Donald S. Prudlo, MA, PhD

Associate Professor of Ancient and Medieval History -- Department of History – Jacksonville State University – 
700 Pelham Road North – Jacksonville, Alabama --  256-782-8244 - dprudlo@jsu.edu                         

EDUCATION

Ph.D.  Religious Studies   (Medieval And Reformation Christian History)   	2004
University of Virginia      Charlottesville, VA
Ph.D. Dissertation: Peter of Verona: The Martyred Inquisitor

M.A. Theological Studies (Systematic & Historical Theology)	   	 	1999
Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College		Alexandria, VA
M.A. Thesis: The Historical Development of Roman Catholic Doctrines of Soteriology

B.A. History   Minor in Classics						1999
Christendom College	Front Royal, VA
Salutatorian, winner of Presidential Scholarship, Graduated Summa cum Laude.

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS

Jacksonville State University 2007,  2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 Faculty Research Grant for travel to Italy
Earhart Fellow, 2014-2015
University of Notre Dame 2003, 2008, 2013 Funding for research at the Ambrosiana Collection
2010 Finalist - Distinguished Teacher Award (top teacher Arts and Sciences), Jacksonville State 
2009 Faculty Scholar Lecturer Award (top researcher university-wide), Jacksonville State 
2009 Distinguished Research Award (top researcher - Arts and Sciences), Jacksonville State 
2007-2008 Professor of the Year, Jacksonville State Phi Alpha Theta Chapter
2006-2007 Professor of the Year, Jacksonville State History Club
Jacksonville State University 2006-2010 Faculty Research Award
American Academy of Religion, 2006-2007, Individual Grant for Research
St. Louis University 2003, Mellon Fellowship for Research in the Vatican Film Library

ACADEMIC  EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor							2011-Present
Department of History, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL

Assistant Professor							2005-2011
Department of History, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL

Post-Doctoral Fellow							2004-2005
The Liberty Fund,  Indianapolis, IN

	Associate Professor of Theology and Church History (Summers)	2003-Present
	Christendom Graduate School, Alexandria, VA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

HY 330		2012	History of Islam			Jacksonville State
HY500		2011	Reformation Historiography		Jacksonville State
HY 500		2009	Roots of the American Tradition		Jacksonville State 
HY 503		2008	Medieval Historiography		Jacksonville State 
HY493&4	2008-15 History of Christianity I & II		Jacksonville State	
HY490		2006-15  History of World Religions		Jacksonville State	
HY395		2006-15   Europe in the Middle Ages		Jacksonville State	
HY103&4  	2006-15  Western Civilization I & II Honors	Jacksonville State 
HY101&2  	2005-15  Western Civilization I & II		Jacksonville State 
HY408		2005-15  Ancient History			Jacksonville State	
HY501		2006-15  Historiography				Jacksonville State	
HY563		2006-15  History of Ideas: Ancient and Medieval	Jacksonville State 
THEO601	2011	Trinitarian Theology 			Christendom Graduate School
THEO712 	2013	Patristics				Christendom Graduate School
THEO826  	2008-13 Saints and Sainthood			Christendom Graduate School
	THEO590	2003-05  Introduction to Theology		Christendom Graduate School
HIST610&611 	2006-15  Church History I & II			Christendom Graduate School

REFERENCES

	Dr. Augustine Thompson, O.P., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 510-883-2055
	Dr. M. Michèle Mulchahey, Boyle Chair of Manuscript Studies, University of Toronto, 416-926-7129
	Dr. David Burr, Department of History (emeritus), Virginia Tech, 540-951-3194
	Dr. Richard Kieckhefer, Department of History, Northwestern, 847-491-2614
	Dr. Duane Osheim, Department of History, University of Virginia, 434-924-6404
	Dr. Russel Lemmons, Department of History, Jacksonville State University, 256-782-5867
	Dr. Margaret Cormack, Department of Religious Studies, College of Charleston, 843-953-8033
	Dr. Mark Johnson, Department of Historical Theology, Marquette University,  414-288-7646
		
RESEARCH LANGUAGES

Latin, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Koine Greek.  Also skilled in medieval dialects and palaeography.  Accredited Researcher at Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, and the Biblioteca Nazionale Firenze.

ACADEMIC COMPUTING SKILLS

Experienced with relational databases, Photoshop, Cold Fusion, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, Blackboard.  Department web coordinator and designer.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

	BOOKS

The Martyred Inquisitor: The Life and Cult of Peter of Verona (†1252) (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008).

