Gabriel Schenk
Lecturer; Preceptor
Gabriel completed his D.Phil. in Arthurian literature at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 2014, and he has taught classes on science-fiction, Great War poetry, Tennyson, children’s literature, and the Inklings.
Maggie Parke
Lecturer; Preceptor
Maggie Parke earned her Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media from Bangor University, Wales UK, with her specialty in the Creative Industries.
Larry Swain
Preceptor
Larry Swain used to work in IT and libraries after receiving his B.A. in Religion-Greek and Linguistics. After 15 years, he earned an M.A. in Medieval Studies at the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University and then a PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His academic work focuses on early medieval preservation and […]
Paul Peterson
Faculty-Elected Board Member; Preceptor
Paul Peterson, a proud native of Minnesota, holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Medieval Studies from the University of Minnesota. He is also the Faculty-elected member of the Signum Board.
Laurie Frances (Sparrow) Alden
Staff Representatitve to the Board, Precepting Professor, Hestia of the Hearth, Signum Advisor
Sparrow is a preceptor and student advisor at Signum University. She bravely manages Signum's online learning platform, Google Classroom and the Community Hearth. Sparrow has also represented the Signum staff on the Board.
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).
Kristine Ainsworth Swank
Preceptor
Preceptor, Signum University, and Library Director, Pima Community College, Northwest Campus, Tucson, Arizona.
Brenton Dickieson
Preceptor
Brenton Dickieson (BA, MCS, PhD Cand.), writer and educator, Preceptor at SignumU
Sørina Higgins
Chair of the Department of Language & Literature
Sørina Higgins is the Chair of the Department of Language and Literature at Signum University and a Ph.D. student, Teacher of Record, and Presidential Scholar at Baylor University.
Erin Aust
Preceptor
Erin Aust received her BA in English and Sociology from Washington College and her MA in Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities and Social Thought from New York University, where she completed her thesis entitled Methods of Evaluation: The Academic Struggle Over J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. She teaches English Composition at Montgomery College and has worked […]