David Nanninga

Advisor

Dr. Barry Hankins, Dr. Elesha Coffman

Education

M.A. in History, Baylor University, 2023

B.A. in History Education, magna cum laude, Cornerstone University, 2019

Research Interests

My research centers on the intersections of recent U.S. political, religious, economic, and sports history. I'm particularly interested in the creation of the neoliberal consensus in the 1970s-1990s and the role that Christian athletes-turned-politicians like Bill Bradley and Jack Kemp had in creating it. I'm also interested in neoliberalism's lasting effects and consequences for American society. 

Selected Publications

• Peer-Reviewed Articles:
  • “'Disgust' and 'Disgrace': Cultural Evangelical’s Reaction to Jimmy Carter’s Draft Evader Pardon and Early Memory of the Vietnam War in Texas,” Journal of Church and State, February 2024.
  • “‘Preventing Armageddon’ or ‘Appeasement?’: The Battle for Cultural Evangelical Hearts and Minds in Texas over Jimmy Carter and SALT II,” Fides et Historia, Summer 2024.
• Public Facing Articles:
  • Patheos, Anxious Bench-“Was Carter a Progressive Evangelical or Centrist Politician?”
  • Patheos, Anxious Bench-“The Politicization of Evangelical Surfer Bethany Hamilton”

Awards

Dennis H. O'Brien Graduate Student Award in History, 2021-2022

The Portia Gordon Best Student Essay Award, East Texas Historical Association, October 2023