Faculty Profile
Dale H. Simmons
Professor of History and Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Email: click here
Phone: (847) 628-1000
Office: Administration Building, 2nd Floor
At Judson since 1999
Academic Degrees
Ph.D., Drew University, 1990
M.A., Oral Roberts University, 1985
B.A., Oral Roberts University, 1981
Biography
Dale Simmons has lived most of his life in the Midwest, but at one time or another has lived in every major geographic area of the U.S. except the deep South. Having spent his teen years in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon remains his sentimental home. A passion for the breadth of the Liberal Arts tradition (or is it a short attention span?) led Dr. Simmons to pursue an interdisiplinary doctorate (then called the 19th Century Studies Program) at Drew University, with a general focus on American Religion and Culture and a more narrow focus on the late-19th and early-20th century Holiness and Pentacostal traditions. Prior to coming to Judson he taught at Touro College, Dana College and then Bethel College (IN) where he eventually served as Associate Dean.
Areas of Expertise
American Church History; The 19th Century Mind-Cure/New Thought movement; Holiness and Pentecostal traditions in general and the modern Faith Movement in particular.
Publications
E. W. Kenyon and the Postbellum Pursuit of Peace, Power, and Plenty. Studies in Evangelicalism, eds. Kenneth E. Rowe and Donald Dayton. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 1997.
“Positive Confession Theology,” Encyclopedia of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity (New York: Routledge, 2005).
Professional Societies and Offices
American Historical Association
American Society of Church History
Society for Pentecostal Studies
Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area - Treasurer
Current Projects
Everything to do with the fascinating world of administrivia.
Life Verse
“Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men” – Colossians 3:23