David Lyle Jeffrey has been distinguished professor of literature and humanities at
Baylor University since 2000. He
is also professor emeritus of English literature at the University of Ottawa, and
has been guest professor at Peking University (Beijing) since1996 and honorary professor
at the University of International Business and Economics (Beijing) since 2005.
Jeffrey graduated from Wheaton College in 1965 and received a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1968. He was first tenured (1973) at the University of Rochester, where he was inaugural director of the Medieval House Living-Learning Center. He was Reckitt and Coleman Visiting Professor at the University of Hull (UK) from 1970-71, professor and chair of the department of English at the University of Victoria and subsequently professor and chair at the University of Ottawa in Canada. He has been a visiting professor for graduate programs at Regent College, University of Notre Dame, University of Toronto, Peking University and Regent College (UBC).
Jeffrey teaches courses on medieval literature, the Bible as literature, medieval exegesis, biblical hermeneutics and literary theory, biblical tradition in the arts, art and biblical theology, literature and philosophy; at other universities he has taught biblical theology and literary theory.
Jeffrey is known as a medievalist and as a scholar of biblical tradition in Western Literature and art. His books include: "A Dictionary of biblical Tradition in English Literature"(1992), "The Early English Lyric and Franciscan Spirituality" (1975); "Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition?"1984); "English Spirituality in the Age of Wesley" (1987; 1994; 2000); "The Law of Love: English Spirituality in the Age of Wyclif" (1988; 2001); "People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture" (1996); "Houses of the Interpreter: Reading Scripture, Reading Culture" (2003). He has edited William Cowper: "Selected Poetry and Prose" (2006) and co-authored "The Bible and the University" (2007).
Former Affiliate Assistant Professor of Spanish Nicole (Hammerschmidt) Lasswell, BA '03, and her husband, Martin, have two sons, Will and Stevie, both of whom have autism. For World Autism Awareness Day, the family was interviewed on Telemundo; because the boys are thriving, it seemed particularly important to the Lasswells to share their story and their hope with others.
+ Read MoreThe first time Monica Ashour, MTS '95 MH '04, read St. John Paul II's "Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body" was in 2000 with a small, grassroots group of parents and teachers, including DeAnn (Barta) Stuart, Ph.D., BA '98 MH '04, and Annie (Duffin) Vining, MTh '03. This group went on to found The Theology of the Body Evangelization Team Inc. (TOBET) on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, 2001.
+ Read MoreUD is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Wu Trujillo as its new vice president for university advancement. Trujillo currently serves as chief development officer and director of the Honor the Future campaign at the University of Virginia (UVA) Law School Foundation, which conducts alumni relations, external affairs, fundraising and endowment management for the benefit of the UVA School of Law. He begins his new role at the end of June.
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