Gregory Michna
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Associate Professor of History & Director of General Education
Also affiliated: West Virginia University (2015–2016)
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Gregory Michna's research interests span Indigenous history, early American religious thought, and the development of particle physics detectors. His historical work has examined the experiences and perspectives of Indigenous peoples in colonial America, particularly in relation to Christian conversion and conflict. Publications in this area include "Through an Indian’s Looking-Glass: A Cultural Biography of William Apess, Pequot" and "The Long Road to Sainthood: Indian Christians, the Doctrine of Preparation, and the Halfway Covenant of 1662." Michna has also investigated Puritan responses to Indigenous populations during King Philip's War. In parallel, he contributes to the field of experimental particle physics, with recent publications on the "DUNE Phase II Detectors" and "DUNE Software and Computing Research and Development." His scholarly contributions are reflected in an h-index of 2 and 47 citations across 23 publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 2
- Publications: 24
- Citations: 48
Positions
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Associate Professor of History & Director of General Education publications 2018–2022Arkansas Tech University Institution web page
Selected Publications
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Lori Rogers-Stokes. Gathered into a Church: Indigenous-English Congregationalism in Woodland New England (2026)
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Lost Tribes Found: Israelite Indians and Religious Nationalism in Early America. By Matthew W. Dougherty. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. xi + 234 pp. $39.95 hardcover; $29.95 e-book. (2022)
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The Long Road to Sainthood: Indian Christians, the Doctrine of Preparation, and the Halfway Covenant of 1662 (2020)
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Book Review: The Case Against Miracles, Edited by John W. Loftus (2020)
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Monumental Mobility: the Memory Work of Massasoit, written by Lisa Blee and Jean M. O’Brien (2019)
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Douglas L. Winiarski, Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2017, $49.95). Pp. 632. isbn 978 1 4696 2826 4. (2019)
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Through an Indian’s Looking-Glass: A Cultural Biography of William Apess, Pequot (2018)
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The Church, Authority, and Foucault: Imagining the Church as an Open Space of Freedom. By Steven G. Ogden. Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies. London: Routledge, 2017. x + 180 pp. $160.00 hardback; $28.98 e-book. (2018)