Publications:

• "Hutterite Physical and Spiritual Health Care," book chapter in The Spiritual Care Edition of the Physicians Desk Reference, edited by Steven Jeffers, to be published by Radcliffe Publishers, 2011
• "The Mennonite Brethren," "Mennonites in Ukraine" and "The Prairieleut," entries in Concise Bibliography of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites and Mennonite, edited by Donald Kraybill, 2010
• The Hutterites in North America, with Max Stanton, published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
• "Hutterite Physical and Spiritual Health Care," book chapter in The Spiritual Care Edition of the Physicians Desk Reference, edited by Steven Jeffers, published by Radcliffe Publishers, 2010
• Paul Tschetter: The Story of a Hutterite Immigrant Leader, Pioneer, and Pastor, published by Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2009
• "Paul Tschetter's Chicago Fire Hymn," with Jean Janzen, in Mennonite Quarterly Review, April 2007
• "Communal Expressions of Old Order River Brethren Life," with Stephen Scott and Hannah Scott, in Communal Societies, December 2006
• "Mere Culture and a Real Christianity," in College Faith 3: 150 Christian Leaders and Educators Share Faith Stories From Their Student Days, edited by Ronald Knott, published by Andrews University Press, 2006
• "The Scholarship of Discovery," in Pacific Journal, 2006
• "Mennonite Community Church, 1973-2003," in California Mennonite Historical Society Newsletter, May 2006
• "The Rise and Fall of Synanon," in Communique, Summer 2006
• "Multicultural Confusion," in Multicultural Review, Summer 2006
• "Five Paradigms on Ethnic Relations," book chapter in Intercultural Communication: A Reader, edited by Richard Porter and Larry Samovar, published by Wadsworth, 2005
• "Synanon: A California Utopia," in Communique, Fall 2005
• "Mennonite Community Church, the Early Years," in California Mennonite Historical Society Newsletter, September 2005
• "The Hutterites" and "the Bruderhof," entries in Annotated Bibliography for the Study of American Communal History (International Communal Studies Association on-line publication), edited by Peter Hoehnle, 2005
• "The Hutterites and the Bruderhof: The Relationship between an Old Order Anabaptist group and a 20th Century Religious Society," in Mennonite Quarterly Review, October 2005
• "Paul Tschetter: Dakota Hutterite Pioneer," in Dakota Historical Collections, 2005
• Kalona's Old Order Amish & The Amana Colonies: Two Unique Cultures in Southeast Iowa (on-line publication of the Kalona Historical Society, www.kalonaiowa.org/ka), 2004 (This is a revised website version of a 1988 publication noted below.)
• Are We Amish? (on-line publication of the Iowa City Convention and Visitor's Bureau, www.iowacity.com/amanas/amish/low_amish.html), 2004 (This is yet another, and different, revised website version of a 1988 publication noted below.)
• Back to the City: Mennonite Community Church: 1954-2004, published by Pine Hill Press, 2004
• "Scholarship and the Church," in Christian Leader, November 2003
• The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia, published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001
• The Prairie People: Forgotten Anabaptists, published by University Press of New England, 1999
• Three Approaches to Curriculum Design, published by Fresno Pacific University, 1999
• "The Social Science Education Conceptual Dilemma," in The Social Studies, June 1995
• "Melting Pot or Mosaic?" reprint in California Schools, May 1995
• "Five Perspectives on Ethnic Relations," in Social Education, October 1994
• "The Prairieleut: A Forgotten Hutterite People," in Communal Societies, 1994
• "The Hutterite High School Experience: Cultural Transmission on the Northern Plains," in Syzygy, Summer 1994
• "Jacob D. Hofer: Evangelist, Minister and Carpenter," in California Mennonite Historical Society Newsletter, May 1994
• "Melting Pot or Mosaic?" in Educational Leadership, May 1994
• The Amana Society and Kalona's Old Order Amish, published by Amana Historical Society, 1988
• Terry Miller: The Pacifist Politician, published by Freeman Publishing Company, 1986
• "Terry Miller: A Pacifist in the South Dakota Legislature," in Dakota Historical Collections, edited by Herbert Blakely, published by South Dakota Historical Society, 1985
• Perceptions of the South Dakota Hutterites in the 1980's, published by Freeman Publishing Company, 1984

