Regina Wenger

Advisor

Dr. Barry Hankins

Education

M.Div. with a Concentration in Christian Education, Duke Divinity School, 2015

B.A. in History and Social Science and a Secondary Education Licensure, Eastern Mennonite University, 2009

A.A. in History and Social Science, Secondary Education, Hesston College, 2007

Research Interests

My research focuses on 20th-century Protestantism's relationship with American public education. My dissertation—"Sacred Schools and Saving Souls: A History of Released Time Education"—will explore a little known effort to create a Christian education program in public schools. I hope to contend for the historical significance of this program, as well as show what it reveals about internal changes within Protestantism and its shifting engagement with public education.

I also possess an interest in public history. I have spent three years as a Graduate Assistant for the Waco History website/app creating and curating content, in addition to developing community educational programming. Since 2020, I have contributed to the Anabaptist Historians blog, and I currently serve on its editorial board.

Exam Fields: American Religious History; Second Half U.S. (1865-); Modern Russia/Soviet Union. All fields included a concentration in the history of education.

Selected Activites

Awards

• Guittard Fellowship, Baylor University, 2018-2019
• Graduate School Fellowship, Baylor University, 2018-2023

Positions

• History Department Graduate Student Academic Chair, 2022-2023
• History Department Representative to the Graduate Student Association, 2019-2020