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Bloomsburg University
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Education:
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Ph.D., History,
August 1987; M.A., History, June 1983.
Fordham University, Bronx, New York. B.A., History and
Philosophy, May 1980, summa cum laude.
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
A.A.S., Photography, June 1976, cum laude.
Academic positions:
Professor, Department of History, Bloomsburg University.
August 1993--present. Granted tenure, August 1994.
Chair, Department of History, Bloomsburg University.
May 1996--May 2008.
Executive Director, The Institute for Culture and Society,
College of Liberal Arts, Bloomsburg University,
September 2001--May 2004.
Associate professor, Department of History, Bloomsburg
University, August 1989--August 1993.
Assistant professor, Department of History, Fordham
University, May 1987--July 1989.
Instructor, Department of History, Fordham University.
August 1986--May 1987.
Lecturer, Deparment of History, Loyola University of Chicago,
January--May 1986.
Consulting:
SAT essay grader. Pearson Educational/ETS, March 2005.
Translation project consultant, manuscript reviewer. Catholic
University of America Press, November 2003, May 2005.
Textbook proposal/revision consultant. Prentice Hall; Addison,
Wesley, Longman; Houghton-Mifflin; McGraw Hill, 2001--2006.
Book proposal consultant. Paulist Press, 2000.
Tenure/promotion review consultant. Lewis and Clark College,
John Carroll University, 1998--2000.
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. Standard setting
study for CLEP subject examinations in Western Civilization,
March--April 2000.
Infography.com. Bibliographic consultation on the history of the
early modern papacy. March 2000.
Askahistorian.com. Consultant for on-line inquiries. August
2000.
Editing:
Editorial Board, Sixteenth Century Journal, member, March 2000--
March 2006. Publications:
A. Books
Theatine Spirituality: Selected Writings, Classics in Western
Spirituality Series, #87 (New York: Paulist Press, 1996).
Marcello Cervini and Ecclesiastical Government in Tridentine Italy
(DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 1992). B. Collaborative reference project
Associate editor, with Frank J. Coppa, et al. The Great Popes Through
History: An Encyclopedia (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002).
C. Articles
"A bridge between Renaissance and Counter-Reformation: some sources
of Theatine spirituality," in Thomas Kuehn and John Marino, eds., A
Renaissance of conflicts: Law, religion and culture in late medieval,
Renaissance and early modern history (Toronto: University of Toronto
Press, 2004), 337-63.
"Catholicism" and "Church-State Relations", two articles in Paul F.
Grendler, et al., eds. Dictionary of Early Modern Europe (New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 2004).
"The Early Modern Papacy, Introduction," and "The Early Modern Papacy:
Bibliographic Note," two articles in Frank J. Coppa, et al., eds.
The Great Popes Through History: An Encyclopedia, 2 Volumes, (Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 2002) 2:323-32, 2:425-30.
"Paul III", and "Paul V", two articles in Frank J. Coppa, et al.,
eds. The Great Popes Through History: An Encyclopedia, 2 Volumes, (Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 2002)1:307-314, 2:373-380.
"The Papacy in the Age of Reform, 1513-1644," in Kathleen M.
Comerford and Hilmar Pabel, eds. Essential Articles on Early Modern
Catholicism (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001), 46-66.
"The Consilium de emendanda ecclesia and the 1555 reform bull of
Pope Julius III: dead letters or building blocks?" in Thomas Isbicki
and Christopher M. Bellitto, eds.,Church renewal in the age of reform
Studies in the History of Christian Thought (Leiden: Brill, 2000):
239-58.
"Counter-Reformation" and "Society of Jesus", two articles in
Frank J. Coppa, ed. Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy (Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1999), 124-26; 378-80.
"Religion and Society in Early Modern Italy--Old Questions, New
Insights," American Historical Review 101/3 (June 1996): 783-804.
Eleven articles: "Clement VII", "Gentile, Giovanni Valentino,"
"Gregory XIII", "Gribaldi, Matteo," "Julius III," "Marcellus II,"
"Oratory of Divine Love," "Paul III," "Paul IV," "Pio da
Carpi, Rodolfo," and "Pius V," in Hans J. Hillerbrand, et al.,
eds. Encyclopedia of the Reformation (New York: Oxford
University Press, 1996).
"Galileo Galilei," in James A. Moncure, ed. Research Guide to European
Historical Biography: 1450--Present 8 Vols.,(Washington, DC: Beacham
Publishing, 1993) 6:3076-94.
