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Ronald K. Rittgers

Duke Divinity School Professor of Reformation Studies
Divinity School
0040C Langford Building, Duke Divinity School, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Duke Divinity School Professor of Reformation Studies · 2024 - Present Divinity School
Professor of the History of Christianity · 2021 - Present Divinity School
Professor of History · 2022 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Duke Divinity School Chair in Lutheran Studies · 2021 - 2024 Divinity School

Professional Training and Employment


Erich Markel Chair in German Reformation Studies, Professor of History Theology, and Humanities · 2006 - 2021 Valparaiso University
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity · 2002 - 2006 Yale University
Visiting Lecturer · 1999 - 1999 Harvard University
Assistant Professor of the History of Christianity · 1999 - 2002 Yale University
Assistant Professor of History (Secondary Appointment) · 1999 - 2002 Yale University, History department

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Chair, Historical Division, Duke Divinity School