Chair, Department of History
Professor of History
Teaching Fields:
Late Antiquity, Byzantium, Early Islam, Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Research Fields:
Christian Spirituality in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, Byzantine Gaza and Palestine, Development of Christian Thought
Selected Publications:
“Desert Fathers and Desert Literature,” Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Oxford: Blackwell, ... more ➔
Professor of History
Research Fields:
19th Century American Social Thought, the Darwinian Revolution, Critical Bible Scholarship in America
Selected Publications:
“William Dwight Whitney and the Social Dimension of Lexical Diffusion,” Historiographia Linguistica 37: 3 (2010): 321-340.
"Separated at Birth: The Interlinked Origins of Darwin's Unconscious Selection Concept and the Application ... more ➔
Professor in the Practice of History
Teaching Fields:
Museum Studies, Public History, Early American Maritime and Intellectual
Research Fields:
Museum Studies, New England Puritanism, American Revolution, New England Maritime
Selected Publications:
The Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide. (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2008).
Salem: Cornerstones of a Historic City. (Commonwealth ... more ➔
Associate Vice President for Student and Global Engagement
Lecturer
Dr. Rowe lectures in the History major and the Black Studies minor programs. He serves on the President’s Cabinet as Associate Vice President for Student and Global Engagement. Since obtaining his doctorate in 1997, he has served in faculty and administrative roles in the United States and South Africa. Although his original training is in the history of cultural identity formation in the Atlantic world, his research and teaching interests ... more ➔