教育: BA, Calvin College, 1970; PhD, University of 密歇根, 1978
专业: Medieval literature, expository writing
出生于荷兰, 路加福音Reinsma has been devoted to Christian education his entire life – first as a student at a little Dutch Calvinist Christian school in north 西雅图; then at the equally Dutch Calvin(ist) College in Grand Rapids, 密歇根, from which he nearly got expelled for his role in the 巴南区, a spoof of the church magazine; then as a teacher at a Baptist private school in Memphis, 田纳西州, whose secretary was Johnny Cash’s sister; then for a couple of years at East Grand Rapids Christian High School, 在哪里 (after tearing the principal’s loudspeaker out of the wall) he discovered that he liked teaching better than babysitting; then (as a student again) in the ’70s at the University of 密歇根, 在哪里 he turned to medieval studies, writing his dissertation on the Old English homilies of the Benedictine monk Aelfric; and, 最后, for several years teaching at a Lutheran college in Minnesota, 在哪里, surrounded by two-million acres of corn, he longed to return to the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
The proud recipient of a gold watch for 25 years of faithful service at SPU, he’s recently calculated that he’s had the pleasure of teaching and climbing in the Pacific Northwest for the past quarter of a century. When he’s not teaching British literature, grammar, and the history of English, Dr. Reinsma spends his spare time supervising students in elementary education; working with 大学学者; reading Chaucer for iTunes; taking students on study abroad tours of Scotland, 爱尔兰, 威尔士, and England; hanging out at Caffe Vita with students over good coffee; and hiking Mt. Si on Thursdays with students fool enough to crawl out of bed at 6 a.m.
与此同时, in perennial search for the Holy Grail — the Ten Best Books Ever — he’s been reading a terrific collection of melancholy books, including Robert Caro’s stunning, multi-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson, which is about how corruption and power were turned to the public good; Herman Melville’s 白鲸记科马克·麦卡锡的 《好的赌博软件推荐》和丹尼斯·约翰逊的 烟树， all obsessed with evil; more recently, 《好的赌博软件推荐》 by David Foster Wallace (requiescat in pace), obsessed with obsessions; and most memorably, 列夫·托尔斯泰的 安娜·卡列尼娜》, which is, for a change of pace, not only about obsession but 最后, like Homer’s 《好的赌博软件推荐》, 赌博十大靠谱软件希望. For more of “Luke’s Books,” you can 看看 his commonplace book, disguised as a 博客.
And if you would like to read his library shelves, which is sort of like an academic version of a brain scan, 看看 图书馆的事情, which cross-indexes thousands of libraries in search of their literary soul-mates.
When he’s not teaching, Dr. Reinsma spends a considerable portion of his summers replenishing his own soul on long walks. Having hiked the Pacific Crest Trail through Washington and Oregon, he hopes to chip away at California during the next several summers, in order to fulfill his life-long dream of hiking from Mexico to Canada. 名单上的下一个, 如上帝所愿, is a trek through Nepal and, in celebration of his retirement, a very long walk from Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail.