Early Christianity

Mellon-Helis Fellows

The fellows listed below have received, are receiving, or will receive stipends from the Center’s endowment funds.

Brent Gilbert, M.A., graduate student in the Department of Greek and Latin.  Doctoral dissertation: "The Image of God, Greek Medicine, and Trinitarian Polemic in Gregory of Nyssa's De hominis opificio."  Director: Dr William J. McCarthy, Department of Greek and Latin.

Andrew Hagstrom, graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Ky Heinze, M.A., graduate student in Early Christian Studies.

Erik Kolb, M.A., graduate student in Early Christian Studies.  Doctoral dissertation: "Punishment and Pedagogy: Social Order and Community Formation in Late Antique Egyptian Monasticism."  Director Dr Janet Timbie, Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures.

Benjamin Lewis M.A., graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Yuliya Minets, M.A., graduate student in Early Christian Studies.

Sean Moberg M.A., graduate student in Early Christian Studies.

Robert Morehouse, M.A., graduate student in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures.  Doctoral dissertation: "Bar Daysan and Mani in Ephrem the Syrian's Heresiography."  Director: Rev. Professor Sidney H. Griffith, S.T., Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures. 

Edward Naumann, M.A., graduate student in the Department of Greek and Latin.

Dana Robinson, M.A., graduate student in Early Chrisrian Srudies.  Doctoral dissertation: "Food and Lay Piety in Late Antiquity."  Director: Professor Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor.

Robert Simkins, M.Div., graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.  Doctoral dissertation: "Palladius and Ascetic Social Engagement."  Director: Professor Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor.

Graduate Members

Graduate Members, while not funded by the Center, are working in or closely interested in the early Christian field.

Allen Barnes, Ph.D., graduate student in Early Christian Studies.

Stephen Beck, graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Joshua Brockway, M.A., graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.

Bonnie Brunelle, M.A., graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.  Doctoral dissertation: "Avitus of Vienne: The Pastoral, Political, and Literary Framework of a Burgundian Bishop."  Director: Professor Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor.

Paul Calvin, graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Luigi De Luca, Ph.D., graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Leo Hunt, graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Sister Maria Kiely, M.A., graduate student in the Department of Greek and Latin.  Doctoral dissertation: "The Poetics of Christian Asceticism: The Pastoral Use of the Song of Songs in the Writings of Ambrose of Milan."  Director: Professor Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor.

Kathleen Kirsch, graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Alex Miller, graduate student in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures.

Ryan Mitchell, graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.

Brianna McHugh, graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Louise Mundstock, graduate student in Greek and Latin.

Tyrell Northcutt, graduate student in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures.

Alison Ralph, graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.

Adam Rasmussen, M.A., graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.  Doctoral dissertation: "How St Bail and Origen Interpret Genesis 1 in the Light of Philosophical Cosmology."  Director: Dr Susan Wessel, School of Theology and Religious Studies.

Stuart Squires, M.A., graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.  Doctoral dissertation: "Reassessing Pelagianism: Augustine, Cassian, and Jerome on the Possibility of a Sinless Life."  Director: Professor Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor.

Paul Stevenson, M.A., graduate student in the Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures.  Doctoral dissertation: " ."  Director: Rev. Professor Sidney H. Griffith, S.T., Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures.

Sister Theotokos, graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.

Amy L. Tiilikainen, M.A., graduate student in the School of Theology and Religious Studies.  Doctoral dissertation: "Authority, Engagement, and Christian Perfection: A Comparison of Gregory the Great and Columbanus."  Director: Professor Philip Rousseau, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor.

Lionel Yaceczko, M.A., graduate student in Greek and Latin.