Samuel J. Kelley

Current Employment

Prof. Kelley is currently teaching at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul as an adjunct professor in the Department of History & Related Fields.

Advisor

Dr. Barry Hankins

Education

M.A. in History, Boise State University

B.A. in History and Philosophy, magna cum laude, Boise State University

Research Interests

My research interests are religion, politics, and society in the modern United States(1865-present). I also have longstanding interests in the history of East Asia and historiography.

Exam fields: modern U.S. (major field; emphasis on political history); American religious history (dissertation field); modern China (minor teaching field).

Selected Publications

"Augustine's Model of the Two Cities in the Historiography of George M. Marsden," Fides et Historia 48 (Summer/Fall 2016): 1-20.

Forthcoming entries in American Religious History: Belief and Society through Time (ABC-CLIO)

Selected Activities

Awards/Fellowships

• Guittard Fellowship, Baylor University, 2016-2017
• Graduate School Fellowship, Baylor University, 2016-2020
• Graduate School Fellowship, Boise State University, 2012-2013

Other Information

Before coming to Baylor I worked for two years as a high school Latin teacher and taught a course on globalization at my alma mater.