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Dr. Dale Truscott is enjoying a second career in university teaching and is happy to have been appointed Visiting Instructor at University of Central Florida. He has taught at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, and adjunct at UCF. He grew up and spent most of his career in Ohio, followed by ten years in Ann Arbor, MI. He has taken no stance on the Ohio-Michigan football rivalry. He moved to Orlando in 2007. He has taught introductory courses in World Religion, Philosophy and Humanities. He is currently teaching HUM2210, Humanities 1 and HUM 3553, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. REL2300, World Religions, and REL3131, Religion and America are scheduled for him Winter Term 2010. Dr. Truscott's concentration within the field of theology has been liturgics and liturgical theology. He is interested in the aesthetic foundation of the phenomenon of religion in human history and culture.

Education

• D.Min. in Theology from Graduate Theological Foundation, South Bend, IN (1988)
• M.Div. in Theology from Hamma School of Theology, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH (1971)
• B.A. in Philosophy Honors from Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH (1966)

Awards

Dr. Truscott received two outstanding classroom teaching awards from Eastern Michigan University and the Cowan Fellowship Award awarded by the Department of Military Science at Eastern Michigan University. The award is based on a proposal relating one's field of study to an issue in national defense. He presented lectures on "Violence in Religion and Its Implications for American Military" to the ROTC cadre and officers.

Spring 2010 Courses

Department of Philosophy • College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Central Florida
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