Rick Ostrander

Rick Ostrander is the provost at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.

Life

Ostrander started his professional career in higher education as a professor at Taylor University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1997, Ostrander became an assistant professor of history at John Brown University.^[1] In September 2002, he became the dean of undergraduate studies at John Brown University.^[2] In 2004, he was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to teach in Germany. In 2009, he began his tenure as provost at Cornerstone University.^[3]

Education

• B.A. Moody Bible Institute (1990)
• B.A. University of Michigan (1990)
• M.A. University of Notre Dame (1992)
• Ph.D University of Notre Dame (1996)

Publications

Author

• The Life of Prayer in a World of Science: Protestants, Prayer, and American Culture, 1870-1930, New York City: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19513-610-4.
• Head, Heart, Hand: John Brown University and Evangelical Higher Education, Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1-55728-761-8.
• Why College Matters to God: An Introduction to the Christian College, Abilene, Texas: Abilene Christian University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-89112-535-8.
• Why College Matters to God, Revised Edition: An Introduction to the Christian College, Abilene, Texas: Abilene Christian University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-89112-323-1.

Contributor

• Searching for Spirituality in Higher Education, New York City: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8204-8159-3.

Personal life

Rick is married to Lonnie. They have four children.^[4]

References