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Wendy Closterman
Associate Professor of History and Greek
B.A., Bryn Athyn Coll., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ.

Wendy Closterman teaches ancient history and Biblical Greek and is the head of the history program. Her research focuses on the funerary practices, religion, and social history of ancient Greece. In her teaching, she explores what archaeology as well as textual evidence reveals about the ancient world.

Edward Gyllenhaal
Curator of Glencairn Museum
B.A. Bryn Athyn College, M.A. University of Pennsylvania

Edward Gyllenhaal, Curator of Glencairn Museum and the museum's Internship Coordinator, is interested in New Church history and culture, and in the art and architecture of ancient religions. He has participated in a number of archaeological expeditions to Egypt. In the classroom, Mr. Gyllenhaal uses images and actual museum objects to bring the ancient world to life.

Brian D. Henderson
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Pennsylvania State University, M.A., Villanova University, (267)-502-4890, Brian.Henderson@brynathyn.edu

As Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Brian Henderson works closely with the residence life staff and advises student government. In the classroom, he loves to share his passion for early American history and to challenge students to consider the place of religion in history. His current research focuses on the early history of the local Bryn Athyn community, including co-authoring a video on the history of Glencairn Museum.

D. Greg Rose
Assistant Professor of History and Political Science
B.A., Bryn Athyn College, M.A., U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Ph.D., Univ. of Pittsburgh

Gregory Rose teaches history and political science, as well as coaches the women's volleyball team. Formerly a Middle East specialist for the U.S. Air Force and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, during which he served as a strategist at the Multi-National Force - Iraq headquarters in Baghdad, Dr. Rose's research interests are Islamism and democratization.

"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically." (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Brian Schnarr
Assistant Professor of Economics and History
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Univ. of Waterloo

Brian Schnarr is particularly interested in the education of the heart and the integration of the body, mind, and soul. He focuses on experiential and student-directed learning, both in the classroom and as faculty advisor for the college service-learning club CARE (Charity, Action, Responsibility, Experience).

Jane K. Williams-Hogan
Professor of Sociology and History
Carpenter Chair of Church History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D, Univ. of Pennsylvania, (267) 502-2501, Jane.Williams-Hogan@Brynathyn.edu

Jane Williams-Hogan is enthusiastic about thinking, reflecting, analyzing, writing, teaching, and presenting. Trained as a sociologist, she loves to use sociology in an historical context. She is committed to sharing Swedenborgian perspectives by presenting papers and talks in a variety of academic venues, and through her many articles on Swedenborg and Swedenborgianism. She enjoys teaching innovative, project courses and creating a new appreciation of Swedenborg and the eighteenth century for her students, as well as the broader community, especially those interested in spirituality. She is currently writing a biography of Swedenborg, to be called Emanuel Swedenborg: Modern Revelator of Soul and Psyche (forthcoming 2009).

“The only question of importance to us is: What shall we do, and how shall we live?”  (Max Weber “Science as a Vocation”)