Teaching Faculty

Edmund F. Bloedow received his Ph.D. in Greek History from the Universitat Würzburg, B.A. (Hons.) in Classics from the University of Toronto, and a diploma in Theology from Emmaus Bible School. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa where he has been teaching Greek History and Archaeology since 1968. Dr. Bloedow has also taught at Lakehead University and the Beirut College for Women (Lebanon). He is the author of Beitrage Zur Geschichte des Ptolemaios XII (1963), Alcibiades Re-examined (1973), and an English edition of H. Bengtson's History of Greece: From the Beginnings to the Byzantine Era (1988), and has written over ninety articles and book reviews on Greek history, the Aegean Bronze Age, and renowned archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann.

The Reverend Doug Hayman received his Master of Divinity at Wycliffe College, Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto in 1986. He is a regular participant in the annual Atlantic Theological Conference and Pastoral Care courses. He has served in the ministry in churches in British Columbia, Quebec and Ontario. From 1995 -2004 he served in the two-point parish of Edwardsburg, Eastern Ontario. And since July 2004, he has pastored the Traditional Anglican Parish of St. Barnabas Apostle and Martyr, near Kemptville, Ontario: www.saintbarnabas.ca.

Sermons by The Reverend Doug Hayman (MP3 format):

• A Successful Christian Life (Lent 4, 2005)
• In touch, but not in step with the world (Easter 3, 2005)
• A bold and faithful witness (evensong at St. James, 2005)

See also:

• www.saintbarnabas.ca/sermons.html

Dominic Manganiello is Professor of English Literature at the University of Ottawa. He received his B.A. from McGill University and D.Phil. from Oxford University. He is the author of Joyce's Politics (1980), T.S. Eliot and Dante (1989), and co-editor (with David L. Jeffrey) of Rethinking the Future of the University (1998). He has also written articles on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Charles Williams, Oscar Wilde, Walter Miller Jr., and biblical tradition in English Literature.

George Metelski received a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences from the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research in Warsaw in 1980 and a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Warsaw Technical University in 1972. He has over thirty years experience in electrical and mechanical engineering. He was a visiting researcher at the Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique of the Collège de France in Paris and a research engineer for the Department of Electronics at Carleton University, Ottawa. After working in telecommunications for Nortel Networks and the School of Management at the University of Ottawa he developed a video series for young people to foster character development in accord with the values of Christianity — a resource that has since been used by Ontario school boards.

John Patrick holds M.B., B.S., M.R.C.P. and M.D. degrees from the University of London and St. George's Hospital Medical School in London. He has done extensive research into the treatment of childhood nutritional deficiency and related diseases, holding appointments in Britain, the West Indies, and Canada. He has lectured widely at universities in Britain, North America, the former Soviet Union, and Africa, working with various international agencies and with the Christian Medical and Dental Society. In 2002 he retired from his position as Associate Professor, Clinical Nutrition, Departments of Biochemistry and Pediatrics, at the University of Ottawa. See his web site for more information: www.johnpatrick.ca

• Meaning and Purpose in Medicine [from www.johnpatrick.ca]
• Intellectual Barbarians [from www.johnpatrick.ca]
• Four Levels of Happiness [from www.johnpatrick.ca]
• The Myth of Moral Neutrality [from www.johnpatrick.ca]
• Moral Issues in Medicine and Culture [from www.johnpatrick.ca]

David D. Stewart holds a Ph.D. in German Language and Literature from the University of Toronto, is Professor Emeritus of German Studies at Trent University, and comes to Augustine College after serving in "post-retirement" since 1993 at St. Stephen's University in New Brunswick as Professor of Cultural Studies. He has published in the fields of German and European Literature and modern German Church History, with special research interests in the history of poetry and the interplay of literature, theology, art and music in the history of the West. Author of German Poetry from Luther to Brecht and a number of articles for reference works such as Erstdrucke deutscher Dichtung and Deutsche Schriftsteller im Porträt: Die Jahrhundertwende, and articles in scholarly journals, including the Journal of the Canadian Society of Church History, Hospitium Ecclesiae, Zeitschrift für bayerische Kirchengeschichte and the Canadian Modern Language Review, he has concentrated more recently on studies related to the history and theology of culture. See also A Quiet Passion. Selected Writings of David D. Stewart ( 2001). For many years he has been a member of the Corporation of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada and was chairman of the Ontario Regional Committee of that body.

Edward Tingley holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Ottawa (1995). He received a B.A. in Art History from Carleton University (1998), after which he worked for some years in publishing at various art and architecture museums. He has published in journals of philosophy and has occasionally written for First Things. Some articles related to education:

• "True Knowledge Is Made Possible by True Religion"
  http://www.iapche.org/insert9-04.htm
• "Technicians of Learning."
  http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0008/articles/tingley.html
• 2006 AC Commencement Address
  "Christian Education, or The Rage to Live" September 2006 [pdf | 63 KB]

Trevor Tucker holds a Bachelor of Theology from Masters College and Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (English Literature) from Acadia University. He has taught as a sessional lecturer in the English Department of the University of Ottawa since 2003. He writes a weekly column for a local newspaper offering a Christian perspective on current events. As a freelance writer he is a regular contributor to Ottawa City Magazine and University Affairs, Canada's college and university magazine, and has written feature articles for Atlantic Baptist Magazine, Christian Current, and the Ottawa Citizen. He has also contributed to McGraw-Hill high-school textbooks. He was born and raised in Ottawa and with his wife Kristene has two children: Benjamin and Mary. An encounter 'late in life' with Lewis, Chesterton, Buechner, and Dillard ("These writers have been my mentors") has prompted him to teach literature from a 'mentorship' standpoint, via student interaction. His hope is that students will find points of reckoning in their own faith by reading the works that are studied.