Edited publications:

• Editor, Pacific Journal, 2006-present
• Editor, Communal Societies journal, 1999-present
• God's Salvation Plan: A Hutterite Minister's Perspective, published by Hutterian Brethren, 1988

Book reviews:

• Review of Eden within Eden: Oregon's Utopian Heritage, by James Kopp, in Nova Religio, Spring 2010
• Review of Diaspora in the Countryside, by Royden Loewen, in The American Historical Review, Fall 2009
• Review of Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History, by Amy Hill Shevitz, in The History Teacher, August 2008
• Review of Latino Pentecostal Identity, by Arlene M.Sanchez Walsh, in Nova Religio, March 2008
• Review of My Life in Orange, by Tim Guest, in Communal Societies, July 2007
• Review of The Seeds of the Kingdom: Utopian Communities in the Americas, by Anna L. Peterson, in Nova Religio, 2007
• Review of The Christian College: A History of Protestant Higher Education in America, by William C. Ringenberg, in Direction, April 2007
• Review of The Courts and the Colonies, by Alvin Esau, in Journal of Mennonite Studies and in Utopian Studies
• Review of The Palgrave Companion to North American Utopias, by John W. Friesen and Virginia Lyons Friesen, in Novo Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religion, Winter 2006
• Review of Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America, edited by Rebecca Moore, Anthony B. Pinn and Mary R. Sawyer, in Utopian Studies, Volume 16, number 2, 2005
• Review of The Dawn of the New Cycle: Point Loma Theosophists and American Culture, by W. Michael Ashcraft, in The Journal of American History, March 2004
• Review of Hidden Worlds, by Royden Loewen, in The Mennonite Historian, Spring 2004
• Review of Holding the Line, by Diane Umble, in Communal Societies, 1997
• Review of America's Alternative Religions, by Timothy Miller, in Utopian Studies, 1996
• Review of Banished for Faith, edited by Emil J. Waltner, in Communal Societies, 1996
• Review of Prevailing Over Time: Ethnic Adjustment on the Kansas Prairies, by D. Aidan McQuillan, in Mennonite Historical Bulletin, 1993
• Review of On the Move: A Study of Migration and Ethnic Persistence, by Marilyn Rose, in Mennonite Quarterly Review, 1992
• Review of Life and Conduct, by Ezechiel Sangmeister, in Communal Societies, 1991
• Review of Pilgrims of a Common Life, by Trevor J. Saxby, in Mennonite Life, 1990
• Review of Community for Life, by Ulrich Eggars, in Mennonite Life, 1990
• Review of Anabaptism and Asceticism, by Kenneth Davis, in Direction, July 1975
• Review of Heartland Utopias, by Robert P. Sutton, published by Northern Illinois University Press, 2004
• Review of Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society, by Donna Gollnick and Philip Chinn, published by Merrill, Prentice-Hall, 2003
• Review of Intentional Community: An Anthropological Perspective, edited by Susan Love Brown, published by State University of New York Press, 2000
• Review of On the Backroad to Heaven, by Donald Kraybill and Carl Bowman, published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
• Review of The Shakers: Celibacy and Longevity, published by University of Tennessee Press, 1994

Reviews of publications (a sampling):

• The Prairie People: Forgotten Anabaptists reviewed in The Mennonite Quarterly Review, Mennonite Life, Direction and others
• The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia reviewed in The Nation, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Los Angeles Times, Direction, Journal of Utopian Societies, Communal Societies, The Journal of American History and others

Presentations (1992-present, a sampling):

