Stephen H. Rapp Jr is an American professor and scholar of history, with a focus and primary research investigating the Roman Empire, ancient Iran, Armenia and Georgia. He is a professor of history at

Sam Houston State University Sam Houston State University (SHSU or Sam) is a public university in Huntsville, Texas. It was founded in 1879 and is the third-oldest public college or university in Texas. It is one of the first normal schools west of the Mississippi River and ...

Education and career

Rapp studied political science at Indiana University Bloomington, graduating in 1990. He went to the University of Michigan for graduate study in history, earning a master's degree in 1992 and completing his Ph.D. in 1997. He joined the Georgia State University faculty as an assistant professor in 1998, and became an associate professor there in 2004. He moved to Sam Houston State University in 2012, and was promoted to full professor in 2015.

Books

Rapp's books include: *''The Sasanian World Through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature'' (2014) *''Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Georgian'' (edited with Paul Crego, 2012) *''Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts'' (2003)''Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography: Early Texts and Eurasian Contexts'', Peeters Publishers, 2003, . Reviews: * * * *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rapp, Stephen H. Jr Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indiana University alumni University of Michigan alumni Georgia State University faculty Sam Houston State University faculty Kartvelian studies scholars American Iranologists Armenian studies scholars