"Countering 'the Turk': Papal and Genoese Naval Policy, 1535-1536,"
Archivum historiae pontificiae 30 (1992):351-62.
"Marcellus II, Girolamo Seripando and the Image of the Angelic
Pope," Prophetic Rome in the High Renaissance Period, ed. Marjorie
Reeves, Oxford-Warburg Studies (Oxford: Clarendon Press,
1992), pp. 373-87.
"Two Instructions to Preachers from the Tridentine Reforma-
tion," Sixteenth Century Journal 20 (1989):457-70.
"Papal, Episcopal and Secular Authority in the Work of Marcello Cer-
vini," Cristianesimo nella storia 9 (1988):493-521. D. Book reviews
Sulle tracce dell eresia: Ambrogio Catarino Politi (1484-1553), by Giorgio
Caravale. Catholic Historical Review 94 (2008): forthcoming.
Ruling peacefully: Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga and patrician reform in sixteenth-century
Italy, by Paul V. Murphy. Catholic Historical Review 94 (2008): forthcoming.
L'eremita e il sinodo: Paolo Giustiniani e l'offensiva Medicea contro
Girolamo Savonarola (1516-1517), by Stefano Dall'Aglio. Cristianesimo nella
Storia (2008): forthcoming.
Early modern Catholicism: an anthology of primary sources, edited by Robert
S. Miola. Review of English Studies 59 (2008).
Giulia Gonzaga and the religious controversies of sixteenth century Italy, by
Camilla Russell. American Historical Review 112 (2007): 1634.
Heresy, culture and religion in early modern Italy: Contexts and contestations,
edited by Ronald K. Delph, Michelle M. Fontaine and John Jeffries Martin. Catholic
Historical Review 93 (2007): 943-44.
Early modern confraternities: international and interdisciplinary perspectives,
edited by Christopher Black and Pamela Gravestock. H-Italy review (November, 2007).
Dove non arriva la legge: Dottrine della censura nella prima età
moderna, by Lucia Bianchin. Sixteenth Century Journal 38 (2007):
843-44.
Erasmus, Contarini and the religious republic of letters, by Constance
M. Furey. Theological Studies 67 (2007): 691-93.
Storie di famiglia: Nobili, capitani, dottori nei Ricordi della
famiglia de' Guidici di Arezzo (1483-1769), by Ivo Biagianti. Sixteenth
Century Journal 38 (2007): 566-67.
L'archivio storico del comune di Cerreto Guidi, by Veronica Vestri.
Sixteenth Century Journal 38 (2007): 567-69.
Church, religion and society in early modern Italy, by Christopher F.
Black. Sixteenth Century Journal 37 (2006): 565-66.
Girolamo Rorario: Un umanista diplomatico del Cinquecento e i suoi
Dialoghi, by Aidée Scala. Sixteenth Century Journal 37 (2006):
556-57.
Clemente VII e il sacro collegio 1592-1605: Meccanismi istituzionali
ed accentramento di governo, by Maria Teresa Fattori. Renaissance
Quarterly 59 (2006): 152-53.
L'Inquisizione romana: Letture e ricerche, by Adriano Prosperi.
Sixteenth Century Journal 37 (2006): 196-98.
The Calabrian charlatan, 1598-1603: Messianic nationalism in early
modern Europe, by H. Eric R. Olsen. American Historical Review 109/4
(October 2004):1316-17.
Studia Borromaica: saggi e documenti di storia religiosa e civile
della prima età moderna, edited by Santo Burgio and Luca Ceriotti.
Sixteenth Century Journal 35/3 (Fall 2004): 839-40.
The Correspondence of Reginald Pole, Volume 1, A calendar 1518-1546:
Beginnings to Legate of Viterbo, by Thomas F. Mayer. Catholic Historical
Review 90/3 (July 2004): 544-45.
I devoti della carità: Le confraternite del Divino Amore nell' Italia
del primo Cinquecento, by Daniela Solfaroli Camillocci. Sixteenth Century
Journal 35/2 (Summer 2004): 515-17.
St. Augustine's bones: a microhistory, by Harold Samuel Stone.
Journal of Religion 84/1 (January 2004): 101-03.
A bishop's tale: Mathias Hovius among his flock in seventeenth century
Flanders, by Craig Harline and Eddy Put. Church History 72/1 (March 2003):
200-01.
