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2014-15Colloquy on Writing the Scholarship of Teaching in Theology and Religion Dates June 9-14, 2014 - First Summer Session at Wabash College November 21, 2014–AAR & SBL Pre-Conference, San Diego April 9-12, 2015 – Mustang Island, TX Leadership Team Eugene V. Gallagher, Connecticut College -Associate Editor, Teaching Theology & Religion Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center -Editor, Teaching Theology & Religion Martha E. Stortz, Augsburg College -Associate Editor, Teaching Theology & Religion Description The purpose of this colloquy is to cultivate the scholarship of teaching among religion and theology faculty in colleges, universities, seminaries and divinity schools. The colloquy will gather a small group of experienced and critically reflective teachers for an extended process of writing and conversation about the scholarship of teaching and learning. The colloquy involves a week in the summer of 2014, a pre-conference session at the 2014 AAR & SBL Annual meetings, and a three-day weekend in April 2015. Participants will work on their own article length manuscript through the course of the colloquy, engage in peer review, and converse about writing this genre. Participants will complete assignments before each session, and produce a completed manuscript by the April 2015 meeting. Colloquy Goals: To support through a collaborative process each participant’s completion of a manuscript in the scholarship of teaching in theology and religion To create and sustain a cooperative cohort of authors in the scholarship of teaching and learning To support each other through each individual’s process to conceive, draft, refine, and complete a publishable manuscript To continue the conversation about marks of quality in the scholarship of teaching and learning in theology and religion and to help Teaching Theology & Religion refine its standards of quality and communicate them clearly to potential authors To strengthen the network of scholars involved with Teaching Theology & Religion Stipend Participants will receive a stipend of $2,000 for full participation in three sessions, plus local expenses and travel to all sessions. We are prevented from paying stipends to participants who are teaching in the U.S. under an H-1B visa. Read more about stipend payments Read our Policy on Participation Participants will receive an additional stipend of $500 for submission of an article manuscript on teaching to either Teaching Theology & Religion, or some other appropriate academic journal, by September 1, 2015. More information Thomas Pearson Associate Director, Wabash Center Editor, Teaching Theology and Religion 301 West Wabash Ave. Crawfordsville, IN 47933 800-655-7117 pearsont@wabash.edu Front Row (left to right): Shane Kirkpatrick (Anderson University), *Thomas Pearson (Wabash Center), *Eugene Gallagher (Connecticut College),* Martha Stortz (Augsburg College), Molly Bassett (Georgia State University), Christopher Evans (Boston University School of Theology). Second Row: Timothy Lake (Wabash College), Randall Reed (Appalachian State University), Tracy Trothen (Queen's University), Jeffrey Kenney (DePauw University), Mitzi Smith (Ashland Theological Seminary-Detroit), Kathleen Fisher (Assumption College), Carolyn Jones Medine (University of Georgia). *leadership/staff position
Dates July 14-19, 2014 - First Summer Session at Wabash College January 22-25, 2015 - Winter Session at Mustang Island June 8-13, 2015 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College Leadership Team Evelyn Parker, Perkins School of Theology Michael Bourgeois, Emmanuel College, Toronto Francisco Lozada Jr., Brite Divinity School Damayanthi Niles, Eden Theological Seminary Paul Myhre, Wabash Center Front Row (left to right): Katherine Shaner (Wake Forest University Divinity School), Devin Zuber (Pacific School of Religion), Eboni Marshall Turman (Duke Divinity School), Lisa Thompson (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), Robert Heaney (Virginia Theological Seminary). Second Row: Malinda Berry (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary), Lynne Darden (Interdenominational Theological Center), Gilberto Ruiz (Loyola Institute for Ministry), *Evelyn Parker (Perkins School of Theology), Safwat Marzouk (Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary), Najeeba Syeed-Miller (Claremont School of Theology), *Francisco Lozada Jr. (Brite Divinity School). Third Row: Gerald Liu (Drew Theological School), Linn Tonstad (Yale Divinity School), Shanell Smith (Hartford Seminary), *Michael Bourgeois (Emmanuel College, University of Toronto), *Damayanthi Niles (Eden Theological Seminary), Cameron Howard (Luther Seminary), *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). *leadership/staff
