JWHC Administrative Staff
Dr. David Riggs
JWHC Director and Associate Professor of History
Dr. David Riggs (B.A., Azusa Pacific University; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; M.Phil., D.Phil., Oxford University) joined the IWU community in 2000. In addition to his duties as director of the Honors College, David teaches courses in history, religion, and undergraduate research. His primary area of scholarly interest is society and religion in the ancient Mediterranean world. He also has a developing interest in the history of the Muslim-Christian encounter.
David has written various articles and presented several conference papers on the religious world of late antiquity, focusing especially on the cultic life of late-antique North Africa. He is currently revising his doctoral thesis for publication with Oxford University Press (Divine Patronage in Late Roman and Vandal Africa: Reconsidering a Local Narrative of Christianisation). David is also co-leading (with Dr. Chris Bounds) a research project focused on patristic conceptions of "grace" in light of Greco-Roman models of patronage and benefaction. This project is sustained by the undergraduate research assistance of students in the Honors College. In addition, David is currently composing A Brief Guide to Christian Liberal Learning for Triangle Publishing.
David has been married to his high-school/college sweetheart, Laura, for twenty years. Laura is a CPA who currently indulges her accounting interests part-time alongside the more challenging task of raising their four ultra-active children: Patrick, Christian, Alexandria, and Faith.
Email: david.riggs@indwes.edu
Todd C. Ream
JWHC Associate Director and Associate Professor of Humanities
Todd C. Ream (B.A., Baylor University; M.Div., Duke University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University) lives with his wife Sara and daughters, Addison and Ashley, in Greentown, Indiana (Home of the Eastern Comets!), where they are members of Jerome Christian Church. Prior to coming to Indiana Wesleyan, Todd served as a postdoctoral research fellow, a dean of students, and a residence director.
In addition to his teaching and administrative duties, his research interests include historical, philosophical, and theological explorations of higher education. He is the author (with Perry L. Glanzer) of Christian Faith and Scholarship: An Exploration of Contemporary Developments (Jossey-Bass, 2007) and Christianity and Moral Identity in Higher Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). His current book projects include A Parent's Guide to the Christian College (with Timothy W. Herrmann and C. Skip Trudeau), A Critical History of Student Development Theory (with Perry L. Glanzer), and A Children’s History of Greentown (with Addison D. Ream).
He has contributed over one hundred articles, reviews, and review essays to a variety of academic journals and popular periodicals including Big Sky Journal, Books and Culture, Christianity Today, Educational Philosophy and Theory, New Blackfriars, The Review of Higher Education, and Teachers College Record. He also serves as the book review editor (with Perry L. Glanzer) for Christian Higher Education and for Christian Scholar's Review.
Email: todd.ream@indwes.edu
Todd C. Ream Curriculum Vitae (Full)
Todd C. Ream Curriculum Vitae (Abridged)
2010 Spring Syllabi
HNR 325 Justice Unto All PeoplesHNR 350 Honors Research Seminar
Books
Christian Faith and Scholarship: An Exploration of Contemporary Developments(Jossey-Bass Website)
Christianity and Moral Identity in Higher Education (Palgrave Macmillan Website)
Journals
Christian Higher EducationChristian Scholar's Review
Lisa Toland
Director of Summer Scholars
Dr. Toland is proudly and originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but has more recently spent five years living in Oxford (England) where she was completing her D.Phil. in early-modern English history. Her primary interests lie within early modern British social and legal history. Dr. Toland's research focuses in particular on women's legal and economic experiences, as well as the rituals of dying and burial. She earned an M.A. in European history from Miami University (Ohio) and is a 2001 graduate of IWU's John Wesley Honors College. Dr. Toland is a JWHC Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow.
Email:lisa.toland@indwes.edu
Sara Scheunemann
JWHC Program Coordinator
Sara Scheunemann is a graduate of Marquette University (B.A., English and Classics) and the University of Dayton (M.Ed., Higher Education Administration). In between her undergraduate and graduate studies, Sara worked for several years in a variety of administrative roles with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship in Madison, Wisconsin. She also lived for a year in Duluth, Minnesota, simply because she wanted to be closer to the outdoor delights of beautiful Lake Superior.
When not serving as Program Coordinator for the John Wesley Honors College, Sara is likely to be found curled up with a book, scribbling in her journal, hiking in a national park, or spending time with family and friends. She is also particularly interested in the spiritual development of college students, a subject that she researched for her master's thesis.
Email:sara.scheunemann@indwes.edu
