Justin Stephens

State University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA 30116

(678) 839-6047

jstephen@westga.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D., Ancient Mediterranean History, U.C. Santa Barbara, December 2001

M.A., Ancient Mediterranean History, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1996

B.A., History, Albertson College of Idaho, 1994

Dissertation

"Ecclesiastical and Imperial Authority in the Writings of John Chrysostom: A Reinterpretation of his Political Philosophy"

Teaching Experience

State University of West Georgia, Assistant Professor 2004-present

History 1111: World History

History 3311: Ancient Near East and Classical World

Hillsdale College, Visiting Assistant Professor 2003-2004

History 402: Ancient Rome, c. 750 BCE-500 CE, fall 2003

History 104: Western Heritage, c. 3,500 BCE-1,500 CE, fall 2003

History 401: Ancient Greece, c. 3,000 BCE-200 BCE

History 393: Christianity and the Roman State, c. 300 CE-565 CE

History 105: American Heritage, c. 1,700 CE-present

UCSB Visiting Lecturer, 2002-2003

History 113A: The Roman Republic, c. 750 BCE-14 CE, winter 2003

Western Civilization 4A, c. 3,500 BCE-1,000 CE, winter 2002, summer 2002

History 500: Teaching Assistant Training, winter 2002

Albertson College of Idaho, Visiting Professor 1999-2000

Western Civilization 101, 3,500 BCE-1,000 CE, fall 1999, spring 2000

United States History 201, fall 1999

The Fall of the Roman Republic, 133 BCE-14 CE, winter 2000

Senior History Seminar (co-taught), spring 2000

Academic Awards and Honors

Regent's Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara, fall 2001

President's Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara, 2001

Regent's Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara, fall 2000

Esme Frost Award (Outstanding Grad Student in Pre-Modern Europe), U.C. Santa Barbara, 1998/99

Graduate Fee Fellowship, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000

Caxton Book Award (Outstanding Senior History student), Albertson College, 1994

L.F. Stone Scholarship (Outstanding American History student), Albertson College, 1992

Honor Student Scholarship, Albertson College, 1990-1994

Current Research

"Competing Political Visions: The 386 Riot of the Statues"

"Babylas as Martyr and Model: Chrysostom's Understanding of the Christian Empire"

Laws, Gods and Heroes: Thematic Readings in World History to 1600

Conference Papers and Presentations

"Chrysostom and the Gainas Crisis," North American Patristics Society Conference, May 2004

Panel Coordinator, "Power and Conflict in Early Christianity," American Society of Church History, January, 2004

"Chrysostom and Ambrose: Toward a New Understanding of the Career of John Chrysostom, January, 2004

Panel Chair, "Cosmology and Symbolic Discourse," UCLA Graduate Student Conference, May 2001

"Chrysostom and Crises: The Actions of a Non-Political Bishop?" North American Patristic Society Conference, May 2001

Panel Coordinator, "Monks, Bishops, and Authority in Late Antiquity," Pacific Coast Branch A.H.A., August 2000

"Ecclesiastical and Imperial Authority in the Writings of John Chrysostom," Pacific Coast Branch A.H.A., August 2000

"The Bishop and the Emperor in the Writings of John Chrysostom," North American Patristic Society Conference, May 1998

"Who Saved Antioch? The Role of Public Oratory in the Aftermath of the 387 Riot of the Statues," UCLA Graduate Student Conference, 1998

"John Chrysostom's View of the Emperor and Bishop," UCLA Graduate Student Conference, 1997

"John Chrysostom's On the Incomprehensible Nature of God: Religious Debate in the Era of Theodosius," UCLA Graduate Student Conference, 1996