Bio:
Nathan Howard (Ph.D., University of Arkansas, 2005) came to UT-Martin after completing his stint as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wake Forest University (2005-2006). His current research focuses on episcopal patronage in fourth-century Christianity, with an emphasis on the Cappadocians. He won the 2004 Edith Whitehead Williams Prize for best paper in medieval history (awarded by the Southeastern Medieval Association) and published this piece in Medieval Perspectives. He also won a Mellon Fellowship to use the Vatican Microfilm Library at St. Louis University (2003).
He has presented his work on the Cappadocians in a number of professional settings, including the North American and Oxford Patristic Society meetings. In 2004, Dr. Howard won a university-wide teaching award at the University of Arkansas. In 2007, Prof. Howard won an N.E.H. Summer Institute Fellowship to attend a seminar held at Notre Dame University, “Early Christianity and the Path to Islam: The Middle East Between Rome and Persia." Dr. Howard also serves as Volunteer Assistant Coach for the UT-Martin cross country team (2006-present) and he currently is a member of the Board of Athletics at UTM.
Dr. Howard's studies have taken him to numerous foreign countries, including Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and most of Europe. In May 2009, he led a Travel Study to Greece.
Courses Taught:
HIST 121 Development of World Civilizations I
HIST 121H Honors Development of World Civilizations I
HIST 320 Ancient Greece
HIST 321 Ancient Rome
HIST 420 Late Antiquity and Medieval History
HIST 421 Renaissance and Reformation
HIST 468 Travel Study (Greece)
UNSC 218 Reading/Discussion (Seven Wonders of the Ancient World)
Publications:
“Familial Askêsis in the Vita Macrinae.’’ Studia Patristica, vols. 44-48
(forthcoming, Leuven: Peeters, 2010)
“Honor and Obligation: Bishops’ Epistles as Commodities in Late Antiquity.”
Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives 33 (Fall/Winter 2007)
“Classical and Christian Paideia in Fourth-Century Cappadocia.”
Medieval Perspectives 19 (Spring 2004)
“Romanizing the Bishops: Eusebius’ Elevation of the Clergy in the Vita
Constantini.” Ozark Historical Review (Volume 31, Spring 2002)
“A Two Front Dilemma: The Texas Rangers in the Civil War.” Southern Historian
(Volume 23, Spring 2002)
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