2014-15Teaching and Learning Colloquy for Mid-Career Theological School Faculty Dates July 7-12, 2014 - First Summer Session at Wabash College January 8-11, 2015 - Winter Session at Mustang Island June 15-20, 2015 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College Leadership Team Willie James Jennings, Duke Divinity School, Director Teresa Fry Brown, Candler School of Theology Diane Grace Chen, Palmer Theological Seminary Lisa Hess, United Theological Seminary, Dayton Paul Myhre,Wabash Center Description This colloquy will gather 14 faculty in the middle of their teaching careers to consider “The Art of the Teaching Life.” The purpose of the colloquy is to create a community of committed and skilled teachers to explore how their understanding of the teaching life might be deepened by imagining its form through the identities and realities of artists. This colloquy is not designed necessarily for those in the arts, rather for teachers who want to creatively consider their work in light of the artistic imagination and are at the point of asking: What are the projects that I am prepared to imagine that will demand all my wisdom, experience, and skill? Where do I want to take my students? Are there new places I want them to go within the art of teaching? What is my unique contribution to the classroom, my discipline, and my institution? How can I chart my own vision of the teaching life in terms of pedagogy, scholarship, and institutional involvement? Do I have interest in a greater leadership role? The colloquy balances plenary sessions with small group discussions and workshop sessions, structured and unstructured social time, and time for relaxation, exercise, meditation, restoration, and lots of good food and drink. Colloquy Goals The overarching goal of the colloquy will be to engage in sustained reflection on the teaching life in terms of our work in the classroom, our scholarship, and citizenship in our theological institution. We will do this through: Reflecting carefully on the teacher as artist by considering the formation of artists, noting the parallels, differences, and points of convergence Comparing pedagogical form to artistic form by considering the best practices available in teaching and learning in relation to various artistic media (e.g. acting, dancing, oratory, singing, playing an instrument, painting, sculpting, and other forms of crafting) Exploring the mentoring, nurturing, facilitating, and directing characteristics of a "life that teaches" by comparing the embodied wisdom of a teacher with the intimate relation of the artist and her art Exploring the significance of a "life with students," and the necessary relationships for sustaining such an "exposed" life in an institutional setting Front Row (left to right): Nancy Lynne Westfield (Drew Theological School), Paul Galbreath (Union Presbyterian Seminary), Chris Kiesling (Asbury Theological Seminary), *Lisa Hess (United Theological Seminary, Dayton), Miguel De La Torre (Iliff School of Theology). Second Row: *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center), Wilda Gafney (Brite Divinity School), Katherine Turpin (Iliff School of Theology), *Teresa Fry Brown (Candler School of Theology), Love Sechrest (Fuller Theological Seminary), Mary Hess (Luther Seminary), *Willie James Jennings (Duke Divinity School). Third Row: William Scott Haldeman (Chicago Theological Seminary), *Diane Grace Chen (Palmer Theological Seminary), Lisa Davison (Phillips Theological Seminary), Shannon Craigo-Snell (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary), Leopoldo Sánchez (Concordia Seminary, MO). *leadership/staff position
2013 Workshop for Hispanic Theological Initiative Fellows DateMarch 1-3, 2013 Co-Sponsored with the Hispanic Theological Initiative A gathering of HTI Fellows to discuss issues about teaching and learning related to syllabi design, professional teaching development, and other issues related to the first years of teaching. Leadership Team Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, Esperanza College Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J., Jesuit School of Theology, GTU Joanne Rodriguez, Hispanic Theological Initiative Paul Myhre, Wabash Center Front Row (left to right): *Joanne Rodriguez (Hispanic Theological Initiative), *Eduardo Fernández (Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University), *Elizabeth Conde-Frazier (Esperanza College), *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). Second Row: Gilberto Ruiz (Emory University), Wendy Arce (Graduate Theological Union), Matilde Moros (Drew University), Xochitl Alvizo (Boston University School of Theology), Robyn Henderson-Espinoza (University of Denver), Leila Ortiz (Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia), Theresa Yugar (Claremont Graduate University). Third Row: Victor Carmona (University of Notre Dame), Jeremy Cruz (Boston College), Robert Rivera (Boston College), Miguel Romero (Emory University), Luis Tampe (The Catholic University of America), Jared Alcántara (Princeton Theological Seminary). *leadership/staff position