		Reviews: Ralf Lützelschwab. H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews. February, 2009
			Aidan Nichols, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, April 2009
			Christine Ames, Catholic Historical Review, October 2009
			Mark Pegg, Speculum, 2010
			Didier Lett, Perspectiva.net 4,  2010
			Wietse de Boer, Church History 79, 2010
			R. N. Swanson, The Heythrop Journal 52.3, 2011
			Brian Mullady, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 2012

	Certain Sainthood: Canonization and the Origins of Papal Infallibility in the Medieval Church 
(Cornell University Press, at proof stage, publication Fall 2015)

The Origin, Development, and Refinement of Medieval Religious Mendicancies, ed. Donald S. Prudlo 	(Boston and Leiden: Brill, 2011).

		Reviews: Joseph P. Byrne, Church History 81, September 2012
			Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, Lumen Veritatis 4:17, 2011
			Thomas Frank, Sehepunkt, 12.12, 2012
			Joe Creamer, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 64.1, January 2013
			Amanda Power, The Medieval Review, September 2013
			Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies 2.2, 2013
			Anne Müller, Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 40.4, 2013

	FORTHCOMING BOOKS

To Light the World Ablaze: The History of the Friars Preachers to 1323, (Catholic University
Press has acquired right of first refusal, contract in Spring 2015)

The "Summa Contra Hereticos" attributed to Peter of Verona: Introduction, Edition, and Translation, for Oxford Medium Aevum Monographs Series  (Under contract)

Brill Companion to the Inquisition, for Brill’s Companion to the Christian Tradition Series
(To be published by Brill in 2016, I am the invited Editor).

Hugh of St. Cher's Speculum Ecclesiae: Edition and Translation.  With Anthony Lappin,
(Tentative contract with Aracne Editrice, Rome)

	JURIED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

“Women, Wives, and Mystics: The Unexpected Patronage of a Dominican Martyr” edited by Margaret Cormack for the Journal of the History of Sexuality 21.3, May 2012: 313-324.

“Martyrs on the Move: The Spread of the Cults of Thomas of Canterbury and Peter of Verona,” in Peregrinations 3.2, Summer 2011.

"The Friars Preachers: The First Hundred Years of the Dominican Order," in History Compass 8.11, November 2010: 1275-1290.

“The Cult of Peter of Verona in the British Isles” in The Friars in Medieval Britain: Proceedings of the 2007 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. Nicholas Rogers.  Donington, 2010.	

“The Assassin-Saint: The Life and Cult of Carino of Balsamo”  Catholic Historical Review 94.1, January 2008: 1-21.

“Scripture and Theology in Early Modern Catholicism,” in Christian Theologies of Scripture: A Comparative Introduction, ed. Justin Holcomb.  New York University Press, 2006.

	PENDING JURIED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

“The Theology of Salvation at the Council of Trent,” in Christian Theologies of Salvation, ed.
Justin Holcomb, New York University Press, forthcoming 2015

"The Sacraments in Early Modern Catholicism," in Christian Theologies of the Sacraments, ed.
Justin Holcomb, New York University Press, forthcoming 2015.

"Monastic Prescriptions in the Mendicant Rules: An Examination of
Hagiographical Exemplarity" ed. Krijn Pansters, Brepols, forthcoming 2015.

"Representations of Inquisition in Dominican Hagiography" in Proceedings of the Fourth 
International Symposium on the Inquisition  Vatican Press, forthcoming 2015.

“Sermons about Peter Martyr in Schneyer’s Repertorium” 

BOOK REVIEWS

“Religious Men and Masculine Identity in the Middle Ages,” in Catholic Historical Review 100:2, Spring 2014.
"Heresy and Heretics in the Thirteenth Century," in Catholic Historical Review 98:2, April 2012.
"The Lord as their Portion: The Story of the Religious Orders and How They Shaped Our World" in Theological Studies 72, 2011.
"A Companion to Clare of Assisi" in Francia-Recensio 1, 2012.
" Charisma and Religious Authority: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Preaching, 1200 – 1500" in Catholic Historical Review 98:1, January 2012.
"Inquisitori lombardi del duecento" in Journal of Ecclesiastical History 61, 2010.
"A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom" in The Historian 72:2, June 2010.
"Passion and Order: Restraint of Grief in the Medieval Italian Communes" in English Historical Review 124, 2009.
"The Dominicans and the Pope: Papal Teaching Authority in the Medieval and early Modern Thomist Tradition" in The Medieval Review.
“Heresy and the Persecuting Society in the Middle Ages: Essays on the Work of R. I. Moore,” in Theological Studies 68:1, March 2007.

