Rick Ostrander

Rick Ostrander is the provost at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States.

Ostrander started his professional career in higher education as a professor at Taylor University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1997, Ostrander became an assistant professor of history at John Brown University. In September 2002, he became the dean of undergraduate studies at John Brown University. In 2004, he was selected as a Fulbright Scholar to teach in Germany. In 2009, he began his tenure as provost at Cornerstone University.

• B.A. Moody Bible Institute (1990)
• B.A. University of Michigan (1990)
• M.A. University of Notre Dame (1992)
• Ph.D University of Notre Dame (1996)

Author

• The Life of Prayer in a World of Science: Protestants, Prayer, and American Culture, 1870-1930, New York City: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19513-610-4.
• Head, Heart, Hand: John Brown University and Evangelical Higher Education, Fayetteville, Arkansas: University of Arkansas Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1-55728-761-8.
• Why College Matters to God: An Introduction to the Christian College, Abilene, Texas: Abilene Christian University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-89112-535-8.
• Why College Matters to God, Revised Edition: An Introduction to the Christian College, Abilene, Texas: Abilene Christian University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-89112-323-1.

Contributor

• Searching for Spirituality in Higher Education, New York City: Peter Lang Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8204-8159-3.

Rick is married to Lonnie. They have four children.