Deborah's Vita

Deborah Kepple-Mamros
Department of History
Graceland University
1 University Place
Lamoni, IA 50140
641-784-5432
Kepplema@graceland.edu

Education

Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Surrey, UK

• Ph.D. (ABD: AnticpatedSubmission date 12/30/05. Defense date in the process of being scheduled.) Dissertation: Irreligion in Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan Major Fields of Study: Early Modern Intellectual History; History of the Bible. Minor Fields of Study: Political and Religious history of England and France 1500-1800. Supervisor: Professor Justin Champion Advisor: Professor Penelope Corfield Anticipated Defense Date: Spring 2006
• MA November 1994 Program: Later Medieval Studies Major Fields of Study: Medieval London 1200-1500, Archaeology of Medieval London; Arthurian Literature and Tradition in England; Late Medieval Political Ideas Minor Fields of Study: Medieval Chivalry, Medieval English Literature, Italian Literary traditions 1200-1350; MA Dissertation: Comparisons of the humanist tradition in the political writings of Sir John Fortesque and Niccolò Machiavelli Program and Dissertation Supervisors: Professor Caroline Barron, Professor Nigel Saul
• Certificate in Teaching Skills for Higher Education May 1998

Washing and Jefferson College, Washington PA

• BA May 1993. Double Major: History, Political Science

Major Fields of Concentration

• European History
• Intellectual and Cultural History
• Early Modern English
• Enlightenment France

Minor Fields of Interest

• Religious History
• Classical Greece and Rome
• Early Modern Imperialism
• Jews in Medieval Europe

Professional Employment

GRACELAND UNIVERSITY, Department of History

Assistant Professor, Full-Time Appointment, 2005-Present

Courses Taught:
• Hist 1310 World Civilization I
• Hist 3600 Ancient Greece and the Hellenistic World

MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Department of History
Assistant Professor, Two-Year full-time appointment 2003-5

Courses Taught:
• Hist 101 Europe and the World 1350-1789
• Hist 102 Europe and the World 1789-Present
• Seci 201 Western Intellectual Tradition I (Honors Course)
• Seci 202 Western Intellectual Tradition II (Honors Course)
• Hist 313 History of the Middle Ages
• Hist 410 European Intellectual and Cultural History from the Enlightenment - Present

WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE, Department of History
Adjunct Instructor, Summer term 2003

Courses Taught:
• Hist 101 European Civilization I

INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Department of History
Temporary Instructor, Full-Time 1998-2002

Courses Taught:
• Hist 195 History of the Modern Era
• Hist 195 History of the Modern Era (Supplemental Instruction Sections for Learning Center Students)
• Hist 201 Western Civilization before 1600
• Hist 202 Western Civilization after 1600

ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, Department of History
Teaching Assistant

Courses Taught:
• HS 1001 Continuity, Change and Revolution in Early Modern Europe
• HS 1002 Belief and Behavior: Comparisions of Ancient Greece and Early Modern Europe

Scholarship

CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS

• Hobbes the Liberal. Hobbes the Nationalist. Annual Sixteenth Century Society and Conference. Atlanta, October, 2005
• Hobbes’ Heterodox Support of a Material Spirit-World, Seventeenth Century British History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, London, December 2, 2004
• “By the Name of Angel…” Hobbes’ Messengers of God, Annual Sixteenth Century Society and Conference, Toronto, October 2004
• Attendee, Seminar on Intellectual History, Johns Hopkins University, April 2004
  Attendee, American Historical Association Annual Conference, Washington DC, January 2004

  Hobbes and Scriptural Heresy, Indiana University of Pennsylvania History Department Colloquium Series, March 2001

  Hobbes Quoting the Scriptures, Renaissance and Early Modern Postgraduate Conference, Royal Holloway, University of London, April 1998

  Attendee, Seventeenth Century British History Seminar Series, Institute of Historical Research, London, England 1996-1997

WORKS IN PROGRESS

• Reflection of Nationalism in Early Modern Britain. Concentrates on the development of early modern nationalism as a result of the map, language, religion and political developments.
• Quoting the Bible in Early Modern England. Concentrates on the acceptance of the King James Bible in pre-Civil War England, as well as on reading methods, practices of interpretation and acceptance of translation.
• Hobbes’ Patristic Sources. Concentrates on Chatsworth MS E.1.A., a book catalogue in Hobbes’ hand, as well as the hand of his amanuensis. This catalogue has become a current issue in Hobbes scholarship. Goal: detect patterns of reading, scholarship or book-buying, especially concerning the patristic sources, as they pertain to a reemergence of the patristic v. scholastic controversy, and the post-skeptical debate.
• The Winning of Hearts and Minds; The Intellectual Progression of the British Empire in the 18th Century. Concentrates on the Romantic Ideals that encouraged the expansion of the Second British Empire, and whether and how these ideas affected indigenous populations.

MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS

• Sixteenth Century Society and Conference
• Philadelphia Area Consortium of Early Modernists (until July 2005)
• Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha Sigma Chapter; Faculty advisor to Mu Gamma Chapter
• Institute of Historical Research, University of London, UK

Service

Includes service towards History Departments, Universities and Communities

• Graceland University, Phi Alpha Theta, Mu Gamma Chapter Advisor, 2005-Present
• Graceland University, Academic Assessment Committee, 2005-Present
• Graceland University, International Studies Advisor, 2005-Present
• Millersville University History Department Curriculum Committee, 2003 – 2005
• Millersville University Academic Outcomes Assessment Committee, 2004 – 2005
• Millersville University General Education Review Panel, 2004
• Formulated a departmental Degree Specification Matrix in conjunction with both the Academic Outcomes Assessment goals and the departmental Curriculum Committee to enhance basic student research skills, 2004
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania Regional History Day Judge, 1999-2001
• Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Summer Honors College for High School Students Instructor, 2000-2001