Douglas Favelo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History

Educational Background:
Ph.D. in History, University of California Los Angeles
M.A. in Classics, University of California Los Angeles
M.A. in History, University of California Los Angeles
M.A. in History, California State University Fresno
B.A. in History, California State University Fresno

Time at PHC: 2010 to present

Dr. Favelo teaches courses in the history of western civilization and historical research methods at Patrick Henry College.  Prior to coming to Patrick Henry College, he served for ten years as a lecturer at California State University Fresno, teaching history, literature, and Latin.

Dr. Favelo is heavily involved in the classical education and homeschool communities. He has taught hundreds of homeschool students Latin, Greek, history, and literature, and has spoken at conferences on homeschooling.  In summer 2010 he helped lead a UCLA study-abroad program in Rome.  Dr. Favelo’s research interests include Italian resistance to the expansion of Rome, and the lives of the Christian desert monks of late Roman Egypt.

Dr. Favelo lives with his wife and two children in Loudoun County, Virginia.  His passion is to facilitate students in their intellectual and spiritual development, primarily through the medium of a rigorous, Biblically-centered classical education, to the greater glory of God.