Abigail Lundelius Smith, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in American Literature, University of South Carolina
M.E., University of Dallas
B.A. in Philosophy, Covenant College

Literature

Dr. Smith is an award-winning writing and literature teacher at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She most recently taught literature electives in the undergraduate program and in the Classical Christian Studies program at New Saint Andrews College.

Dr. Abigail Lundelius Smith earned her doctorate in American Literature from the University of South Carolina where she completed her dissertation on the sacramental role of tables in American literature. Her master’s degree is from the University of Dallas where she became acquainted with Dr. Louise Cowan’s Genre Theory, which serves as the framework for New Aberdeen’s approach to literature. She and her husband, Ryan, have four children.

Dissertation:
Shall We Gather At the Table?: the Symbolic, Material, and Cultural Significance of the Table In American Life and Letters

Selected Articles:
Lay It All on the Table: Death in the American South, The Southern Quarterly. Volume 53, Number 1, Fall 2015

Critical Introduction to William Gilmore Simms’ Dramas, University of South Carolina Press (2016)

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S. J. Chewning, M.D
Guest Fellow of Science
M.D., University of Kentucky College of Medicine
M.B.A., Pfeiffer University

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Carter Ehnis, M.A.
Lecturer of Languages

M.A., Applied Linguistics, Graduate Institute of Descriptive Linguistics at Dallas Int’l University
M.A. in Theology and Letters, New Saint Andrews College

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Matt Marino, M.Div., Ph.D. (ABD)
Theology

Ph.D. in Systematic Theology (ABD), Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary
M.T.S., Columbia Evangelical Seminary (WA)
B.A. in Philosophy and Apologetics, Trinity College and Seminary

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Abigail Lundelius Smith, Ph.D.
Lecturer of Literature

Ph.D. in American Literature, University of South Carolina
M.E., University of Dallas
B.A. in Philosophy, Covenant College

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Kevin Smith, M.A.
Academic Resources, Church History

M.L.S. in Library Sciences, Emporia University
M.A. in Christian Thought and History, Nazarene Theological Seminary

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Ryan Smith, D.M.A.
Fellow of Music

M.M., D.M.A. in Music Performance, University of South Carolina
M.A., Biblical Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary

B.M., Piano Performance, Furman University
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Gabriel Williams, Ph.D.
Guest Fellow of Mathematics and Science

Ph.D. in Atmosphere Sciences, Colorado State University
M.S. in Physics, University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley
B.S. in Mathematics & Physics, Morehouse College

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