Steven R. Pointer, PhD

Steven R. Pointer is interim dean and professor of History at Trinity International University's Trinity College. He is also director of Honor's Program and coordinator of Interdisciplinary Studies. Before coming to Trinity in 1985 he held teaching positions at Duke Divinity School, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), Western Kentucky University, Trinity Christian College, and Wheaton College.

Dr. Pointer earned the Bachelor of Arts in History at Duke University, the Master of Arts in Church History at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Church History at Duke University. He has also studied at the University of Strasbourg in France.

Dr. Pointer's areas of expertise include the history of Christianity, especially 19th century American and British church history, and Puritanism. He is a member of the American Society of Church History, and the Conference on Faith and History. Dr. Pointer has also published a book entitled Joseph Cook, Boston Lecturer and Evangelical Apologist (Edwin Mellen Press, 1991).