I processi inquisitorial di Pietro Carnesecchi, 1557-1567. Edizione
Critica: Vol. 2: Il processo sotto Pio V (1566-1567), Tomi 1-3, edited
by Massimo Firpo and Dario Marcatto. Sixteenth Century Journal 34
(2003): 933-35.
Church, censorship and culture in early modern Italy, edited by
Gigliola Fragnito. Journal of Religion 83/1 (January 2003): 133-34.
The conquest of the soul: Confession, discipline, and public order
in Counter-reformation Milan, by Wietse de Boer. American Historical
Review 107 (2002): 1316-17.
Macht und Ohnmacht der Verflechtung: Rom und Bologna unter Paul V,
by Nicole Reinhardt. Sixteenth Century Journal 33 (2002): 815-16.
Reginald Pole: Prince and prophet, Cardinal Pole in European Context:
A via media in the Reformation, and A reluctant author: Cardinal Pole
and his manuscripts, all by Thomas F. Mayer. Catholic Historical Review
88 (2002): 356-59.
Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi: Selected revelations, edited by Armando Maggi.
Sixteenth Century Journal 33 (2002): 555-57.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Religion, war, famine, and
death in Reformation Europe, by Andrew Cunningham and Ole Peter Grell.
Theological Studies 63 (2002)174-76.
Benandanti e inquisitori nel Friuli del Seicento, by Franco Nardon.
Sixteenth Century Journal 32 (2001): 885-87.
The Divine Office in the Latin Middle Ages: Methodology and Source Studies
Regional Developments, Hagiography, edited by Margot E. Fassler and Rebecca A.
Baltzer. Sixteenth Century Journal 32 (2001): 865-67.
Eresia e Riforma nel Cinquecento: La dissidenza religiosa in Russia, by
Laura Ronchi De Michelis. Sixteenth Century Journal 32 (2001): 829-30.
Fonti ecclesiastiche per la storia sociale e religiosa d' Europa:
XV-XVII secolo, edited by Cecilia Nubola and Angelo Turchini. Sixteenth
Century Journal 31 (2000): 1173-76.
Trent and all that: renaming Catholicism in the early modern era, by
John W. O'Malley. Theological Studies 61/3 (Fall 2000): 589-90.
The Protestant Reformation in sixteenth century Italy, by Salvatore
Caponetto. Sixteenth Century Journal 31 (2000): 603-05.
The Refashioning of Catholicism, 1450-1700: a reassessment of the
Counter Reformation, by Robert Bireley. Theological Studies 61 (2000):
189.
Vita Hieronymi Savonarolae, edited by Elisabetta Schisto.
Sixteenth Century Journal 31 (2000): 564-66.
The Preacher's Demons: Bernardino of Siena and the social
underworld of early Renaissance Italy, by Franco Mormando.
Theological Studies 61 (2000): 155-56.
Corpi, "fraternità", mestieri nella storia della società
europa, edited by Danilo Zardin. Sixteenth Century Journal 31
(2000): 178-79.
I processi inquisitoriali di Pietro Carnesecchi (1557-1567)
Edizione critica, Volume 1: I processi sotto Paolo IV e Pio IV
(1557-1561), edited by Massimo Firpo and Dario Marcatto.
Sixteenth Century Journal 30 (1999): 1087-89.
La France et le Concile de Trente (1518-1563), by Alain Talon.
Catholic Historical Review 85 (1999): 461-63.
History of Theology, Volume III: The Renaissance, edited by
Giulio D'Onofrio. Theological Studies 60 (1999):363-65.
Il vincolo del giuramento e il tribunale della coscienza, edited by
Nestore Pirillo. Sixteenth Century Journal 30 (1999): 243-44.
Traicté de la différence des schismes et des conciles de
l'Église, avec l' Histoire du Prince Sophy et autres ouvres, edited
by Jennier Britnell. Church History 67 (1998):789.
Trento, un problema: la última convocación del Concilio,
by Constancio Gutierrez. Catholic Historical Review 84(1998): 552-53.
I tempi del concilio: Religione, cultura e società nell
Europa tridentina, edited by Cesare Mozzarelli and Danilo Zardin.
Sixteenth Century Journal 29 (1998): 520-22.
Il concilio di Trento e il moderno, edited by Paolo Prodi and Wolfgang
Reinhard. Catholic Historical Review 84 (1998): 340-42.
I Medici e le indie orientali: il diario di viaggio di Placido
Ramponi, by Carla Sodini. Sixteenth Century Journal 29 (1998): 228-29.