Wesley Warren holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Church Music, London (U.K.). His other musical distinctions include being a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and an Associate of the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. He serves currently as organist and choirmaster at St. Barnabas Anglican Church (Ottawa), as organ continuo in the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and as instructor in organ at Carleton University.

Associate Faculty

L. Gregory Bloomquist received his Th.D. in New Testament Theology in 1990 from the Toronto School of Theology, Wycliffe College and the University of Toronto. From 1981-1986 he taught at the Institute of Fundamental Theology (SJ) of the University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain while sponsored as a missionary by Knox Presbyterian Church in Toronto and St. James Anglican Church in Kingston. Since 1987 he has taught in the Faculty of Theology of St. Paul University and has been guest lecturer at Ontario Theological Seminary in Toronto. Professor Bloomquist is an active member of the American Academy of Religion, the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association and the Society of Biblical Literature. An ordained Anglican priest, he is scholar-in-residence at St. Mark the Evangelist Anglican Church in Ottawa. See his site for more information: www.bloomquist.ca

Edith Mary Humphrey received her doctorate in 1991 from McGill University, specializing in New Testament and early Christian origins, and was awarded the Governor General's Gold Medal for excellence. She has lectured on the Hebrew Bible and New Testament at McGill University, Wycliffe College, Bishop's University, Regent College and various universities in Ottawa. She is the author of The Ladies and the Cities: Transformation and Apocalyptic Identity in Joseph and Aseneth, 4 Ezra, the Apocalypse and the Shepherd of Hermas (1991), The Sheffield Guide to Joseph and Aseneth (2000), as well as articles on rhetoric, visionary literatures, and contemporary issues in the Church.

• listen to her "The Trinity Today" talk from the Anglican Essentials Conference, Lift High the Cross, Global Anglicanism and the Anglican Church of Canada, June 14-19, 2001 [MP3 file]

Annegret Hunter began her art studies in 1968 at the Kunstschule in Bremen. From 1970-75 she studied painting under Marc Adrian in the Kunsthochschule, Lerchenfeld, (Hamburg, Germany) and had several exhibitions of her work in Hamburg before emigrating to Canada in 1976. Here she began to study bookbinding and was received by the Meister der Einbandkunst as a master binder in 1989. She has taken part in numerous exhibitions in North America and in Europe and her bindings are held in a number of distinguished collections including The Royal Victoria and Albert Museum (London); National Library, Ottawa; Massey Foundation Collection of Crafts, Museum of Civilisation, Ottawa. Among her special contracts have been guest books for Roy Thompson Hall and the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto and presentation copies of Canada With Love for the Governor General of Canada and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. She teaches and gives workshops in bookbinding and design and, since 1999.

Graeme Hunter was educated at Bishop's University, the University of Hamburg, and the University of Toronto. He graduated from Toronto with a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1981. Since then he has taught at the University of Toronto, Bishop's University, the University of Prince Edward Island and, since 1991, the University of Ottawa. He is a specialist in European philosophy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and publishes regularly both in those fields and in the area of Christian ethical reflection generally. His work includes freelance writing for Christian periodicals, lay preaching, and presidency (past) of an urban outreach mission.

Frank Johnson holds a B.Sc. (Electronics, U. of Salford), a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. (Medical Engineering, University of Toronto). He is a Professional Engineer of Ontario and a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. He has published many articles on engineering in diverse fields of medicine including orthopaedics, radiology, and microbiology. He has taught at the University of Liverpool and the University of Nottingham and has an adjunct position at the University of Ottawa where he directs the Medical Engineering Industry Research Affiliation. He manages Richard Brancker Research Ltd., an Ottawa company that carries out specialized research and development in electronic instrumentation. In his spare time, he takes photographs and paddles kayaks. See his corporate web site: www.brancker.com, www.rbr-global.com.

Tony Quon has a Ph.D. in Statistics from Princeton University and a B.Sc. (Hon.) in Mathematics from the University of Victoria. He taught for two years at the University of Toronto before joining the federal public service as a consultant and (later) senior manager with the Bureau of Management Consulting (now Consulting and Audit Canada). In 1990, Dr. Quon became a member of the Faculty of Administration at the University of Ottawa where he is now an Associate Professor of Statistics and Management. His consulting and research interests include statistical data analysis, survey design, transportation planning, and risk analysis.

Emeritus

David Lyle Jeffrey (B.A. Wheaton; Ph.D. Princeton, F.R.S.C.) is Distinguished Professor of Literature and Humanities at Baylor University in Texas, Professor Emeritus of English Literature at the University of Ottawa and Guest Professor at Peking University (Beijing). He has served as Chair of the Department of English at the University of Victoria and the University of Ottawa, and has taught also at the Universities of Rochester, Hull (UK), Notre Dame (USA), and at Regent College, Vancouver. He was one of the founding members and faculty of Augustine College. Dr. Jeffrey is general editor and co­author of A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature (1992). Among his other books are Modern Fiction and the Rebirth of Theology (1973); By Things Seen: Reference and Recognition in Medieval Thought (1979); Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition (1984); Toward a Perfect Love: the Spiritual Counsel of Walter Hilton (1986); English Spirituality in the Age of Wesley (1987; 1994); The Law of Love: English Spirituality in the Age of Wyclif (1988); with Brian J. Levy he has edited The Anglo-Norman Lyric (1990); People of the Book: Christian Identity and Literary Culture (1996; Chinese translation in 2002); and Houses of the Interpreter (2003).