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JOHN ROBERT PARNELL
9329 Clearhurst
Dallas, TX 75238
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy: Modern European History, University of North Texas, December 2005
Dissertation - Baptists and Britons: Particular Baptist Ministers in England
and British Identity in the 1790s
Retro-Thesis: Religious Responses to Freud: Erich Fromm, Oskar Pfister,
and C. S. Lewis on Psychoanalysis, Science, and Human Nature
Master of Arts:
History, University of North Texas, August 1993
Bachelor of Arts:
Plan II (interdisciplinary liberal arts honors program), University of Texas
at Austin, May 1988
Thesis - The Beginning of the Separation of Church and State in America
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of History and Program Coordinator for Social Studies Education,
Chowan University, August 2007-May 2010
Courses taught:
History 110: Discovering the World
History 200/201/300/301: Interpreting History
History 255: Classical Europe
History 256: Medieval Europe
History 257: Early Modern Europe
History 258: Modern Europe
History 345: England and Britain to 1603
History 346: England and Britain since 1603
History 399: Tudor and Stuart Britain
History/Music 399: Music and Revolution
History 451: French Revolution and Napoleon
History 328: History of Africa
Education 420: Directed Student Teaching
Education 471: Methods and Materials for Teaching High School
Social Studies
Critical Thinking 102: Critical Thinking - the Enlightenment
Instructor, North Georgia College and State University, August 2006 – May 2007
Nominated as Outstanding Faculty Member, 2006-2007
Courses taught:
History 1112: World Civilizations II
History 3220: Renaissance and Reformation Europe
History 3225: Early Modern Europe
Faculty in Residence, Baylor University, September 2005 – May 2006
Lecturer, Baylor University, January - May 2000, August 2002 – July 2006
Courses taught:
History 1305: World Civilizations to 1400
History 1306: World Civilizations from 1400 to 1750
History 1307: World Civilizations since 1750
History 3346: England to 1603
History 3348: England since 1603
Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, August 1996-December 1999, July 2001–May
2002
Courses taught:
History 1050:
History 1060:
History 2610:
History 2620:
World History to the Sixteenth Century
World History from the Sixteenth Century
United States History to 1865
United States History since 1865
Recruiting Assistant, Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, University of North Texas,
August 2000-May 2001.
Research Assistant, University of North Texas, September - December 2000, January-May 2002
Freelance writer, Beal Aerospace, May 2000
Authored “Fermat, His Last Theorem, and Modern Mathematics.”
Adjunct Faculty, North Central Texas College, September 1997-December 1999
Course taught:
History 1301: United States History to 1865
Adjunct Faculty, El Centro College (Dallas, Texas), July-August 1997
Course taught:
History 1302: United States History since 1877
Teaching Assistant, University of North Texas, August 1995-May 1996, May 1998
Courses:
History 2610: United States to 1865
History 2620: United States since 1865
History 4260: The Royals: British Monarchy and Ceremony
Teacher, Ross S. Sterling High School (Baytown, Texas), August 1993-May 1994
Courses taught:
Algebra I-4; English III
FIELDS PREPARED TO TEACH
Western Civilization surveys
Classical Europe
Renaissance Europe
European Enlightenment
Early Modern Europe
English/British Civilization surveys
Early modern Britain
Religion in England
Modern Russia
Scientific Revolution
History of Africa
World Civilizations surveys
Medieval Europe
Reformation Europe
French Revolution
Modern Europe
Modern European Intellectual Development
Modern Britain
Reformation England
United States surveys
History of Science
History of China
PAPERS TO SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES
“Baptist Views of the Government: Examples from England in the 1790s,” Conference on Faith
and History, September 2006.
“Baptists, Britons, and War in the Late Eighteenth Century: The Correspondence of David and
Joseph Kinghorn,” Southern Historical Association, November 1999.
“The Relevance of Religion: C. S. Lewis’s Response to Freud,” Southwestern Social Science
Association, April 1999.
“Women’s Marital Rights in Thirteenth-Century England: Cases from the Province of
Canterbury,” Southwestern Social Science Association, March 1998.
