Welcome to The Geneva Capstone page!
The Capstone is the culmination of a student’s education at The Geneva School. It brings together our primary emphases—faith, knowledge, analysis/synthesis, and effective communication—in order to explore more thoroughly the fundamental questions that have animated the great minds in the Western tradition: “What is the good life?,” and “How should we live in the world?” This exploration takes place through two primary means: the Senior Thesis and the Western Narrative Project, which together constitute the most advanced exercise in rhetoric that Geneva has to offer.
By exploring the links provided here, you will get a more complete picture of the nature and value of the Geneva Capstone Program. If you have additional questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
Edward H. Chandler and Grant Brodrecht
Directors, Geneva Capstone
Edward Chandler came to the Geneva School in 2007 and served as dean of students for four years. In 2011, he became a director of The Geneva Capstone. He also chairs classical languages and ancient history. Dr. Chandler received his Ph.D. in Northwest Semitic Philology from The Catholic University of America, where he taught Biblical Hebrew, Syriac, and Classical Arabic. At Reformed Theological Seminary and at Chesapeake Theological Seminary, he taught Hebrew and Old Testament. Dr. Chandler earned his M.Div. from Covenant Theological Seminary, his M.B.A. from the University of Mississippi, where he concentrated in Economics and taught Macroeconomics and Money and Banking, and his B. S. from Clemson University. Prior to coming to Geneva, Dr. Chandler served on the board of a Christian school in Maryland and taught Latin, Bible, and Theology to upper school students at The Westminster School at Oak Mountain. He has also taught Old Testament at Ukraine Biblical Seminary.
Grant Brodrecht has been teaching at The Geneva School since 2006. In 2011 he became one of the directors of The Geneva Capstone Program, having earlier designed and overseen the Senior Thesis program. He also teaches Western Civilization II, American History, and American Government; during the 2011-2012 academic year he will be teaching Church History as part of the Systematic Theology course. He earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in American History from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to that he earned an M.A. in Church History from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a B.A. in History and Philosophy from the University of Northern Iowa. His areas of interest and expertise are in intellectual, religious, and political history, and he has taught courses at the University of Notre Dame, Belhaven University, and Reformed Theological Seminary. Dr. Brodrecht is also a twenty-year veteran of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve.