Stephen H. Rapp Jr is an American professor and scholar of

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

, with a focus and primary research investigating the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

, ancient

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

and

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

. He is a professor of history at Sam Houston State University.

Education and career

Rapp studied

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana University and, with ...

, graduating in 1990. He went to the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

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 Georgia State University (Georgia State, State, or GSU) is a Public university, public research university in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1913, it is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. It is also the ...

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 Peeters Publishers is an international academic publisher founded in Leuven in 1857, joining a tradition of book printing in Leuven dating back to the 15th century. Peeters publishes 200 new titles and 75 journals a year. Humanities and social ...

, 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