SUZANNE GEISSLER BOWLES

Curriculum Vitae

Residence:

4 Midwood Drive

Florham Park, New Jersey 07932

973-377-4357

e-mail: bowless@wpunj.edu

 

Education:

BA (American Studies), Syracuse University, 1971

MA (History), Rutgers University, 1972

MTS (Church History), Drew University Theological School, 1979

PhD (History), Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1976

 

Fields of Specialization:

American religious history, colonial and early national US, Reformation, naval history

 

PhD Dissertation:

AThe Burr Family, 1716-1836"

 

Major Professor:

Ralph Ketcham

 

Awards and Honors:

BA, magna cum laude, Honors in American Studies

Phi Beta Kappa

Who=s Who in the East, 1979

Who=s Who in Religion, 1992

Who=s Who in America, 2000

 

Employment:

William Paterson University, History Department, Assistant Professor, 1999-

William Paterson University, History Department, Adjunct Professor, 1995-1999

Upsala College-Wirths Campus, History Department, Adjunct Professor, 1979-95

Drew University Theological School, Visiting Lecturer in Church History, 1981

Drew University, History Department, Lecturer, 1977-79

State University of New York at Cortland, History Department, Instructor, 1975-77

Publications: (under name of Suzanne Geissler)

Articles:

A>A Piece of Epic Action=: The Trial of Aaron Burr.@ Courier, 12 (1975), 3-22.

AAaron Burr, Jr. -- >Darling of the Presbyterians,=@ Journal of Presbyterian History, 56

(1978), 134-47.

AReflections on a Royal Wedding,@ Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal

Church, 50 (1981), 171-75.

AA Step on the Swedish Lutheran Road to Anglicanism,@ Historical Magazine of the

Protestant Episcopal Church, 54 (1985), 39-49.

A>Mystery Years= 1780-1792 -- Explored in Academy History History,@ Newark Academy

Alumnus, 21 (1989), 13-15.

AThe Young Man Who Never Went to School: John Croes,@ Anglican and Episcopal

History, 60 (1991), 43-56.

AComment on the Burr Hamilton Duel,@ William and Mary Quarterly, 3d Ser., 53 (1996),

850-51.

AThe Commodore Goes to Court: Thomas Truxtun at the Trial of Aaron Burr,@ Naval History, 11 (April 1997), 31-36.

AToo Methodistical: The Rejection of Uzal Ogden,@ Methodist History, 36 (1997), 33-43.

AChurch, State, and Arbitration: Admiral Mahan Speaks Out,@ Naval History (forthcoming)

 

Books:

Jonathan Edwards to Aaron Burr, Jr.: From the Great Awakening to Democratic Politics

(Edwin Mellen Press, 1981).

History of Grace Church, 1854-1984 (Grace Episcopal Church, Madison, NJ, 1987).

Lutheranism and Anglicanism in Colonial New Jersey: An Early Ecumenical Experiment

in New Sweden (Edwin Mellen Press, 1988).

A Widening Sphere of Usefulness: Newark Academy 1774-1993 (Phoenix Publishing,

1993).

 

Have reviewed books for:

New Jersey History

Journal of American History

Church History

Anglican and Episcopal History

updated February 18, 1999