• “Communal Christianity” and “The Hutterites in 2012,” to be presented as part of the Durnbaugh Lecture Series, Young Center for the Study of Anabaptism and Pietism, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, April, 2012
• “The Hutterites in 2011,” presented at the biennial convention of Mennonite Church USA, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July, 2011
• “The Hutterites in 2011,” presented at the annual banquet of the Mennonite Brethren Historical Society, Hillsboro, Kansas, May, 2011
• “The Hutterites in 2010,” presented at the International Hutterite Educator’s Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, August, 2010
• "Perceptions of the Hutterites in 2007," presented at James Valley Colony, Elie, Manitoba, May 2007
• "Perceptions of the Hutterites in 2006," presented at Group 1 Schmiedeleut German Teachers Conference in Aberdeen, SD, October 2006
• "Religion or Cult: Synanon as Symbol or Synanon as Maverick," presented at Communal Studies Association in Marshall, California, September 2006
• "Writing and Publishing Communal History," presented at Communal Studies Association in Marshall, California, September 2006
• "The Hutterites and the Bruderhof: The Difficult Relationship between two Christian Communal Groups," presented at Dakota History Conference, April 2006
• "The Hutterites and the Bruderhof: Different Perspectives," presented with Ruth Lambach and Max Stanton at Communal Studies Association in Pittsburgh, PA, 2005
• "The Hutterites and the Bruderhof: The Relationship between an Old Order Anabaptist Group and a Modern Religious Society," presented at Fresno Pacific University Senior Scholar's lecture series, September 2005
• "Old Order Christianity in California," presented at American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch in Corvallis, Oregon, August 2005
• "Critical Thought and Intellectual Hospitality," presented as Fresno Pacific University Commencement Address, May 2005
• "Paul Tschetter: Dakota Hutterite Pioneer," presented at Dakota History Conference in Sioux Falls, SD, April 2005
• "Paul Tschetter: A Leader in the Middle," presented at Paul Tschetter Descendent's Reunion in Freeman, SD, April 2005
• "FPU Sabbatical Policy: A Personal Reflection," presented at Fresno Pacific University Faculty Seminar, September, 2004
• "Synanon as alternative society, new religion or cult?" presented at American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, August 2004
• "Communal Expressions of Christianity: Catholic and Protestant," presented at Interreligious Student Forum, Brown University in Providence, RI, April 2004
• "The Hutterites and the Bruderhof," presented at Young Center for the Study of Anabaptism and Pietism annual lecture series, March 2004
• "The Scholarship of Discovery," presented at Fresno Pacific University workshop, August 2003
• "Small Schools and the Spirit of Community," presented at Freeman Academy "Steps Forward" annual dinner in Freeman, SD, May 2003
• "Publishing While Working Full-time," presented at Fresno Pacific University Faculty Seminar Series, March 2003
• "Mennonites and Ethnicity," presented at Mennonite Community Church, Fresno, California, October 2001
• "Stories from the Hutter Past," presented at California Mennonite Historical Society annual meeting, April, 2001
• "From Nonviolence on the Beach to a Rattlesnake in a Mailbox," presented at Communal Studies Association in Zoar, Ohio, October 1998
• "Synanon: Five Years After it Ended," presented at Communal Studies Association in Amana, Iowa, October, 1996
• "Research and Teaching," presented at Fresno Pacific College Faculty Seminar, March, 1996
• "The Hofer Colony: An Hutterian Alternative," presented at Communal Studies Association in Fort Myers, Florida, October 1995
• "Integration, Correlation and Specialization," presented at Fresno Pacific University annual meeting of master teachers, student teachers and supervisors, September 1995
• "Five Paradigms of Ethnic Relations," presented at National Council for the Social Studies in Phoenix, Arizona, November 1994
• "Ethnics and Ethnicity," presented at Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in Chicago, March 1994
• "Interethnic Relations in Schools," presented at Fresno Middle School Teachers Conference, February, 1994
• "The Hutterite High School Experience: Boundary Maintenance on the Northern Plains," presented at International Communal Studies Association triennial meeting in New Harmony, Indiana, October 1993
• "Multicultural Confusion," presented at California Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, in San Luis Obispo, March 1993
• "Multiculturalism: Assimilationist or Pluralist?" presented at Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in Washington, D.C., March 1993
• "The Prairieleut: A Forgotten Hutterite People," presented at Communal Studies Association in Nauvoo, Illinois, October 1992
• "Religion and Politics in South Dakota," presented as plenary session lecture, Dakota History Conference in Madison, SD, 1985

Scholarly work:

• Consultant for the book, Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites and Mennonites, edited by Don Kraybill and David Rempel Schmucker, proposed publication in 2010 by the Johns Hopkins University Press
• Consultant for "Teaching American History," a federally-funded project with partnering support from the Clovis Unified School District, Fresno Pacific University, the Library of Congress, Microsoft, and others, 2002-2005
• Consultant for the Burton Buller/John Ruth film, "The Hutterites: To Care and Not to Care," 1983