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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1990—2001
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1989-91
Baylor University, Waco, TX, 1983-87
Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX, 1980-84
Southern Christian University, Montgomery, AL, 1977-80
Perry Family Summer Fellowship, UNC-CH Dept. of Religious Studies, 1997
Dissertation Fellowship, Louisville Institute for the Study of Protestantism and American Culture, 1995-96.
Smith Graduate Research Fund, UNC-CH, 1993
Lloyd F. Phillips Scholarship, Department of Religion, Baylor University, 1986-87.
“Jehovah’s Witnesses.” The Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements. Ed. Richard Landes. Berkshire Reference Works / Routledge, 2000.
“Jehovah's Witnesses.” Encyclopedia of Religion and Society. Eds. William H. Swatos & Peter Kvisto. AltaMira Press, 1998. http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/docs/jws_article.pdf
“The International Churches of Christ / Boston Movement: A Preliminary Bibliography.” November 1996. Prepared for the National meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion / Religious Research Association, Nashville, TN. http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/iccbib.htm
“Language and Identity at the Kingdom Hall: The Discursive Strategies of the Watchtower Society.” Excursus: A Review of Religious Studies 1994. http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/langid.html
“The Fate of Reason: Max Weber and the Problem of (Ir)Rationality.” Excursus: A Review of Religious Studies 1994. http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/docs/weber.pdf
Review of Stan Wilk, Humanistic Anthropology (University of Tennessee Press, 1991). Excursus: A Review of Religious Studies 1992.
“Hebrew Word Studies,” (co-authored with Hugo McCord). Biblical Interpretation: Principles and Practice, ed. F. Furman Kearley et al. (Baker Book House, 1986), pp. 124-37.
Review of Cyril Barber, Introduction to Theological Research (Chicago: Moody Press, 1982) Restoration Quarterly 1984.
“Jehovah’s Witnesses: The End of the End?” December 1998. Third Annual International Conference on Millennialism sponsored by the Center for Millennial Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA.
“Budgets—or the Lack Thereof.” October 1997. Support Issues for the New Millennium, Carolina Technology Consultants Retreat. UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC.
“Faithful Witnesses / Radical Disciples: Comparative Reflections on Jehovah's Witnesses and the International Church of Christ.” November 1996. National meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion / Religious Research Association, Nashville, TN.
Organizer / Convener. “The International Churches of Christ /Boston Movement.” November 1996. National meeting of the SSSR / RRA, Nashville, TN. http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/iccrra.html
“Jehovah's Witnesses and Technology: Theocratic Authority in an Age of Computer-Mediated Communication.” March 1996. Southeast Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Columbia, SC.
Respondent, “Global Perspectives on Fundamentalism.” (Presenter: Bruce Lawrence, Duke University). Global and Local Perspectives on Religious Fundamentalism, February 1996. The Harriet Elliott Lecture Series, UNC Greensboro.
“You Can Live Forever on a Paradise Earth: The Visual Rhetoric of Jehovah's Witness Iconography.” October 1995. National meeting of the SSSR / RRA, St. Louis, MO. http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/icon.html
Panelist, “Technology and Memory.” Memory: Southern Social and Cultural Comparisons, September 1995. The Institute for the Arts and Humanities & the Division for Continuing Education, UNC-CH.
Editorial Board, 1994—Present. Stone-Campbell Restoration Discussion Group (Stone-Campbell tradition & Restoration Movement history). Hosted by Abilene Christian University. http://www.bible.acu.edu/s-c/listinformation.htm
“The Rhetoric of Sheep and Goats: The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Cultivation of Difference.” November 1994. National meeting of the SSSR / RRA, Albuquerque, NM.
“The Jehovah's Witnesses and the Theocratic Subversion of Ethnicity.” November 1993. National meeting of the AAR, Washington, DC. http://www.unc.edu/~elliott/aar_dc.html
“Language and Identity at the Kingdom Hall.” March 1991. Southeast Regional meeting of the AAR, Atlanta, GA.
Anonymous manuscript review. Church History, Rhetoric & Public Affairs
Index preparation. John Kelsay, Islam and War: A Study of Comparative Ethics (Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993); John Kelsay & James Turner Johnson, eds., Just War and Jihad : Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on War And Peace in Western and Islamic Traditions (Greenwood Press, 1991)
Teaching Fellow, UNC-CH, Dept. of Religious Studies.
Instructor, Office of Information Technology, UNC-CH, 1991-92.
Teaching Assistant, UNC-CH, Dept. of Religious Studies.
Teaching Assistant, Florida State University, Department of Religion, 1989-90.
Software Experience:
Hardware Experience:
Technology Consultant & Network Administrator, April 1997–Present. Institute for the Arts & Humanities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Network and Computer Support, 1990-1999. Department of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
Network and Computer Support, 1992-97. Information and Technology Systems, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill
Instructor, 1991-92. ATN Training Center, UNC-Chapel Hill
Network and Computer Support, 1989-90. The Career Center. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Microcomputer Specialist, 1987-1989. Data Processing, The University of Texas at Austin; Office of Information Resources, The University of Texas System
Reading Proficiency: German, French, Hellenistic Greek, Classical Hebrew, Aramaic
Available on request