France in the Sixteenth Century

Definitions of Western Civilization

B.A., Honors: Renaissance Studies, Stanford University 1977
Honors Thesis: "Marguerite d'Angouleme"

M.A., Ph.D., Early Modern European History, Columbia University 1992
Master's Thesis: "Sebastian Castellio"
Dissertation: "Popular Piety in Sixteenth-Century Picardy: Amiens and the Rise of Private Devotions, 1500-1540"

Born and raised in university towns (Evanston, IL and Ann Arbor, MI), the love of academia and a sense of humor drove me to spend the rest of my life in school. I fell in love with Paris at 16 (high school trip) and have tried to arrange my life ever since to have an excuse to return to France on a regular basis.

My decision to come to Westminster College was the best professional and personal decision I ever made. If you've ever met the Westminster faculty and students you understand completely!

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