Dr. Timothy A. Brookins, assistant professor in Classics and Biblical Languages, published an article titled “A Tense Discussion: Rethinking the Grammaticalization of Time in Greek Indicative Verbs” in the Journal of Biblical Literature 137 (2018): 141-65.
On May 19, Professor David Kirkwood, assistant professor of music, and Dr. Laurie Lester, adjunct professor of music, will be featured soloists with the Houston Choral Society in their performance of Joseph Haydn’s “Missa in angustiis” (popularly known as the “Lord Nelson Mass”). The concert is at 7:30 p.m. at the Foundry United Methodist Church. …
Dr. Michael Ward, professor of Apologetics, has been promoting the MA in Apologetics program during a recent nationwide lecture tour. He gave lectures at the King’s College, New York City; St Thomas More Academy, Raleigh, North Carolina; Pacifica Christian High School, Huntington Beach, California; McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort …
Dr. Lisa Ellis, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, and twenty students from the HBU Biology department attended the 2018 Beta Beta Beta South Central Regional Convention in Cedar Hill, Texas from April 6 to 8. This regional meeting included TriBeta biological honor societies from universities in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Seven HBU Biology …
HBU Department of Music faculty members have recently presented at a number of conferences. Dr. Edgar Cajas, program coordinator for Music Education and associate professor of Music, presented a session at the Houston Arts Partners (HAP) conference on February 19. HAP seeks to create interdisciplinary partnerships that unite academic subjects with fine arts disciplines. Patrick …
Dr. Julianna Leachman, assistant professor of literature, presented a paper entitled “Hunchbacks and Idiots: Looking Toward Home in McCullers’ Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Dostoevsky’s The Idiot” at the Society for the Study of Southern Literature conference in Austin, Texas in February.
Following a confirmation vote by the general membership, Dr. Jason Lester, dean of the School of Fine Arts and associate professor of music, has been elected the National Secretary/Treasurer for the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and will take office in June 2018. He is both honored and humbled to serve in this …
Dr. Steven L. Jones, Chair of HBU’s Dept. of Classics and Biblical Languages, gave a lecture on “An Apologia for Classical Studies” at Trinity Classical School in Houston on Feb 1, 2018. The lecture sought to answer a frequently voiced objection “Why Study Latin? No one speaks it anymore” by demonstrating Latin’s ability to help …
Dr. Levon Hayrapetyan, Professor of Business and Department Chair of Management, Marketing and Business, and Nelli Avetisyan, Mathematics instructor at Wharton County Junior College, published a paper titled “Mathlet as a New Approach for Improving Critical and Creative Thinking Skills in Mathematics “, in the latest edition of a peer-reviewed journal “International Journal of Education …
Dr. David Grubbs, assistant professor of English, interviewed Dr. Michael J. Kruger for the Christian Humanist Profiles podcast regarding Kruger’s recent book, Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church (SPCK, 2017). Dr. Kruger is President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological …
