Assistant Professor of History
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Education
- B.A. Western Washington University
- M.A. University of Nebraska at Kearney
- Ph.D. University of Missouri
Professional
Dr. Rice primarily teaches American history, and he is a specialist in religious history, Native American history and early America. His scholastic interests also include missiology, Latin American history and Japan. He is currently crafting his dissertation into a book-length manuscript about Indian and missionary relationships in the antebellum Midwest, tentatively titled “The Missional Ground.” Dr. Rice has also found the oldest English usage of the phrase, “What’s up?”
Personal
Joshua and his wife, Laura, met in high school in south Seattle, and are now in their 10th year of marriage. In their travels, they have survived a tornado in Nebraska, a fixer-upper in Missouri, and Texan hospitality in Houston. In 2014, their son, Lukas, was born into a home already occupied by Otis and Rusty (their cat and dog, respectively).
In his spare time, Joshua watches the St. Louis Cardinals, Tarantino, Futurama, the Seahawks, Arrested Development, and the Coen brothers; he reads Dostoevsky, Silence, C. S. Lewis, Dune, Tolkien, and Catch-22; and he listens to Bon Iver, Tim Keller, Freelance Whales, Wagner, Pink Floyd, Matchbox Twenty, John Piper, and Tchaikovsky.
Why Corban
“I believe that God has equipped me to challenge and encourage young men and women to creatively and lovingly engage with the world for Christ. My aim–to both teach history and build up believers—is not only supported here, but that is the express purpose of holistic education at Corban University.”