STUDIES:
PhD, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
MA, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
MA, Lee University, Cleveland, TN
BA, Lee University, Cleveland, TN

PROFILE
As a student and scholar, Robert is most interested in the interactions of the
histories, languages, literatures, and religions of the peoples of Middle East.
Most of his own work focuses on the first thousand years of Christianity in that
region.
Professionally, Robert has served at a number of private colleges and a
private high school teaching mostly Humanities, Religion, and Research and
Writing courses.
Along with teaching and scholarship, Robert enjoys food, travel, music,
theater, sports, and his favorite companions in these activities are his family.

SELECT PUBLICATION
“Snakes in the Garden and Tares in the Wheat Field: Ephrem of Nisibis’ Polemic of Lineage against the Manichaeans.” In Manichaeism and Early Christianity, ed. Johannes van Oort, 179-217. Leiden: Brill, 2020.