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ClaytonJ. Drees

Clayton J. Drees (Clay)

Professor Emeritus of History


Degrees Held

B.S., University of Santa Clara
M.A., California State University
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Email: cdrees@vwu.edu
Department/s:
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Dr. Clay Drees earned his doctorate from the Claremont Graduate School in California in 1991 after having taught high school for seven years, including a two-year stint with the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He is Professor of History at Òùµ´ÉÙ¸¾, where he teaches courses in medieval and early modern European, African and Islamic history. A two-time recipient of the Samuel Nelson Gray distinguished teaching award in 1998 and 2015, Drees also won VWU's coveted Service and Community Engagement award in 2019.

Henry VIII: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works . Rowman and Littlefield, 2022.

Bishop Richard Fox of Winchester: Architect of the Tudor Age. McFarland & Company, Inc, 2014.

The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Press, 2000.

Authority & Dissent in the English Church: The Prosecution of Heresy and Religious Non-Conformity in the Diocese of Winchester, 1380-1547. E. Mellen Press, 1997.