Spicer, Kevin P. 1965-

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Spicer, Kevin P. 1965-

PERSONAL:

Born May 22, 1965, in Washington, DC; son of John P. (an educator) and Gloria Ann (an administrative assistant) Spicer. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Stonehill College, B.A., 1987; University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M.Div., 1991; Boston College, M.A., 1996, Ph.D., 2000. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Theater, reading, cinema, travel.

ADDRESSES:

Home—North Easton, MA. Office—Stonehill College, 320 Washington St., Easton, MA 02357. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Roman Catholic priest, 1992—. Stonehill College, Easton, MA, instructor, 1992-94, assistant professor, 2000-05, associate professor, 2005—; University of Notre Dame, visiting professor, beginning 2007. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, fellow at Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, 2005-06, and member of church relations committee; Facing History International Scholars, member of board of advisors.

MEMBER:

American Catholic Historical Association, American Historical Association, German Studies Association, American Society of Church History, German History Society.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Holocaust Educational Foundation research fellowship, 2001-02; National Endowment for the Humanities grant, 2003; Franklin research grants for Germany, American Philosophical Society, 2004, 2006.

WRITINGS:

Resisting the Reich: The Catholic Clergy in Hitler's Berlin, Northern Illinois University Press (DeKalb, IL), 2004.

(Editor and contributor) Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust, Indiana University Press (Bloomington, IN), 2007.

Contributor to books, including Confronting the Holocaust: A Mandate for the 21st Century, Part 2, edited by Stephen C. Feinstein, Karen Schierman, and Marcia Sachs Littel, University Press of America (Lanham, MD), 1998; The Burdens of History: Post-Holocaust Generations in Dialogue, edited by Sharon Leder and Milton Teichman, Merion Westfield Press International (Merion Station, PA), 2000; Remembering for the Future 2000: The Holocaust in an Age of Genocide, Volume 2: Ethics and Religion, edited by John K. Roth and Elisabeth Maxwell, Palgrave (London, England), 2001; and Christian Responses to the Holocaust: Moral and Ethical Issues, edited by Donald J. Dietrich, Syracuse University Press (Syracuse, NY), 2003. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Church History, Historisches Jahrbuch, and Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

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