OTHER PAPERS
“Baptist Identity in 1790s England,” A Sense of Place: An Interdisciplinary Symposium,
Chowan University, 19 April 2010.
“Leisure Goes Pro: Early Professionalization of Sport in Britain,” Leisure and Play in Society:
An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Chowan University, 20 April 2009.
“Who Cared about the Environment: Examples from Early Industrialization,” Exploring the
Environment: An Interdisciplinary Symposium, Chowan University, 21 April 2008.
PUBLICATIONS
Review of Anglo-Irish Relations, 1798-1922, by Nick Pelling. In Journal of Church and State
45 (Autumn 2003): 820-21.
Review of John Henry Newman: The Challenge to Evangelical Religion, by Frank M. Turner. In
Journal of Church and State 45 (Summer 2003): 614-15.
Review of Religion and the English People, 1500-1640: New Voices and Perspectives, edited by
Eric Josef Carlson. In Journal of Church and State 42 (Summer 2000): 572-73.
DISCUSSANT AT SCHOLARLY MEETINGS
“Baptist Influences on Twentieth-century History,” Southwestern Social Science Association,
April 2009.
“The Cold War Era,” Phi Alpha Theta North-East Texas Regional Meeting, April 2006.
“Counter-Invasion: American Popular Culture Conquers Europe, 1900-1960,” Southwestern
Social Science Association, April 2003.
“Prophet in an Age of Pessimism: Oswald Spengler on America, Americans on Oswald
Spengler, 1918-1936,” Southwestern Social Science Association, March 2001.
UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Table Leader, Advanced Placement Exam in World History, 2008-2010
Graduate School Forum panelist, Chowan University, September 2009
Alpha Theta Lambda chapter advisor, Phi Alpha Theta, Chowan University, 2007-2010
Academic advising and orientation, Chowan University, 2007-2010
CU Saturdays (campus recruiting events), Chowan University, 2007-2009
Academic appeals committees, Chowan University, 2007-2010
Driver and chaperone for Chowan Singers, 2009-2010
Leadership Scholar interviewer, Chowan University, 2008-2009
Day for Future Teachers, Chowan University, 2008-2010
Teacher Education Unit, Teacher Education Committee, Teacher Education Re-Visioning
Committee, several Teacher Education subcommittees, Chowan University, 2007-2010
Assessment Committee, Chowan University, 2008-2010
Board of Directors, Friends of Teacher Education, Chowan University, 2008-2009
New Student Check-in Day, Chowan University, 2008-2009
Reader, Advanced Placement Exam in World History, 2005-2007
Move-in Crew, Baylor University, August 2004
Chapel Friday discussion leader, Baylor University, Fall 2003
Judge, Heart of Texas Regional History Fair, 2000, 2003-2006
CHURCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Worship Reader, Narrator, Percussionist, First Baptist Church, Ahoskie, 2008-2010
Substitute teacher, adult Sunday School classes, First Baptist Church, Ahoskie, 2009-2010
Reader’s Theater, Roanoke-Chowan Hospital 60th Anniversary, September 2008
Reading Buddy, West Avenue Elementary School, Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Adopt-a-college-student, Calvary Baptist Church, Fall 2003-Spring 2005
Youth mentor, Calvary Baptist Church, September 2003-August 2004
Sunday school prayer team and discussion group leader, Calvary Baptist Church, Fall 2003
English classes at Calvary Baptist Church, January 2003-May 2003
Drama Team, Grace Temple Baptist Church, 2001
Fiftieth anniversary committee and master of ceremonies for fiftieth anniversary celebration,
Grace Temple Baptist Church, 1998-1999
Missions committee, Lake Highlands Baptist Church, 1994-1997, chairman, 1996-1997
Finance committee, Lake Highlands Baptist Church, 1995-1997, budget subcommittee, 1996
Sunday school teacher, fifth and sixth grade boys, ninth and tenth grade boys, single adults, Lake
Highlands Baptist Church, and Grace Temple Baptist Church, various times, 1988-2002
Sponsor for pre-teen camp, Lake Highlands Baptist Church, 1993