Major problems in the history of the Italian Renaissance,
edited by Benjamin G. Kohl and Alison Andrews Smith. Sixteenth Century
Journal 29 (1998): 179-81.
Florence: A Portrait, by Michael Levey. Church History 66
(1997):900-01.
Disciplina dell'anima, disciplina del corpo e disciplina della società
tra medioevo ed età moderna, edited by Paolo Prodi and Carla
Penuti. Journal of Modern History 69 (1997):810-11.
Scritti sulla riforma in Italia, by Luigi Firpo. Sixteenth Century
Journal 28 (1997):995-97.
Liturgy, sanctity and history in Tridentine Italy: Pietro Maria
Campi and the preservation of the particular, by Simon Ditchfield. Journal
of Religion 77 (1997):618-20.
Lo stato in provincia: L'amministrazione dell Legazione di Bologna
durante il regno di Sisto V (1585-1590), by Andrea Gardi. Journal of Modern
History 69 (1997):373-74.
Les Fêtes Florentines au temps de Lorenzo il Magnifico, by Nicole
Carew-Reid. Sixteenth Century Journal 28 (1997):284-86.
Genealogie incredibili: Scritti di storia nell'Europa moderna,
by Roberto Bizzocchi. Sixteenth Century Journal 28 (1997):278-79.
Il principe e l'Anticristo, by Gennaro Maria Barbuto. Church History
66 (1997):122-23.
Charity and Power in Early Modern Italy: Benefactors and
Their Motives in Turin, 1541-1789, by Sandra Cavallo. American Historical
Review 102 (1997):481.
Right Thinking and Sacred Oratory in Counter-Reformation Rome, by
Frederick J. McGinness. American Historical Review 102 (1997):479-80.
L'inquisizione e gli judei in Italia, edited by Michele Luzzatti.
Journal of Modern History 69 (1997):168-69.
Criminal Justice and Crime In Late Renaissance Florence,
by John K. Brackett. Law and History Review 14/2 (Fall 1996):417-419.
Religious Orders of the Catholic Reformation, edited by Richard L.
DeMolen. Catholic Historical Review 83 (1996):710-11.
Baroque Personae, edited by Rosario Villari. Sixteenth Century
Journal 27 (1996):941-43.
Richerche su Francesco Sansovino imprenditore librario e letterato,
by Elena Bonora. Journal of Modern History 68 (1996):710-12.
Origini dello stato: processi di formazione statale in Italia
fra medioevo ed età moderna, edited by Giogio Chittolini, et al. Sixteenth
Century Journal 27 (1996):566-68.
The Elect Nation: The Savonarolan Movement in Florence, 1494-1545,
by Lorenzo Polizzotto. Journal of Religion 77 (1996):479-80.
Conoscere per governare: La diocesi di Trento nella visita pastorale di
Ludovico Madruzzo, 1579-1581, by Cecilia Nubola, and Visite pastorali ed
elaborazione dei dati:Esperienze e metodi, edited by Cecilia Nubola and
Angelo Turchini. Journal of Modern History 68 (1996):486-89.
The Death of the Child Valerio Marcello, by Margaret L. King.
Sixteenth Century Journal 26 (1995):949-50.
Music and Spectacle in Baroque Rome: Barberini Patronage under Urban
VIII, by Frederick Hammond. Sixteenth Century Journal 26
(1995):947-49.
Crisi della mediazione politica e conflitti sociali, by Giorgio Cadoni.
Sixteenth Century Journal 26/3 (1995):674-75.
Maria in der Welt: Marienverehrung im Kontext der Sozialgeschichte 10.-
18. Jahrhundert, edited by Claudia Opitz, et al. Church History 64
(1995):491-92.
Gasparo Contarini: Venice, Rome and Reform, by Elisabeth G. Gleason.
Renaissance Quarterly 48 (1995):623-24.
Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages, by Mark R.
Cohen. Theological Studies 56 (1995):398.
Le contrade e la città: sistema produttivo e spazio urbano a Milano
fra Cinque e Seicento, by Stefano D'Amico. Sixteenth Century Journal
26 (1995):404-05.
Julius II: The Warrior Pope, by Christine Shaw. American Historical
Review 100 (1995):548-49.
The First Jesuits, by John W. O'Malley. Journal of Religion 75
(1995):122-23.
Venice's Hidden Enemies: Italian Heretics in a Renaissance City,
by John Martin. Sixteenth Century Journal 25/4 (1994):952-53.
