Afton Woodward
Preceptor
Afton Woodward received her B.A. in English and creative writing from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and her M.A. in English from Villanova University in Philadelphia. She is currently a developer of verbal and writing skills tests at the Educational Testing Service. She has also been an editor and a freelance entertainment writer for NPR […]
Alyssa House-Thomas
Assistant Dean
Alyssa House-Thomas is an Assistant Dean in the Teaching Division of Signum University. Her support staff position also encompasses various subsidiary roles within the Teaching and Stewardship Divisions.
Amy H. Sturgis
Faculty: Literature and Language Lecturer
Amy H. Sturgis is an author, speaker, and scholar of science fiction/fantasy studies and Native American studies. She has a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Vanderbilt University, serves on the scholarly board of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research and the advisory board of Mythopoeic Press, and contributes to the Hugo Award winning StarShipSofa podcast. She […]
Andrew Higgins
Board Member; Lecturer
Dr, Andrew Higgins - Inaugural Student of The Mythgard Institute, board member and new lecturer.
Brenton Dickieson
Preceptor
Brenton Dickieson (BA, MCS, PhD Cand.), writer and educator, Preceptor at SignumU
Carl Edlund Anderson
Lecturer
Carl Edlund Anderson holds an A.B. in Folklore & Mythology from Harvard College and a Ph.D. from the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic) at the University of Cambridge. His academic publications have treated Germanic philology, Colombian minority languages and cultures, and content and language integrated learning (CLIL).
Carol Leibiger
Preceptor
Carol Leibiger received her BA and MA in German from the University of Connecticut. Her Ph.D. in Germanic linguistics and older Germanic literatures and her MS in library and information science were awarded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has taught German language and literature, English literature, Women’s studies, and fantasy literature, including […]
Christopher T. Vaccaro
Christopher Vaccaro joined Signum University over the Summer of 2016. He has taught courses on Beowulf, Old English, and Tolkien for many years and is excited to work alongside the great scholars in his field here at Signum University.
Corey Olsen
University President; Board Member: President; Lecturer
Corey Olsen is president of Signum University. He brings his scholarship on Tolkien to the public, seeking to engage a wide and diverse audience in serious intellectual and literary conversation though his podcast, The Tolkien Professor.