That's truly bizarre. He got caught in a squeeze play. He took a job much too early in the process. It's not unusual to take a teaching post when one is ABD (all but dissertation) but it's usually in the late stages of the dissertation. It's not easy to start a teaching career AND finish a diss. It looks like he realized that he wasn't going to finish and he hoped that no one would check. Of course it was a huge gamble since it's obviously easy to check.

__________________
R. Scott Clark, D.Phil
Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology

"For Christ, His Gospel, and His Church"
Associate Pastor
Oceanside URC
The Heidelblog