Daniel G. Hummel
Contact: dhummel@slbrownfoundation.org
Social Media: @danielghummel
Areas of Expertise: religious history, religion and politics, evangelicalism
Bio
Dr. Daniel G. Hummel is the director of The Lumen Center. He is concurrently an honorary research fellow in the History Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Hummel is the author of two books on U.S. religion, culture, and politics: The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle Over the End Times Shaped a Nation and Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations. His scholarly articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Church History and Religion & American Culture. He is currently working on a book for Eerdmans exploring the role of spiritual practices and disciplines in the history of modern American evangelicalism.
Dr. Hummel writes on historical and newsworthy topics related to U.S. religion, politics, and foreign relations. His work has been published by Christianity Today, Washington Post, Aeon, First Things, New Lines Magazine, Current, and more. He has been interviewed or quoted at NPR, The Guardian, The Atlantic, and elsewhere.
Dr. Hummel has a Ph.D. in U.S. History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with an M.A. in History and B.A. in Philosophy and History from Colorado State University.
Experience
Honorary Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019-present
Lecturer, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016, 2022
Robert M. Kingdon Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, 2017-18
History and Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance
and Innovation, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2016-17
Education
Ph.D., U.S. History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. and B.A, Colorado State University