Scholars & Staff
The Green Scholars Initiative is designed to provide hands-on access to rare and unpublished items in the Green Collection. However, the primary goal is to use this research as an opportunity to mentor participating students in both primary research and the publication process. This takes place under the direction of their professor (Scholar-Mentor), and support faculty found in the ranks of our Senior and Distinguished Scholars.
The Green Scholars Initiative is as much about mentoring young scholars as it is about publication. It hopes to seize the opportunity to work with remarkable items to benefit professors, many of whom do not enjoy equal access to such materials, and to benefit their students. The Initiative democratizes research as it redefines excellence in teaching and scholarship.
The Green Scholars Initiative is directed by Dr. Jerry Pattengale who is an award-winning professor and scholar and has received international acclaim for his pedagogical innovations. In addition to his other research, he also serves as a General Editor for the GSI Brill Papyri Series (with Dr. Dirk Obbink, Christ Church, Oxford) and as the Managing Editor for the GSI Brill Early Jewish Texts Series (Dr. Emanuel Tov, General Editor).
The Green Scholars Initiative enjoys both full-time and part-time experts in many fields. Senior Scholars and Distinguished Scholars will be added to the list below as new projects are initiated.
Staff
- Jerry Pattengale, PhD: Executive Director of the Green Scholars Initiative
- Lauren McAfee: Office Manager
- Jennifer Atwood: Curator, Medieval Specialist
- Amy Van Dyke: Education Programs Administrator
- Clifford Keister: Project Manager
- Norm Conrad: Curator of American and Print Bibles
- Amy Southerland: Administrative Assistant
- Daniel Arnold: Special Projects Manager
- Sarah Baribeau: Oxford Research Intern
- Marsha Bold: Administrative Support
- Melody Winters: Registrar
- Allyson Bold: Data Entry Specialist
Senior Scholars
- Mariam Ayad, PhD: Lead Mentor-Scholar, Papyri Project and Egyptian and Coptic Texts, American University in Cairo
- Gordon Campbell, PhD: Senior Scholar, King James Version Project, University of Leicester
- Christopher de Hamel, PhD: Senior Scholar, Medieval Texts, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Ralph Hanna, PhD: Senior Scholar, Richard Rolle Project, Keble College, Oxford
- David Lyle Jeffrey, PhD: Senior Scholar, Christian Tradition and Spirituality, Baylor University
- Alister McGrath, PhD: Senior Scholar, KJV Critical Text Project, King’s College, London
- Dirk Obbink, PhD: Senior Scholar, Papyri and Codex Climaci Rescriptus Projects, Christ’s Church, Oxford
- Thomas Oden, PhD: Senior Scholar, African Texts, Eastern University
- Marcel Sigrist, PhD: Senior Scholar, Cuneiform, École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem (EBAF)
- Emanuel Tov, PhD: Senior Scholar, Early Jewish Texts, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
Distinguished and Research Scholars
- Michelle Brown, PhD: Distinguished Scholar of Illuminated Manuscripts, University of London, England
- Robert Duke, PhD: Distinguished Scholar of Hebrew Texts, Azusa Pacific University
- Jeffrey Fish, PhD: Distinguished Scholar of Greek Texts, Baylor University
- Curt Niccum, PhD: Distinguished Scholar of Ethiopic Texts, Abilene Christian University
- Stephen Pfann, PhD: Research Scholar, Middle East Artifacts, University of the Holy Land, Jerusalem
- David Riggs, PhD: Distinguished Scholar of Latin Texts, Indiana Wesleyan University
- Peter Williams, PhD: Distinguished Scholar of Aramaic Texts, Tyndale House, Cambridge
- Benno van den Toren, PhD: Distinguished Scholar of Dutch Texts, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford