Signum University — Blackberry

Preceptors & Offerings

Learn more about our Highlighted Modules here.

Photo	Name	Clubs	Current & Upcoming / Highlighted Modules
	Dr. Carl Edlund Anderson Signum MA Faculty• Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Advanced Languages • Classical Literature • The Greco-Roman World		October 2026 Old Norse 1
	Dr. Liam Daley Signum MA Faculty• SPACE Preceptor Arthurian Literature • Bible • Religious Studies		Highlighted Modules Le Morte Darthur Shakespeare's Epic Fairy Tales
	Sparrow Alden Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor• SPACE Team		September 2026 Signum Classics: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales for Creative Writers October 2026 Creative Writing: Workshop Newbery Book Club November 2026 Creative Writing: Introduction To Writing In Community December 2026 Creative Writing: Weekend Intensive
	Dr. Robert Steed Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor• Thesis Advisor Cultural Studies • Poetry • Women's Studies		September 2026 Intermediate Readings in Japanese October 2026 An Introduction to Hinduism November 2026 Introduction to Early Buddhism
	Keli Fancher SPACE Preceptor East Asian Studies • Productivity • Workshops		September 2026 Avatar the Last Airbender Netflix Adaptation: Book 2 October 2026 Considering AI January 2027 Preparing for the Year Ahead
	Pilar Barrera Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor• SPACE Team Art • Fairy Tales • Japan		August 2026 Japanese for Beginners 5 September 2026 Japanese for Beginners 6 Signum Classics: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales for Creative Writers October 2026 Japanese for Beginners 7 November 2026 Spanish Reading Club
	Dr. Sara Brown Signum MA Faculty• Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Children’s Literature • History • Science Fiction		August 2026 Discovering the Discworld: Which Witch is Which? Exploring Tolkien’s "On Fairy-stories" (2 Sections) September 2026 Tolkien's Great Tales: The Fall of Gondolin (3 Sections) October 2026 Vampires, Werewolves and Wights – Oh My! Uncanny Creatures in Middle-earth November 2026 Exploring Tolkien's "Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth" (3 Sections) December 2026 Tolkien's Unfinished Tales (2 Sections)
	Will Estes Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Collaborative Feedback • Creative Writing • Year of the Novel		November 2026 Creative Writing: Introduction To Writing In Community
	Dr. Larry Swain Signum MA Faculty• Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Ancient Middle East • Language Modules - First in the Series • Linguistics		August 2026 Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Poetry Ancient Greek 11 September 2026 Advanced Old English Series: Readings in Prose Ancient Greek 12
	Shawn Gaffney Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Beginning Languages • Bible • Skills		Highlighted Modules Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Beginners Introduction to Ancient Magic Weird Languages
	Christopher Bartlett Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Drama • Science Fiction • Time Travel		August 2026 Creative Writing: Workshop
	Nancy "Anni" Foasberg SPACE Preceptor Comedy • Cultural Studies • Utopias		Highlighted Modules Le Guin’s Hainish Cycle: The Dispossessed The Imperial Radch Series: Unpacking a Sci-Fi Masterwork in Three Acts
	Dr. Isaac Schendel Signum Clubs Preceptor• SPACE Preceptor Advanced Languages • Classical Literature • Language Modules - First in the Series		August 2026 Intermediate Readings in Old English Old English 5 Old High German 4 September 2026 Intermediate Readings in Old English Old High German 5
	Patrick Lyon Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Germanic Studies • Linguistics • Religious Studies		August 2026 Beginning Quenya 1 September 2026 Beginning Quenya 2
	Praise Moyer SPACE Preceptor Art • Skills • Workshops		December 2026 Watercolor Weekend Retreat