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2015-16 Teaching and Learning Workshop for Pre-Tenure Theological School Faculty Dates July 20-25, 2015 - First Summer Session at Wabash College January 7-10, 2016 - Winter Session at Mustang Island June 13-18, 2016 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College Leadership Team Katherine Turpin, Iliff School of Theology, Director Eric D. Barreto, Luther Seminary Peter T. Cha, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Mary McClintock Fulkerson, Duke Divinity School Paul Myhre, Wabash Center Front Row (left to right): Michal Beth Dinkler (Yale Divinity School), Jared Alcántara (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), William Yoo (Columbia Theological Seminary), Jin Young Choi (Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School), *Peter Cha (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), Adam Hearlson (Andover Newton Theological School). Second Row: Natalia Marandiuc (Perkins School of Theology at SMU), Laurel Koepf Taylor (Eden Theological Seminary), *Mary McClintock Fulkerson (Duke Divinity School), *Katherine Turpin (Iliff School of Theology), Brittany Wilson (Duke Divinity School), Paul Cho (Wesley Theological Seminary) * Paul Myhre (Wabash Center). Third Row: Victor Carmona (Oblate School of Theology), James Lee (Perkins School of Theology at SMU), Kathleen McCallie (Phillips Theological Seminary), Carmichael Crutchfield (Memphis Theological Seminary), Nijay Gupta (George Fox Evangelical Seminary), *Eric Barreto (Luther Seminary). *leadership/staff
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Perhaps one of the most painful memories I have of my early years in teaching was election night 2004. The pain comes from my too late realization that in my advocacy for a progressive outcome for the election I had semi-wittingly politicized my classroom in a way that still haunts me. I’d like to reflect for a bit on what happened and what I learned. What happened was quite simple. I was a progressive who was against the war in Iraq and the convulsions caused to our common life by extraction of our common wealth to finance massive tax cuts. Put simply, I was ardently against Bush and made no secret of it. In the weeks leading up to the election and the evening of the it, on which I had a class meeting, my advocacy had had the effect of drawing a political line along which members of the class sorted themselves. A consequence was that for the few weeks remaining after the election my pedagogical space consisted of political partisans and not a community of learners. What I learned from that was three-fold with the full effect being felt in the recent election. The first thing I learned was that I had spent insufficient time or energy teaching about my values, what they meant for how I understood the faith, and thus, how I constructed the task of teaching theology. Here I don’t mean to imply that I understand my role as being teaching my theology. Rather I want to suggest that it is good to realize that our values are being taught whether we are explicit about it or not. Being explicit means that I can reflectively engage students and materials in ways that shape our common experience. By focusing on values I can invite more people into our space than if it is a matter of politics. I did not do this work. The second learning was that I had spent insufficient time clarifying how I integrated scripture, faith, values in the work of theology for myself. So, while I am sure that I demonstrated a sort of integrity for my students it was not sufficiently reflective to build my teaching around. Certainly, the project to which I am dedicated as a theologian was/is clear and finds expression through my teaching but, at least at that point, the integrity at the center of teaching and that project were not clear. From this learning I changed my pedagogy radically. Teaching theology and not about it became my guiding pedagogical principle. The upshot of this change was that questions of the integration of scripture, faith, and values as the work of theology were at the center of every course from its beginnings. In the two classes I taught following the recent election I began with an observation that we as Christian theologians were being called into the public square at this moment for several very specific reasons. First, the candidate who won had made very specific promises about bringing harm to the weakest and most vulnerable among us, our neighbors. By placing promises to register our Muslim neighbors, round up and deport the stranger among us (immigrants), and the imposition of what amounts to martial law (a national stop and frisk policy), at its center the Trump campaign made the political theological. It is just here that my learnings of the past few years made it possible for our class(es) to grapple with our responsibility in this moment in ways that did not immediately devolve into partisan positions. We were able to draw on scripture, the various theologians we read, and our experiences of faith to imagine how to move forward. This was quite a bit different than in 2004. This then was my third lesson. By making the ongoing thread running throughout each class the explicit integration of our faith and values, it was then possible to interpret the political moment as a matter of faith and not partisan politics. A student summed up well what we had discovered on our journey: “loving and protecting our neighbor is a type of politics.”
