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Expert Profile
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Joseph Bentz, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3485
Email: jbentz@apu.edu
 
Education
Ph.D. - 20th century American literature, Purdue University, 1991
M.A. - British and American literature, Purdue University, 1985
B.A. - English Education, Olivet Nazarene University, Kankakee, Illinois, 1983
Journalism Major, Vincennes University, Indiana, 1979-80
Profile
Bentz's area of expertise includes American literature and journalism with a specialty in Thomas Wolfe and student newspapers. His first Christian science fiction novel, Song of Fire, was published in 1995. His second novel, A Son Comes Home, was named one of the Top Ten Christian Novels of 1999 by Booklist magazine. Bentz published his fourth novel, At Close of Day, in 2003, and a devotional When God Takes Too Long: Learning to Thrive During Life’s Delays in 2005.
Expertise
American literature
Fiction
Freelance nonfiction
Thomas Wolfe