	Dr. Gabriel Schenk Signum MA Faculty• Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor British Literature • Fantasy		September 2026 Creative Writing: Workshop
	Adam Beaton SPACE Preceptor Ethics • Philosophy • Religious Studies		November 2026 Death: Finding Meaning in the Final Mystery December 2026 Life: Finding Meaning in the Foremost Question
	Dr. Chris Vaccaro Signum MA Faculty• SPACE Preceptor Fairy Tales • JRR Tolkien • Women's Studies		August 2026 Tolkien & Inklings Studies Tutorials [ST] October 2026 The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium
	Dr. Maggie Parke Signum MA Faculty• Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Adaptation Theory • British Literature • Film Studies		November 2026 K-Pop Demon Hunters: Reading the Film and Exploring the Phenomenon
	Batya Zamansky SPACE Preceptor Collaborative Feedback • Creative Writing • Skills		Highlighted Modules Creative Writing: Workshop
	Sam Roche Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Anime • Cultural Studies • Food		August 2026 Japanese: From Zero - 34 September 2026 Japanese: From Zero - 35 October 2026 Japanese: From Zero - 36 November 2026 From Page to Heart: A Workshop for Memorizing What You Love
	Joshua Casey Crafting • Cultural Studies • Food		Highlighted Modules
	Dr. Julian Barr Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Fantasy • Weird Fiction • Worldbuilding		October 2026 Signum Classics: Frankenstein November 2026 Signum Classics: A Christmas Carol / The Chimes
	Dr. Brenton Dickieson Signum MA Faculty• SPACE Preceptor British Literature • Crafting • JRR Tolkien		October 2026 The Shape of C.S. Lewis's Spiritual Imagination November 2026 Ink Spots and Tea Stains: What We Learn from C.S. Lewis's Writing Habits
	Dr. Amy H. Sturgis Signum MA Faculty• SPACE Preceptor Crime • Fantasy • Film Studies		August 2026 The Hunger Games Book Club (Book 3: Mockingjay) (2 Sections) Lecture Preceptor September 2026 The Hunger Games Book Club (Book 4: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) (2 Sections) Lecture Preceptor October 2026 The Hunger Games Book Club (Book 5: Sunrise on the Reaping) Lecture Preceptor Meet The Last Man November 2026 We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson December 2026 Edgar Allan Poe’s Dupin Tales
	Dr. Hamish Williams SPACE Preceptor Ancient Middle East • Education • Shakespeare		August 2026 Tolkien and the Classical World September 2026 Basic Latin 1: Foundations October 2026 Basic Latin 2: Expanding the Language
	Hayden Bilbrey		September 2026 From Middle-earth to Multiverse: The Art of Fantasy Worldbuilding November 2026 Portal Fantasy: Piranesi
	Dr. Irina Manea Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Beginning Languages • Fairy Tales • The Middle Ages		September 2026 Ancient Scandinavia
	Jack Schabert Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor JRR Tolkien • Poetry • Skills		October 2026 The Music of Middle-earth: Exploring Tolkien-Inspired Music
	Dr. Nakhat Fatima Beginning Languages • Conversational Languages • Linguistics		Highlighted Modules
	Dr. Joel D. Ruark Signum Tutorials Program• SPACE Preceptor Bible • Linguistics • Religious Studies		August 2026 Biblical Hebrew 11 September 2026 Biblical Hebrew 12 Medieval Christian Thought and Practice October 2026 Biblical Hebrew 13 December 2026 Biblical Foundations: Genesis 1-11 January 2027 Men Marrying Up: Marriage and Romance in Tolkien
	Mari Takiguchi SPACE Preceptor Anime • Japan • Literacy		August 2026 Japanese Through Culture 23 September 2026 Japanese Through Culture 24 October 2026 Japanese Through Culture 24
	Sarah Anne Stinnett SPACE Preceptor Creative Writing • Drama • Workshops		Highlighted Modules Embodied Speaking: Comfort, Dynamism & Connection for Any Talk
	Henry Wilson Prospective SPACE Preceptor• SPACE Preceptor Epic Fantasy • Fantasy • JRR Tolkien		Highlighted Modules Many Voices, One Song: Leadership in Tolkien’s Middle-earth
	Dr. Shelley Williams SPACE Preceptor British Literature • Monsters • The Middle Ages		September 2026 How to Read a Medieval Building

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