Bio

Travis acquired a BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a concentration in US History from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, before starting graduate studies in cultural exegesis and Christian thought at Trinity International University in the Chicago area. He eventually completed a Master of Divinity in biblical studies and Christian theology at The Southern Seminary in Louisville and then earned a PhD from Boston University, in partnership with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, concentrating in the areas of history and hermeneutics. While in Boston, he also took courses at Harvard Divinity School and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, which contributed to a certificate in ecumenics from the Boston Theological Institute. His research focuses on the history of globalization, migration, colonialism, inter-cultural relationships, spiritual conversion and contextualized religious identity, Christian community formation, social justice, and biblical interpretation. His articles and book reviews have appeared in Missiology: An International Review, Studies in World Christianity (published by the University of Edinburgh Press), Glossolalia (a graduate student journal at Yale University), Themelios, and the online Journal of Global Christianity. Before joining LCC, he most recently served as an adjunct professor of global child advocacy studies at the University of Illinois, Springfield, in the College of Public Affairs and Administration (2021-2022).

Travis’s wife, Susan, serves on LCC’s Student Life staff as a mentor and coach to student leaders and an assistant to the director of the Student Success Center. She has been a youth worker and schoolteacher in Germany and the US. The Myerses have lived and served in ministry together in four US states as well as the Northwest Province of the Republic of Cameroon. They have engaged in various ministries of practical service, teaching, and spiritual formation, with special attention to children, youth, young adults, the elderly, the disabled, and recent immigrants. Their short-term ministry or teaching trips include visits to Alaska, Czechia, Indonesia, Jordan, Myanmar, Poland, Romania, Singapore, and Thailand. Since joining LCC, they have both acquired certification in mediative dialogue facilitation and Erasmus+ mobility training in problem-based teaching, as well as their first-ever tattoos. They enjoy nature, film, live music, board games, Moose basketball games, travel, public art, museums, and meals with colleagues, friends, neighbors, or students they are getting to know.