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Bob Jones University
Greenville, SC 29614
contact@lincolnmullen.com

Education

M.A. in History, Bob Jones University (2006–2008)

  • 4.0 cumulative GPA
  • M.A. thesis: “Debating the Hartford Convention: Newspaper Politics, Political Opposition, and the Paranoid Style”

B.A. in History, Bob Jones University (2002–2006)

  • 3.91 cumulative GPA
  • Graduated summa cum laude
  • Minor in ancient Greek

Experience

Head of Reference Services, J. S. Mack Library, Bob Jones University (2008–present)

  • Assisted students and patrons with research
  • Developed a series of research guides for patrons

Freelance Editor, Discover the Book Ministries (2008–present)

  • Edited and wrote copy for Christian books

Project Editor, BJU Press Product Development (2006–2008)

  • Projects include A Handbook for New Testament Greek, Physical Science, and Chemistry
  • Frequent contributor to department newsletter
  • Initiated development of a wiki for department documentation

Youth Pastor/Intern, First Baptist Church, Groton, MA (2003–2005)

  • Preached, counselled, taught church classes
  • Developed and taught a class on Bible doctrines for teenagers and adults

Yearbook Editor, Bob Jones University (2004–2005)

  • Directed staff of 20 to produce two 432-page books

Publications and Presentations

Conference Presentations

“‘‘Six Days Shalt Thou Labor’: Work, Sabbath Observance, and Cultural Conversion in John Eliot’s Mission to the Indians,” presented to the South Carolina Historical Association, March 2008.

“‘Call to Remembrance the Former Days’: The Use of History in New England Occasional Sermons, 1660–1684,’ presented to Christianity & American History conference, Liberty University, April 2007.

“The Interrelationship of Reason, Faith, and Revelation in St. Thomas Aquinas,” presented to the South Carolina Historical Association, March 2006.

Encyclopedia Articles

“James G. Birney Runs for President (1840 & 1844)” in The Encyclopedia of American Reform Movements, ed. John R. McKivigan and Heather L. Kaufman (Facts on File, forthcoming).

“Draft” in The Essential Lincoln: A Political Encyclopedia, ed. Paul Finkelman and Martin Hershock (CQ Press, forthcoming).

“Theodore Roosevelt” and “Grand Army of the Republic” in The Encyclopedia of the American Veteran, ed. William A. Pencak (Greenwood Press, forthcoming).

“Alexander Hamilton,” “Fugitive Slave Acts,” and “Domestic Slave Trade” in The Encyclopedia of the Early Republic and Antebellum America, ed. Christopher Bates (M. E. Sharpe, forthcoming).

Book Review

Review of In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement, by Michael Lienesch, The Southern Historian (forthcoming).

Awards and Recognitions

  • Leila Custard Award for best senior history paper, Bob Jones University, 2006.
  • Who’s Who among Students in America’s Colleges and Universities, 2006.
  • BJU Scholastic Bowl champion, 2006.
  • BJU Inter-Society Debate Association champion, 2004.
  • National Educational Debate Association champion, Duquesne University tournament, 2003.

Academic Memberships

  • American Society of Church History
  • Conference on Faith and History
  • South Carolina Historical Association