2017-18 Workshop for Early CareerAsian and Pacific Islander DescentFaculty This workshop will gather 14 faculty drawn from diverse religious specializations, in their first years of teaching, for a week in two successive summers and for a weekend winter retreat. As a learning community of committed and skilled teachers, this workshop will explore issues such as: Pedagogy and politics of faculty of Asian and Pacific Islander descent Being a fulfilled and engaged teacher/scholar Career growth such as tenure and alternate academic tracks Teaching and thriving in one’s institutional context Dealing with religious, social, ethnic, racial, and learning diversities in the classroom Connecting the classroom to broader social issues Course design, assignments, learning goals, and assessment There will be a balance of plenary sessions, small group discussions, workshop sessions, structured and unstructured social time, and time for relaxation, exercise, meditation, discovery, laughter, and lots of good food and drink. Goals To develop a professional network of mutually supportive teachers/scholars of Asian and Pacific Islander descent To speak candidly about the politics and pressures of teaching and learning in higher education To explore the intersections of positionality in the classroom, institution, and academy, such as race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and age To engage in formal and informal dialogue about existing and needed habits and practices of teaching in mono- or multi-cultural contexts To reflect critically on vocation, identity, and well-being that integrates the rigors of scholarship, teaching, leadership, and work/life balance To hone teaching practices and innovative pedagogies through design and implementation of collaborative projects To prepare for trends and changes in higher education Honorarium and Fellowship Participants will receive an honorarium of $3400 for full participation in the three workshop sessions, plus local expenses and travel. In addition, participants are eligible to apply for a $5000 fellowship for work on a teaching project during the following academic year (2018-19). These awards are for projects that emerge from the conversation and ideas of the workshop, in consultation with the leadership team, and are conducted during the year following the workshop. Read More about Payment of Participants Read More about the Workshop Fellowship Program Participants Front Row: Yii-Jan Lin (Yale Divinity School), *Zayn Kassam (Pomona College), *Tat-siong Benny Liew (College of the Holy Cross), *Su Yon Pak (Union Theological Seminary in NYC), *David Kamitsuka (Oberlin College), Roshan Iqbal (Agnes Scott College). Second Row: Hee-Kyu Heidi Park (Xavier University-Cincinnati), Samira Mehta (Albright College), Cuilan Liu (Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto), Fuad Naeem (Gustavus Adolphus College), Jung Hyun Choi (North Carolina Wesleyan College), Sailaja Krishnamurti (Saint Mary’s University-Nova Scotia), Christine Hong (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary). Back Row: *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center), William Yoo (Columbia Theological Seminary), Harshita Kamath (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Chrissy Lau (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi), Kenneth Woo (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), Hoon Choi (Bellarmine University). *leadership/staff position. APPLICATIONS CLOSED Workshop Information Dates First session: July 10-15, 2017, Wabash College Second session: January 25-28, 2018. Corpus Christi, Texas Third session: June 25-30, 2018, Wabash College Leadership Team Tat-siong Benny Liew,College of the Holy Cross, Director David Kamitsuka, Oberlin College Zayn Kassam,Pomona College Su Yon Pak, Union Theological Seminary in NYC Paul Myhre, Wabash Center Important Information flickr Photo Gallery for this Workshop Travel and Accommodations for Summer Sessions at the Wabash Center Policy on Participation Map of Wabash College Campus Travel Reimbursement Form (pdf) Foreign National Information Form (pdf) Payment of Honorarium Fellowship Program (2016-17) For More Information, Please Contact: Paul Myhre, Associate Director Wabash Center 301 West Wabash Ave. Crawfordsville, IN 47933 800-655-7117 myhrep@wabash.edu
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