Innocenzo Chiesa, Vita di Carlo Bascapè, edited by Sergio
Pagano. Sixteenth Century Journal 25/4 (1994):929-31.
Gli ebrei in Italia nell'epoca del Rinascimento, by Roberto
Bonfil. Journal of Modern History 66 (1994):826-28.
The Reforms of the Council of Constance (1414-1418), by Phillip
H. Stump. Church History 63 (1994):620-21.
La coscienza e le leggi: Morale e diritto nei testi per la
confessione della prima eta moderna, by Miriam Turrini. Church
History 63 (1994):458-59.
The Sack of Rome, by Luigi Guicciardini, translated by James
H. McGregor. Sixteenth Century Journal 25 (1994):690-91.
Church and Politics in Renaissance Italy: The Life and Career
of Cardinal Francesco Soderini, 1453-1524, by K. J. P. Lowe.
Sixteenth Century Journal 25 (1994):680.
Giordano Bruno, Oeuvres Complètes, I, ed. by Giovanni Aquilecchia.
Sixteenth Century Journal 25 (1994):448-49.
Family and Public Life in Brescia, 1580-1650: The Foundations of
Power in the Venetian State, by Joanne M. Ferraro. Sixteenth Century
Journal 25 (1994):447-48.
Witchcraft and the Inquisition in Venice, 1550-1650, by Ruth
Martin. American Historical Review 99 (1994):935.
Amédée VIII--Félix V, Premier Duc de Savoie et Pape (1393-1451),
ed. by Bernard Andenmatten, et al. Catholic Historical Review 80
(1994):142-44.
From Politics to Reason of State: The acquisition and
transformation of the language of politics, 1250-1600, by Maurizio
Viroli. Sixteenth Century Journal 24 (1993): 987-88.
Nel labirinto del mondo, Lorenzo Davidico tra santi, eretici,
inquisitori, by Massimo Firpo, and Il processo inquisitoriale di
Lorenzo Davidico, 1555-1560, by Dario Marcatto. Sixteenth Century
Journal 24 (1993): 984-87.
Inquisizione romana e controriforma: Studi sul cardinal
Giovanni Morone e il suo processo d'eresia, by Massimo Firpo.
American Historical Review 98 (1993):1642-43.
Luther's Earliest Opponents: Catholic Controversialists
1518-1525, by David V. N. Bagchi. Theological Studies 54 (1993):
354-56.
The Italian Renaissance and Its Influence on Western
Civilization, by Maria S. Haynes. Sixteenth Century Journal 24
(1993):211.
Protestantesimo nei secoli: fonti e documenti, edited by
Emidio Campi. Sixteenth Century Journal 23 (1992):863.
Index de Rome, 1557, 1559, 1564: Les premiers index romains
et l'index du Concile de Trente, edited by J.M. De Bujanda.
Sixteenth Century Journal 23 (1992):832-33.
Turin, 1564-1680: Urban Design, Military Culture and the
Creation of the Absolutist Capital, by Martha D. Pollak. Sixteenth
Century Journal 23 (1992):831-32.
Il mestiere di scrivere: Lavoro intellettuale e mercato
librario a Venezia nel Cinquecento, by Claudia di Filippo Bareggi.
Sixteenth Century Journal 23 (1992):617-18.
Forme e destinazione del messagio religiosa: aspetti della
propaganda religiosa nel Cinquecento, edited by Antonio Rotondo.
Sixteenth Century Journal 23 (1992):584-85.
Marcello Giovanetti (1598-1631): A Poet of the Early Roman
Baroque, by William Crelly. Sixteenth Century Journal 23 (1992):
398-99.
Italian Confraternities in the Sixteenth Century, by Christopher
F. Black. Church History 61 (1992):94-95.
Lorenzo de' Medici, Laude, edited by Bernard Toscani. Sixteenth
Century Journal 22 (1991):906-07.
La corte di Ferrara e il suo mecenatismo, 1441-1598, edited
by Marianne Pade, et al. Sixteenth Century Journal 22 (1991):853-54.
The Fear of Hell: Images of Damnation and Salvation in Early
Modern Europe, by Piero Camporesi. Catholic Historical Review 77
(1991):696-97.
Catholic Reform: From Cardinal Ximenes to the Council of Trent,
by John C. Olin. Catholic Historical Review 77 (1991):550.
Bernardino Stagnino: un editore a Venezia tra Quattro e
Cinquecento, by Stefano Pillinini. Sixteenth Century Journal
22 (1991):405-06.
