​EDUCATION
University of Tennessee-Knoxville BA, history, religious studies, cinema studies 1997 – 2000
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary MA, Philosophy, religion 2000 – 2002
Union University MA, Education 2009 – 2010

HONORS & AWARDS
Deans List University of Tennessee May 1998
Top History Major Phi Alpha Theta University of Tennessee, history department April 2000
Historical Student Achievement Honor University of Wales at Swansea December 1998
Deans List University of Tennessee May 1999
Deans List University of Tennessee August 1999
Deans List University of Tennessee December 1999
Deans List University of Tennessee May 2000
Graduated Magna Cum Laude University of Tennessee May 2000
Lakeland Person of the Year 2015
Lakeland Person of the Year 2021