E-mail: welch@msu.edu
Personal Homepage: http://www.msu.edu/~welch/
Office: 115 Morrill Hall
Office phone: (517) 353-9098

Education

Ph.D., Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1970.
M.A., History of Religious/Arabic and Islam, Hartford Seminary, 1967.
M.Div. Biblical language & literature and Near Eastern history. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1965.
B.A., History and German, Oklahoma Baptist University, 1962.

Principal Scholarly Interests

History of religions, Arabic and Islamic studies.