PAPERS AND LECTURES

“The Canonization of Dominican Saints in the Thirteenth Century,”
2nd International Congress on Medieval Hagiography at Porto Alegre, 13-16 October 2015
(Invited Lecture)

“Inquisition and History” February 2015, Wofford University (Invited Lecture)

“Freedom and the Liberal Arts,” Lecture at JSU Dec 2014 as part of the Antigone Lecture 
Series.

“Canonization and Infallibility” Lecture at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley
November 2013 (Invited Lecture)

"Unlocking the Conclave: Historical Reflections on the Papal Renunciation and Election of
2013" Wofford University, March 2013. (Invited Lecture)

"Admiratio and Imitatio: Changing Theologies of Sainthood in the 13th Century" Lecture at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, CA October 2011 (Invited Lecture)

"Heretics, Hemmorhages, and Herrings: Dominican Miracle Collections of the Order's First 100 Years" at the South East Medieval Association, Roanoke, VA, November 2010. (Invited paper)

"Representations of Inquisition in Dominican Hagiography" at the 4th International Colloquium on the Inquisition, Rome, March 2009 (Invited paper)

"Mendicancy in Dominican Hagiography,"  at the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, April 2008.

“The Cult of Peter of Verona in the British Isles,” at the Harlaxton Symposium, Lincolnshire, England July 2007.  (Invited Paper)

Lecture: "A Florentine Street Brawl," for the Study Abroad program of the University of West Florida and Georgia State University, May 2007, Florence, Italy.

“Medieval Concepts of Martyrdom,” at the Annual Conference of the Alabama Association of Historians, 2 February 2007.  (Panel Chair)

Lecture: “The Inquisition: Separating Fact from Fiction.”  Invited lecture at Holy Spirit College, Atlanta, GA. 18 January 2007.

“Mapping Medieval Miracles,” at a conference for the study of the geography of cults in Hólar, Iceland, 2006, (Invited Paper)

“Women, Wives, and Mystics: The Unexpected Patronage of a Dominican Martyr” at the National Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, Boston, MA  March 31-April 1, 2006 (Invited Paper).
 
“Peter of Verona: Communal Patron of Milan” at the National Meeting of the American Historical Association, Seattle, WA  January 9, 2005 (Invited Paper).

“Preaching the Preacher: The Construction of the Cult of Peter Martyr in Thirteenth Century Preaching” at the International Congress for Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI,  May 7, 2004

“A Medieval Passion Play: The Death of Peter of Verona” at the Southeast Regional Conference of the  American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA,  March 7, 2004

"Ius Commune electronicum: the presentation and editing of medieval manuscripts on the web" at the Ancient Studies; New Technology II,  Rutgers University, NJ, December 6, 2002

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Catholic Historical Association

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2014		Secured funding for a five lecture series on the History of Liberty
2013		Accredited Journalist to the Papal Conclave, consultant to Vatican Radio
2013		Interviewed by Vatican Radio, Zenit, New York Times, The Atlantic, Adventuras na 		História, and NBC for Papal Renunciation.
2012-Present	Regular Announcer for Vatican Radio for Papal Canonization ceremonies
2012		Founded Humanities Minor at JSU
2011, 2013	Coordinator for May Term in Rome for JSU students
2012		Revised Test Bank for Western Civilization: Beyond Boundaries for Cengage
2010-Present	Coordinator for JSU Philosophy Club
2010-Present	Reader for Oxford University Press
2010		Curriculum consultant for proposed College of St. Athanasius
2009		Appointed to Pearson Western Civilization Editorial Advisory Board
2009 		Invited as commentator to the Northeast Political Science Association Annual 			Meeting
2005-Present	Jacksonville State University Faculty Council and Chair of the Faculty Merit 			Committee
2008-Present	Jacksonville State University Institutional Review Board
2009		Faculty coordinator for JSU study abroad trip "Shakespeare in Italy"	
2008-2010	Reader for Pearson's Western Civilization textbooks
2007		Created online modules for Western Civ I and II for Jacksonville State University
2006-2007	Manuscript reader for Traditio
2006-2008  	Assisted with planning for the annual conference of the Alabama Association of                	Historians
2006		Assisted with American History search, Department of History
2005-2006	History Department Committee on Western Civilization Outcomes and Assessments
2005-Present	Serve as a periodic commentator and reviewer for The Anniston Star