Italy in the Age of the Renaissance, 1380-1530, by Denys Hay
and John Law. Sixteenth Century Journal 22 (1991):146.
Penitenza e devozione: l'episcopato del card. Marcello
Crescenzi a Ferrara (1746-1768), by Miriam Turrini. Church
History 59 (1990):566-67.
A History of the University of Cambridge. Volume 1: The Uni-
versity to 1546, by Damian Riehl Leader. Sixteenth Century
Journal 21 (1990):337-38.
Louis XIII, The Just, by A. Lloyd Moote. Sixteenth Century
Journal 21 (1990):330-31.
Inheriting Power: The Story of an Exorcist, by Giovanni Levi.
Church History 58 (1989):515-16.
Civility and Society in Western Europe 1300-1600, by Marvin
B. Becker. Sixteenth Century Journal 20 (1989):509.
Conscience and Casuistry in Early Modern Europe, edited by
Edmund Leites. Sixteenth Century Journal 20 (1989):513-14.
The Jesuit Theatre of Jacob Masen, by Michael C. Halbig.
Sixteenth Century Journal 20 (1989):344.
Renaissance and Reformation, by Trevor Cairns. Sixteenth
Century Journal 20 (1989):160.
La città verticale. Usurai, mercanti e tessitori nella
Chieri del Cinquecento, by Luciano Allegra. Sixteenth Century
Journal 19 (1988):697.
La istoria de Purim io ve racconto..., edited by Giulio Busi,
Sixteenth Century Journal 19 (1988):726.
Awards, fellowships, grants, scholarships:
2006 Outstanding Teaching Award, T.A.L.E. (Teaching and Learning
Enhancement) Center, Bloomsburg University, 13 May 2006.
Dean's Salute for Excellence, College of Arts and Sciences,
Bloomsburg University, 18 October 1999.
Individual faculty research grant, Bloomsburg University,
1996-97.
Sabbatical leave, Bloomsburg University, Spring 1997.
(Awarded, but foregone due to service as dept. chair.)
Bloomsburg University released/reassigned time grants, spring
1996, fall 1995, spring 1995, fall 1993, spring 1993.
NEH Travel to Collections grant, summer 1991.
Bloomsburg University faculty research grant, 1991.
Fulbright fellowship, Italy, 1985-86.
University of Chicago, Schevill Fellowship in History
1983-84; University Fellowship, 1984-85, 1986. Research in progress:
Papacy in the early-modern era
Religious women in Tridentine Italy
Italian sixteenth-century religious history University Service--Bloomsburg:
Chairman, Department of History, May 1996--May 2008.
Executive Director, The Institute for Culture and Society,
College of Liberal Arts, September 2001--May 2004.
Member, Board of Directors, The Institute for Culture and
Society, College of Liberal Arts, September 2001--May 2004.
Acting Chairman, Department of History, July--August, 1995;
July--August 1994; July--August 1991; July--August 1990.
Member, University-wide Tenure Committee, 2003-2005.
Chair, University-wide Tenure Committee, 2004-2005
Member, College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, 2001-2003.
Member, College of Professional Studies Curriculum Committee,
September 2001--2003.
Chair, APSCUF Grievance Committee, 2005--present.
Member, APSCUF Grievance Committee, 2001--present.
Member, College of Liberal Arts Faculty Professional Development
Committee, 2003.
Member, Evaluation Committee, Department of Philosophy, 2003--2004.
Member, University-wide Promotion Committee, 1999--2001.
Member, Library Advisory Committee, September 2002--present.
Member, Bloomsburg University Search Committee for Associate
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1997-98.
Member, Bloomsburg University Search Committee for
Provost/Vice-President for Academic Affairs, 1994-95.
Chair, European search committee, Department of History,
1992.
Chair, Evaluation committee, Department of History, September
1994--May 1996.
Chair, Promotion committee, Department of History, November
1995--May 1996.
Member, U.S. Colonial search committee, Department of History,
1995-96.
Member, Arts and Sciences Special Initiatives Award Committee,
1995-97.
Faculty representative, Academic Grievance Board, September
1995-96.
Member, Tenure committee, Department of History, September
1994--May 1995.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Create a Women's Studies Minor,
College of Arts and Sciences, January 1994--January 1996.
Member, APSCUF Ad Hoc Committee on University Organizational
Structure, Spring semester, 1994.
