Office Phone: 724-847-6625
skilpatr@geneva.edu
Disciplines/Field of Instruction
- English
- Humanities
- Apologetics
Degrees Received
- D.Min., 2008, Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry
- M.A., 1980, Pennsylvania Sate University
- B.A., 1974, Geneva College
Courses Taught
- Humanities 103 - Invitation to the Humanities
- Humanities 104 - Varying Humanities topics
- English 271 - British Literature I
- English 272 - British Literature II
- Other Literature topics varying each semester
Presentations/Publications
- Henry Lee Willet and McCartney Library’s Paradise Lost Windows: A Story in Lead and Light, Fern Cliffe House Publishers, 2007
- Beauty Will Save the World: A seven day meditation on beauty following the thoughts of St. Augustine, published by The Call, 2006
- “Dostoevsky and Young Russia,” paper presented at the Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, The University of Texas at Brownsfille, Fall 2005
- “The Palm,” (poem), Geneva Review of Arts and Letters, Winter 2005
- “Three Rival Quests,” (essay), Pro Christo, 2004
- “Practical Romance,” (essay), Pro Christo, 2004
Current Projects
- McCartney Library’s Pilgrim Progress Windows: A Story of Grace in Glass
- Dostoevsky
- The theology of beauty
- The intersection between liturgy and pedagogy.
Awards & Distinctions Received
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Geneva College, 2000-2001
