Evan Kyrie Knappenberger

E.K. Knappenberger is an independent historian in Hardy County, WV, and the Shenandoah Valley. His academic interests vary widely, and he has written in philosophy, theology, psychology, history and historiography. He has worked as a journalist, a college math and writing tutor, an intelligence analyst, policy researcher, nonprofit programming director, event planner, landscaper and warehouse laborer. 

Currently, Knappenberger is working on a history/historiography of education in the Shenandoah Valley, a biography of Bishop L.J. Heatwole, of Rockingham County, Virginia, and the lost history of McCauley, WV, where he is also working on sustainably caretaking 19 acres and an antique house.

Other long term projects include a speculative christology of the 20th Century Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, and a historical literary analysis of veterans in the Western intellectual traditions. 

Current Affiliation: Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University; Doctor of Letters, Historical Studies (Student)

M.A. Religion, 2018; Eastern Mennonite Seminary

B.A. Philosophy & Theology, 2015; Eastern Mennonite University

Associate of Arts & Science, 2010; Whatcom Community College

Certificate of Studies, 2004; US Army Intelligence Center,  Fort Huachuca and Cochise College

Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, Virginia 2003