Upper School history teacher Kyle Hughes received his Doctor of Philosophy in theology from Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, on June 12. His thesis title was "The Trinitarian Testimony of the Spirit: Prosopological Exegesis and the Development of Pre-Nicene Pneumatology." Hughes also holds a Bachelor of Science in foreign service from Georgetown University and a Master of Theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. Hughes’ academic research has been published in the journals Novum Testamentum and Vigiliae Christianae as well as in the Lexham Bible Dictionary.
Dr. Hughes has been teaching at Whitefield Academy since 2015. He teaches several Upper School history courses, including AP World History, AP U.S. History, and regular U.S. History. In recent years, he has worked as a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Virginia and has spent several summers in China with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.