Brantley Craig, Ph.D., has over 20 years of instructional, administrative, and consulting experience in higher education. His teaching and research interests include religion, English and world literatures, American popular culture, and writing and composition. Among his areas of academic expertise are pedagogy, course design, and curriculum development and assessment. He has taught at a variety of institutions around the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ph.D in Religion & Culture, University of Virginia, 2007.

Bachelor of Arts in English, Stetson University, 1997

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