Member, Financial Aid search committee, for Project S.O.L.V.E.
director, summer 1993.
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee,
September 1992--May 1994.
Member, College of Professional Studies Curriculum Committee,
September 1993--December 1995.
Member, Core Collaboration Team, Liberal Arts and Teacher
Education Grant, March 1992--May 1993.
Member, Freshman Year Coordinating Council, October 1990--
May 1992.
Member, Arts and Sciences Mentoring program, August 1991--
May 1992.
Chair, Sabbatical committee, Department of History, September
1990--May 1992.
Member, Sabbatical committee, Department of History, September
1990--August 1994.
Member, Scholarship committee, Department of History, January
1991--September 1995.
Member, Editorial Board, Carver (University interdisciplinary
journal), June 1990--October 1994.
Departmental representative, University Forum, August
1989--May 1996; August 1997--present.
Member, Curriculum committee, Department of History, August
1989--August 1994.
College of Arts and Sciences delegate to New Jersey Master
Faculty Program Workshop, Harrisburg, PA, 11 November 1991.
Faculty representative, College Task Force on the Freshman
Year, September 1989--May 1990.
Academic Affiliations:
The Historical Society, since 1999.
American Historical Association, since 1986.
Catholic Historical Association, since 1985.
Scholars of Early Modern Studies, since 1984.
Phi Beta Kappa, since 1981.
Associate member, St. John's University Symposium
on Vatican Studies, since 1994.
Phi Kappa Phi, since 1994. Primary Fields of Interest:
Medieval--Modern Europe; Intellectual History; Renaissance
and Reformation (Italy, France, Germany); Council of Trent; Heresy
and heretical movements; History of Canon Law; Conciliar theory;
History of spirituality.
Scholarly presentations:
"Comment: Galileo, the Medici and the Inquisition," American Catholic
Historical Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, 4 January 2007.
"'Changing scholarly interpretations of Trent and Vatican II,' or,
'what goes around comes around.'" American Catholic Historical
Association, University of Scranton, 28-29 March 2003.
"The spiritual writings of Camilla Battista da Varano,"
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1-5
November 2000.
"Beyond 'disciplining' to 'complexity': finding ways to
characterize early modern Catholicism in Italy." The Historical
Society, Boston University, Boston MA, 27-29 May 1999.
"The Voice of Camilla Battista da Varano in Early-Modern
Italian Devotional Literature," American Catholic Historical
Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York, 2-5 January 1997.
Organizer, "Female Voices in Late-Medieval and Early-Modern
Italian Religious Literature," a session at American Catholic
Historical Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York,
2-5 January 1997.
Invited commentator, "Women and Religion," a session at SSHE
History Forum, Bloomsburg University, 7-8 March 1996.
"Beyond spirituali and intransigenti: Rethinking Vatican
Ideology in the Era of the Council of Trent." St. John's University
Symposium on Vatican Studies, Jamaica, New York, 21 April 1995.
"Beyond 'Counter' Reformation or 'Catholic Reformation':
Rethinking Early-Modern Italian Catholicism," American Historical
Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 5-8 January 1995.
Organizer, "Rethinking the History of Early-Modern
Catholicism: New Historiographical Directions and Related
Research," a session at American Historical Association Annual
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, 5-8 January 1995.
"The Literary Lioness and the Obedient Girl: Women
Constructing Identity in Early-Modern Italy," Women's History
Month, Bloomsburg University, March 1994.
"From the `fire of love' to `holy rape': themes and imagery
in Theatine spirituality," Sixteenth Century Studies Conference,
St. Louis, Missouri, 9-11 December 1993.
Organizer, "Theological discourses in early-modern Europe,"
a session at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, St. Louis,
Missouri, 9-11 December 1993.
"Theatine spirituality: the direction of women from Gaetano
da Thiene to Lorenzo Scupoli." Sixteenth Century Studies
Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 22-24 October 1992.
Organizer, "Counter-Reformation Spirituality," a session at
Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 22-24
October 1992.
"Countering 'the Turk': Papal and Genoese Naval Policy, 1535-
1536." Sixteenth Century Studies Conference Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 17-19 October 1991.
"Marcello Cervini and the Roman Inquisition," Sixteenth
Century Studies Conference St. Louis, Missouri, 25-27 October
1990.
"Catholic Reform, Counter Reform or Tridentine Reformation?:
Two Sixteenth Century Instructions to Preachers," Sixteenth
Century Studies Conference St. Louis, Missouri, 27-29 October 1988.
