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- Title
- Dean
- Department
- Billie Doris McAda Graduate School
- Location
- Ferguson Hall
- Room
- 214
- Bio
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Tiffany A. Ziegler, Professor and Dean of McAda Graduate School, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hastings College, a Master of Arts degree from Texas Tech University and a doctorate from the University of Missouri. Dr. Ziegler's expertise is in medieval history with additional interest in the Crusades, Greece and Rome, Vikings, the histories of Renaissance and Reformation Europe, and world history. Her research interests include Saint John hospital in Brussels, urban society, medieval health care, the history of charity, and women. She is the author of Medieval Healthcare and Charitable Institutions: The History of the Municipal Hospital (Palgrave, 2018) and is currently working on a book on the sisters of Saint John hospital and communal identity.
Other Positions
| Institution | Degree | Graduation Date |
|---|---|---|
| University of Missouri | PhD | 2021 |
| Texas Tech University | Masters | 2021 |
| Hastings College | BA | 2003 |
| Employer | Position | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwestern State University | Associate Professor of History | 08/01/2018 | |
| Midwestern State University | Assistant Professor of History | 08/01/2014 | 08/01/2018 |
| Minot State University | Assistant Professor of History | 08/01/2010 | 05/01/2014 |
Research/Publication
“Women, Seals, and Charters: Gendered Affirmation and Legitimation at the Hospital of Saint John in Brussels.†Conference Proceedings. Gender, Memory and Documentary Culture, 900-1200. Palgrave MacMillan, Forthcoming, 2021.
Medieval Healthcare and the Rise of Charitable Institutions: The History of the Municipal Hospital. Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
“The New Normal: Collective Female Donation Practices at the Hospital of Saint John in Brussels.†Conference Proceedings. Medieval Elite Women and the Exercise of Power, 1100-1400: Moving Beyond the Exceptionalist Debate. Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
“The Medievalist’s Soliloquy.†Ballad of the Lone Medievalist. John P. Sexton and Kisha G. Tracy eds., Punctum Press, 2018.
“Considering Charity: Family Traditions, Female Donation Practices, and the Hospital of Saint John in Brussels,†Medieval Prosopography, Vol. 29, 2015.
“The Hospital of Saint John: Exploring Charitable Distribution in High Medieval Brussels,†Eä: Journal of Medical Humanities and Social Studies of Science and Technology, Vol. 3 N. 2, December 2012.
Reviews and Textbook Articles
Review of Joshua Cole and Carol Symes, “Chapter 10: The Medieval World 1250-1350,†Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture, New York: Norton, 2021.
Review of “Healthcare as a Social and Religious Mission†from The History of Catholic Missions for KADMOS: Journal of the Humanities, Tbilisi, Ilia State University, 2020.
Review of Adam J. Davis, The Medieval Economy of Salvation: Charity, Commerce, and the Rise of the Hospital, for Social History of Medicine, Oxford University Press, 2019.
Review of Christopher Paolella, Human Trafficking in Medieval Europe. Slavery, Sexual Exploitation, and Prostitution, for Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Western Civilization, “Hunting and Gathering,†“Role of Women in Near East Societies,†“Code of Hammurabi,†“Writing in Near East Societies,†“Council of Nicaea,†“Feudal Society,†“Crusades,†“Black Death,†“Medieval Denmark,†“Martin Luther,†“Charlemagne,†“Eleanor of Aquitaine,†“Muhammad,†“Merovingian Franks,†Gale/Cengage, 2016.
Review of Gert Melville, ed., Aspects of Charity: Concern for One’s Neighbour in Medieval Vita Religiosa, for The Medieval Review, August, 2013.
Encyclopedia on Medieval Pilgrimage, “Gift-giving and Charity;†The Hospital in the Muristan,†Larissa Taylor, ed. (Leiden: Brill Publishers), 2009.
Works in Progress
Donations and the Hospital of Saint John: Collective Female Donation Practices in Medieval Society
Women, Seals, and the Hospital of Saint John: Legitimizing Power in Medieval Urban Centers
“Charity and the Papacy.†Cambridge History of the Papacy, Volume 4: Society and Culture. Edited by Joëlle Rollo-Koster and Miles Pattenden. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.