I am studying religion and culture in American history as a PhD student at Baylor. My research focuses especially on the urban Great Plains in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Before I moved with my wife and daughter to Waco, I called two Nebraska communities home: McCook (where I spent my first eighteen years) and Omaha (where I spent the next ten).
Prior to pursuing my PhD (and all the job market hand-wringing that comes with it) I was a high school social studies teacher for four years at Millard North High School in Omaha. Although my only "professional" work experience comes from teaching, I was fortunate to have a variety of jobs throughout high school and college, all of which I enjoyed and learned from in one way or another: landscaper, truck loader, warehouse worker, radio station programmer, sports apparel salesman, restaurant waiter, assistant athletic director, and exam proctor.
I spent two of my undergraduate years playing low-level college basketball, so when I'm not working on PhD-related tasks or spending time with my family, I like to watch and play basketball. As far as I'm concerned, one of life's irrefutable truths is that the NBA is a better brand of basketball than college.
Naturally, since I am getting a PhD in the humanities, I have an interest in writing. Besides this blog, I also write for the academic blog Religion in American History. You can find my posts by clicking here.
You can also find my biographical article on Charles Savidge, a Progressive Era holiness movement pastor in Omaha, at the Nebraska History website.
Feel free to contact me via email: paul_putz@baylor.edu or twitter: @p_emory
To see my CV, check out my Academia.edu page.
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