Ryan O'Dowd
Ryan O'Dowd serves as the House Senior Scholar at Chesterton House, a Christian study center at Cornell, and Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies at Gordon College. He has taught biblical and religious studies at Briercrest College, Redeemer University College, and the Paideia Centre for Public Theology. His books include The Wisdom of Torah: Epistemology in Deuteronomy and the Wisdom Literature (Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2009) and, with Craig Bartholomew, Old Testament Wisdom Literature: A Theological Introduction (InterVarsity, 2011). He is currently writing a commentary on the book of Proverbs (Zondervan Press). He was the chair of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar from 2007-2010. He has also served as Courtesy Associate Professor of Aerospace Studies at Cornell University, and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves with 20 years of service.