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Faculty Member, History and Philosophy
Instructor of History
South Texas College
About
Dr. Judd H. Burton is an historian, anthropologist, and archaeologist, specializing in the history of religions, with a focus on early Christianity and Greco-Roman religion. He was born in Abilene, Texas on January 7, 1976, and grew up in the town of Merkel a short distance to the west. There he attended Merkel Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. In 1994, Dr. Burton began his college education at Cisco Junior College, playing in the jazz and marching bands. He completed his B.A. in history in 1999 at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene.
Dr. Burton chose to supplement his historical education with anthropological and archaeological training, and entered the graduate program in anthropology at Texas Tech University. He received an M.A. in anthropology with a minor in history from that institution in 2004. While completing the degree he met and married his wife Kelly. In 2005, Dr. Burton entered the doctoral program in history at Texas Tech University. He earned a Ph.D. in history from that institution in 2010, studying under Dr. John Howe and Dr. Stefano D’Amico in the history department, and Dr. Peder Christiansen and Dr. Christopher Witmore in the classics department. Dr. Burton’s studies concentrated on early Christianity, Late Antiquity, and Greco-Roman religion and his dissertation dealt with the religious history of Banias (Biblical Caesarea Philippi) from the Roman to Ottoman periods. Additional areas of study included Early Modern European and American history.
An avid explorer and researcher, Dr. Burton has been part of a number of archaeological and historical expeditions. In 1999, he worked as an excavator at Banias. In 2000, he was also part of the first team to excavate the Presidio de San Saba in Menard, Texas. He has been a surveyor or excavator on numerous archaeological ventures on Spanish, pioneer, and Native American sites in Texas, as well as the director of an ongoing archaeological and historical survey of the Long Meadows site near Lampasas, Texas. In 2009, Dr. Burton conducted extensive research on Greco-Roman Banias at the Dumbarton Oaks Library for his dissertation.
Dr. Burton has taught at Texas Tech University, Dumas High School, Amarillo College, West Texas A & M University, and South Texas College. In these venues he has instructed students in a broad spectrum of classes in the social sciences and humanities including American History, World History, Mythology, Humanities, Cultural Anthropology, and Introduction to Archaeology. Dr. Burton is currently an instructor of history in the Department of History and Philosophy at South Texas College. Dr. Burton has also appeared on numerous radio and television programs as an expert on religion, Biblical and Church history, the supernatural, folklore, and the Nephilim.
Dr. Burton is a member of the Association of Ancient Historians, the Archaeological Institute of America, the Texas Classical Association, and the Texas Medieval Society.
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