Field(s) of expertise:

Degree(s):

• Bachelor of Arts – Medieval and Renaissance Studies, West Virginia University, 1988
• Master of Arts – Medieval History, Emory University, 1992
• Ph.D. – Medieval History, Emory University, 1994

Department:

Title(s):

• Professor
• Director of British Studies

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Books:

• Hobbit Virtues: Rediscovering Virtue Ethics through J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings

Links:

• faculty directory page
• Shackouls Honors College Page

Bio:

Christopher A. Snyder became the first dean of the Shackouls Honors College at Mississippi State University in 2011. He is Professor of History and Director of British Studies at MSU, an affiliated faculty member in the Department of English, and was a History Research Fellow at the University of Oxford from 2014 to 2019. His MA and PhD in Medieval History are from Emory University, and in addition to Emory he has taught at the College of William and Mary and at Marymount University, where he served for nine years as Chair of the Department of History and Politics and five years as Director of the Honors Program.