Ian M. Gerdon
Curriculum Vitae
130 Malloy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(812) 661-7084 (c)
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Education
University of Notre Dame, Ph.D. in History of Christianity
expected 2017
Dissertation on ascetic theology of Maximus the Confessor & Evagrian tradition
Advisor: Dr. Brian Daley, S.J.
Doctoral exams passed with honors (Nov 2012)
Research Interests: ancient and medieval Christianity, Christology, monastic
theology, East-West relations, Balthasar, Ecumenism, Biblical Interpretation
University of Chicago, Master of Divinity
Thesis: Martyrdom as a Model for Christian Life
Field placement: Monastery of Holy Cross & Disciples Divinity House
2009
Saint John’s University School of Theology, Master of Arts in Theology 2008
Thesis: Ambiguous Anthropology in the Theology of Maximus the Confessor
Advisor: Fr. Columba Stewart, O.S.B.
Exams passed and thesis defended with honors
Wabash College, Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude
Majors in Philosophy and Religion, Minor in Physics
Distinction on Comprehensive Exams in Philosophy and Religion
2000
Loyola University Chicago Rome Center, Rome, Italy
Undergraduate overseas study, spring semester (January-May)
1999
Publications
Peer-reviewed:
“The Evagrian Roots of Maximus the Confessor’s Liber Asceticus,” forthcoming in
Studia Patristica (expected 2017)
Book Reviews:
Review of Reconstructing the Theology of Evagrius Ponticus: Beyond Heresy, by
Augustine Casiday, in Religious Studies Review (forthcoming, 2016)
Review of The Oxford Handbook of Maximus the Confessor, eds. P. Allen and B.
Neil, in Religious Studies Review (forthcoming, 2016)
Review of The Canons of Our Fathers: Monastic Rules of Shenoute, by Bentley
Layton, in Religious Studies Review (forthcoming, 2016)
Other:
“St. Gilbert of Battersea,” in Sightings, The Martin Marty Center for the Advanced
Study of Religion (3 June 2010)
“Pelagianism,” “Roman Catholicism,” and “Transubstantiation,” in A Dictionary of
Philosophy of Religion, eds. C. Taliaferro & E. Marty (Continuum: 2010)
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Conference Presentations
“Providence and Judgment in Maximus the Confessor’s Centuries on Charity”
North American Patristics Annual Conference (Chicago, IL, 2016)
“The Evagrian Roots of Maximus the Confessor’s Liber Asceticus”
17th International Conference on Patristic Studies (Oxford, UK, 2015)
“Divine Abandonment in Evagrius Ponticus and Maximus the Confessor”
North American Patristics Society Annual Conference (Chicago, IL, 2014)
“Marvel & Believe: The Gnostic Wonder of Clement of Alexandria”
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality Meeting (Notre Dame, IN, 2013)
“‘The Circumstantial Law of Nature’: Fallenness in Maximus the Confessor and the
Limits of Patristic Anthropology”
Pappas Graduate Student Patristics Conference (Brookline, MA, 2008)
“The Christology of John Damascene in The Three Treatises”
Pappas Graduate Student Patristics Conference (Brookline, MA, 2007)
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record:
Instructor: Writing and Rhetoric, University of Notre Dame
2016-2017
Teaching two sections of required undergraduate class on composition and ethics
Prepared original syllabus on ethics and rhetoric of academic and public dialogue
Adjunct Professor: Foundations of Theology, University of Notre Dame 2014-2015
Taught three sections (Fall, Spring, Summer intensive); of first required
undergraduate theology class, with extensive writing requirements
Fall/Spring in top 20% of division for time commitment or intellectual challenge
Instructor: Foundations of Theology, University of Notre Dame
2013-2014
Taught two sections (Fall, Spring) of first required undergraduate theology class,
with extensive writing requirements; prepared original syllabus
In top 20% of division for time commitment or intellectual challenge
Teaching Mentor: Dr. John Cavadini
Assistant Instructor:
