoman History, Princeton University (1978)
• Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Fellow for Romania (1989-1990)
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Venice, the Jews, and Italian Culture, Venice (2006)

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Historical Association
• American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
• Association for the Study of Nationalities
• Conference on Faith and History
• The Historical Society
• Society for Romanian Studies
• South East European Studies Association

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Society for Romanian Studies
  • President, 2006-2009
    
  • National Board member, 1976-present
    
  • Secretary, 1977-2006
    
  • Editor of the SRS NEWSLETTER ,1978-2006
    
  • National Meeting Program Chairman, 1980, 1981, 1994
    
  • First International Congress of Romanian Studies, Paris, 1986, Program Co-Chair
    
  • Second International Congress of Romanian Studies, Iasi, 1993, Program Chair
    
  • Third International Congress of Romanian Studies, Cluj-Napoca, 1997, Program Chair
    
  • Fourth International Congress of Romanian Studies, Suceava, 2001, Program Chair
    
  • Fifth International Congress of Romanian Studies, Constanta, 2007, Program Chair
    
  • Web site editor, 1995-present, at www.huntington.edu/SRS
• Conference on Faith and History
  • Secretary, 2004-present
    
  • Web site editor, 1995-present, at www.huntington.edu/CFH
• South East European Studies Association
  • Program Committee, 1977 Conference/Symposium
    
  • Program Committee, 1981 Conference/Symposium
    
  • Romanian Area Editor, 1979-1985
    
  • Guest Editor for Balkanistica , Vol. 7 (1981-1982)
    
  • Member of National Board, 1991-present
    
  • Secretary of the National Board, 1995-1996
    
  • Secretary pro-tem, 1996-1998
    
  • Balkanistica editorial board, 1995-present
    
  • Harrison Grants Committee, 2000-present
• Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society
  • Region V [Midwest] Vice-President, 1978-1980
    
  • Region V [Midwest] President, 1980-1982
    
  • Region V [Midwest] Secretary-Treasurer, 1986-1998
    
  • National Council member, 1986-1998
    
  • Member of the Editorial Board, Alpha Chi Alumni Recorder, 1995-1998
    
  • Distinguished Service Award, 2001
    
  • Member of 75th Anniversary Publications Committee, 1996-1997
    
  • created AX National Web site, 1996
• Revue des Etudes Sud-East Europeennes [Bucuresti]
  Editorial Board, 1990-present
• Institutul de Istorie A. D. Xenopol [Iasi]
  • Research Associate, 1991-present
    
  • Member of the Scientific Council, 2001-present
• Institutul de Istorie Nicolae Iorga [Bucuresti]
  • Editorial Board, Historical Journal, 2006-present
• Center for Transylvanian Studies [Cluj]
  • Editorial Board, Transylvanian Review, 2006-present
• Revista Arhivelor [Bucuresti]
  • Editorial Board, 2007-present
• Balkanistica
  Editorial Board, 1995-present
• Bibliophilos
  Editorial Board, 1999-present
• Christian College Coalition Russian Initiative
  Strategy Council, 1992-1995
• Christian Scholar's Review
  Juror for the Christian Scholar's Award, 1994-1997
• American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
  • Field Expediter for the Dynamic Inventory of Soviet and East European Studies in the United States, 1979-1983
    
  • Lecturer for the AAASS Public Education Project, 1991
• International Research and Exchanges Board
  Library Special Projects Selection Committee, 1993-1995
• Foreign Service Institute, Washington DC
  Visiting Lecturer, 1988-1989; Winter Quarter, 1989-1990; Winter Quarter, 1990-1991; Summer Quarter, 2002; Summer Quarter 2003

RESEARCH

• Principal Research Fields
  • Modern Romania
    
  • East Europe
    
  • Post-Soviet Societies
    
  • Venice
    
  • Historiography
    
  • Life and Works of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien

• Extended Research Experiences:
  • Visiting Fulbright Researcher, Institute of History of the Romanian Academy of Social and Political Sciences, Bucuresti, Romania, 1971-1973
    
  • Public Record Office and British Museum, London, 1971
    
  • Senior Fulbright Researcher, Institutes of History of the Romanian Academy of Social and Political Sciences, Bucuresti, Cluj-Napoca, and Iasi, Romania, 1982-1983
    
  • Senior Fulbright Researcher, Institutes of History of the Romanian Academy, Bucuresti, Cluj-Napoca, and Iasi, Romania, 1989-1990

• Areas of Expertise/Research Interests:
  • 19th-20th Century Political Development in Eastern Europe, especially Romania and the Balkans
    
  • Intellectual History, especially Historiography, of Eastern Europe
    
  • Soviet Systems, Russia, and the former Soviet Union
    
  • Development of post-Communist societies
    
  • The History of Venice and of the Jews in Venice
    
  • The History of Christianity, especially Eastern Orthodoxy
    
  • Political and Historical Geography
    
  • the Life and Works of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Church of the United Brethren in Christ
  Delegate to General Conference, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005
  Member of the General Board, 1993-2005
  Member of the Executive Leadership Team, 1993-2005
  Delegate to US National Conference, 2005
• Huntington County Habitat for Humanity

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