Invited commentator, "Catholic Reform in Sixteenth-Century
Italy," Middle Atlantic Historical Association of Catholic Colleges
and Universities Annual Conference, Fordham University, Bronx,
New York, 26 March 1988.
"Ecclesiastical and Secular Authority in the Work of Marcello
Cervini," Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies Annual
Conference, Binghamton, New York, 16-18 October 1987.
"Marcello Cervini: Amministratore curiale ed episcopale,"
Istituto per le scienze religiose, Bologna, Italy, 23 September
1985.
"Marcello Cervini and the Tridentine Pastoral Ideal," Sixteenth
Century Studies Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 25-27 October 1984.
Community service/Public lectures:
"Pericles, Thucydides, and the Melian debate." Bloomsburg Area
Middle School, 21 February 2008.
"Christopher Columbus: his story in history." Central Columbia
Middle School, 7 March 2005.
"History and truth telling." Commencement address, Bloomsburg
University, 18 December 2004.
"Ferdinand Magellan: his life and voyages." Central Columbia
Middle School (5th grade classes) 8 March 2004.
Organizer, ad hoc faculty collaboration on teaching A.P. U.S.
History, Bloomsburg University/Central Columbia High School, September
2003--May 2004.
Organizer, "War with Iraq, the standoff in Korea: historical,
diplomatic and philosophical reflections," a panel discussion. The
Institute for Culture and Society, Bloomsburg University, 24 February
2003.
"Columbus: his story in history." Central Columbia Middle School,
13 February 2003.
Member, Berberich Memorial Scholarship Committee, Bloomsburg Area
YMCA, February 2001--February 2003.
Public address announcer, Central Columbia High School Swim Team,
February 2002--present.
"What can the university do for you? Collaborating with K-12
Social Studies Teachers," Panel discussion, Bloomsburg University
Education Conference, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 13 October 2000.
"The lesson of history." Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History
Banquet, 4 May 2000.
"Galileo: hero or hacker, victim or viper?" Orientation
lectures for parents, 13, 15, 19, 21, 26 July 1999.
"Men and women in ancient Rome," Orientation lectures for
parents, Bloomsburg University, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20 July 1998.
"The history of Presbyterianism: can a church continuously
reform?" First Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
3 May 1998.
"Images of Women in the Ancient Roman Republic," Orientation
lectures for parents, Bloomsburg University, 8, 10, 14,16, 18,
22 July 1997.
"The Inquisition: Myths and Realities," a two-part series,
First Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 20 and
27 April 1997.
"The Reformation: Revolution or Evolution?" a four-part
series, First Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 8,
15, 22, and 29 September 1996.
"Turia and her husband: gender in the ancient Roman
Republic," Orientation lectures for parents, Bloomsburg
University, 12, 16, 18, 22, 25 July 1996.
"I am a professor of history," Central Columbia Elementary
School, 28 March 1996.
"Medieval and Modern Apocalypticism," St. Matthew's Lutheran
Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 23 March 1996.
"From gobbets to galleys: developing writing assignments and
writing skills in undergraduates," T.A.L.E. seminar
presentation, Bloomsburg University, 20 September 1995.
"Visions of the End in the Christian Tradition," Wesley
United Methodist Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 30 July 1995.
"Women in the Ancient Roman Republic: The Funeral Eulogy of
Turia," Orientation lectures for parents, Bloomsburg University,
11, 13 and 25 July 1995.
"'Powerless' or 'Powerful'?--Women in Preindustrial
Societies. An interactive workshop." Columbia-Montour 15th Annual
Women's Conference, Bloomsburg University, 25 March 1995.
"The History of Religions: Visions of the End," First Pres-
byterian Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 19 March 1995.
"The History of Religions: Concepts of God," First Pres-
byterian Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 12 March 1995.
"The History of Christianity," a five-part presentation,
First Presbyterian Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 12, 19,
26 September, and 3, 10 October 1993.
"From Jesus of Nazareth to David Koresh: The Danger of
Intolerance in the History of Christianity," The Last Lecture
Series, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania,
3 May 1993.
"Confessional Differences in Various (Christian) Denomina-
tions," Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania,
7 February 1993.
"The Roots of Protestantism," Wesley United Methodist
Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 31 January 1993.
"The Age of Reformation and Religious (In-)tolerance Today,"
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 12
December 1992.
"Humanism in the Italian Renaissance," Department of History,
St. Mary's College of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota, 6 May 1988.