Teaching Assistant for Dr. J. Cavadini, University of Notre Dame
2016
Graded weekly papers with comments, met weekly with students one-on-one
Invited Lecture on Maximus the Confessor, University of Notre Dame
For Dr. J. DeFrancis’s course Seeking Christ in the Desert (THEO 40293)
2014
Teaching Assistant for Dr. G. Sterling, University of Notre Dame
2011-2012
Lectured to graduate students on early monasticism, arranged guest lectures
Teaching Assistant for Dr. R. Young, University of Notre Dame
2010-2011
Lectured on Bible and early Christianity, aided students with and graded papers
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Professional & Research Experience
Grants & Fellowships Consultant, University of Notre Dame
2014-present
Advise graduate students on locating and applying for grants
Specialties: developing personal narrative, project conceptualization
Research Assistant for Dr. R. Young, University of Notre Dame
2012
Contributed research for a chapter in Evagrius and His Legacy (ND: 2015)
Research Assistant for Dr. G. Sterling, University of Notre Dame
2011-2012
Assisted with editorial work for Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy
and Early Christianity (Brill: 2014)
Graduate Assistant for Dr. R. Young, University of Notre Dame
2011
Researched resources and means of acquisition for Byzantine Borderlands
research collection in non-Greek Eastern Christianity
Research Assistant for Dr. R. Young, University of Notre Dame
Researched Eastern Christianity, provided updated bibliographies
2010-2011
Assist. Circulation Supervisor, University of Chicago Library
2005-2009
Responsible for Library after business hours, for payroll, and for scheduling
Trained, oversaw, evaluated undergraduate and graduate student workers
Awards, Grants, and Scholarships
University Writing Program Graduate Teaching Assistantship
2016
Notebaert Professional Development Award, University of Notre Dame
2015
Graduate Student Union Conference Presentation Grant, Notre Dame
2015
Presidential Scholarship, University of Notre Dame
2009-2014
Paper selected for plenary session at Pappas Graduate Patristics Conference
2007
J. Harry Cotton Philosophy Prize, Wabash College
2000
John N. Mills Fellowship in Religion, Wabash College
2000
Robert S. Harvey Outstanding Editor Award, Wabash College
2000
Robert S. Harvey Journalism Award, Wabash College
1998, 2000
Walter Fertig Freshman Writing Prize, Wabash College
1997
Special Training
Practicum on Teaching Writing, University Writing Program
2016
Pedagogy Workshop for Foundations of Theology, Theology Department
2013
Dumbarton Oaks Library Greek Summer School
Four-week intensive study of Byzantine Greek and paleography
2008
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Service & Public Talks
Graduate Student Union, University of Notre Dame
2015-2017
Humanities Representative, Conference Presentation Grant Selection Committee
Senior Humanities Representative (2016-17)
Fulbright Review Committee, University of Notre Dame
2014-2016
Public talk, All Souls Anglican Church (Wheaton, IL)
2009
“The Rule of Benedict in the World: Living Monasticism outside of the Cloister”
Panel discussion on community life, Disciples Divinity House (Chicago, IL)
Organized, recruited panelists, and moderated
2008
Public talk, St. Francis Catholic Worker House (Chicago, IL)
On early Christian monasticism and hospitality
2007
Managing Editor of student newspaper, The Bachelor, Wabash College
1999-2000
Copy Editor of student legal journal, Legalis, Wabash College
1998
News Editor of student newspaper, The Bachelor, Wabash College
1997-1998
Works in Progress
Translation of Evagrius Ponticus’s Scholia in Proverbia, introduction, commentary
Professional Associations
North American Patristics Society
2013-2016
Languages
Advanced: Greek (ancient and medieval), Latin (ancient and medieval)
Intermediate: French, German
Novice: Coptic, Italian, Syriac (ancient)
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