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1996 Conference for Doctoral ProgramsPreparing Graduate Students as Teachers Dates: October 20-22, 1996 - Wabash College Leadership Team: Raymond Williams, Wabash Center Participants: Maureen O'Brien, Boston College David Eckel, Boston University William Loewe, Catholic University of America Kathleen Greider, Claremont School of Theology Charles Foster, Emory University Mary C. Callaway, Fordham University Kent Yinger, Fuller Theological Seminary Barry Stenger, Graduate Theological Union Tyler Roberts, Harvard University Richard MIller, Indiana University Bruce E. Nielsen, Jewish Theological Seminary Patrick Carey, Marquette University Katharine Sakenfeld, Princeton Theological Seminary Mary Boys, Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University Dean McBride, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia William Schweiker, University of Chicago Divinity School Robert Baird, University of Iowa Paul Groner, University of Virginia Peter Hodgson, Vanderbilt University Marilyn Adams, Yale University Description: Twenty representatives from Ph.D. granting institutions convened to discuss how their programs prepare doctoral students for future careers as teachers in theology and religion. The group came up with some specific suggestions for initiatives: (a) designs for a teaching portfolio (b) competitive grants for teaching fellowships in the schools with graduate programs, creating opportunities for students to teach independent courses at their home institutions (c) subvention for a faculty mentor (d) competitive visiting fellowships at other institutions, supporting the teaching of doctoral candidates at undergraduate liberal arts institutions (e) grants to support the production of course syllabi on teaching (f) grants to foster meetings between faculty and graduate students at different institutions to discuss the challenge of undergraduate pedagogy and the training of graduate students for careers as teachers

1996-1998 Colloquy onTeaching Theology 
Dates July 27-31, 1996 - First Session at Wabash College July 26-30, 1997 - Second Session at Wabash College July 25-29, 1998 - ThirdSession at Wabash College 
Convener: William C. Placher, Wabash College 
 Goals: To provide an occasion for theologians to reflect together on the teaching of theology and the nature of the theological enterprise To develop resources for teachers of theology To support excellence in theological teaching To help set an agenda for the field Front Row (Left to Right): *Lucinda Huffaker (Wabash Center), Ronald Quillo (Oblate School of Theology), David Goatley (Lott Carey Foreign Baptist), Serene Jones (Yale Divinity School), James Lewis (Anderson University). Second Row: Noel Erskine (Candler School of Theology), +Luke Johnson (Candler School of Theology), Stephen Webb (Wabash College), Mary Stimming (Rosary College), James Buckley (Loyola College in Maryland), James Yerkes (Moravian Theological Seminary). Third Row: Miroslav Volf (Fuller Theological Seminary), L. Gregory Jones (Duke Divinity School), Nadine Pence Frantz (Bethany Theological Seminary), Alan Padgett (Azusa Pacific University), *Raymond Williams (Wabash Center), *William Placher (Wabash College). Not Pictured: Kristen Kvam (St. Paul School of Theology), Linda Mercadante (Methodist Theological School in Ohio). * leadership/staff + Lilly Evaluator.

Carlton Hotel 1110 Pleasant St. Oak Park, IllinoisThe event begins with buffet lunch and concludes with a shared dinner.Parking is available on the street.If you have questions, please contact Mary Stimming (stimminm@wabash.edu) 765-376-8951

2005 Conference on Teaching Introductory Religion Courses Date: August 2-4, 2005 - University Place Conference Center and Hotel at IUPUI Leadership: Barbara Walvoord, University of Notre Dame Participants: Laura Ammon, University of North Florida Paul Aspan, St. Joseph's University Swasti Bhattacharyya, Buena Vista University Rosemary Carbine, Whittier College David Carlson, Franklin College Tim Carmody, Spring Hill College Amy Carr, Western Illinois University Mary Carter Waren, St. Thomas University Michael Cosby, Messiah College Steven Crain, University of Saint Francis Alan DeCourcy, College of Mount St. Joseph Daniel Deffenbaugh, Hastings College Mary Gaebler, Gustavus Adolphus College Eugene Gallagher, Connecticut College Terry Giles, Gannon University Lori Hale, Augsburg College W. David Hall, Centre College Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, Bellarmine University Michael Homan, Xavier University of Louisiana Steve Hoogerwerf, Hope College Kevin Hughes, Villanova University Jerry Irish, Pomona College Katherine Jones, Wofford College Brian Kane, DeSales University Shane Kirkpatrick, Anderson University Jesse Long, Lubbock Christian University William Madges, Xavier University, Cincinnati Roseanne McDougall, LaSalle University Sheila McGinn, John Carroll University Clayton McNearney, Marshall University Mark Medley, Baptist Seminary of Kentucky Lucinda Nolan, Catholic University of America Eric Northway, Iowa State University Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University Priscilla Pope-Levison, Seattle Pacific University Louise Prochaska, Notre Dame College David Ratke, Lenoir - Rhyne University Kay Read, DePaul University Paul Redditt, Georgetown College Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa Jeffrey Ruff, Marshall University C. Hannah Schell, Monmouth College John Simmons, Western Illinois University Elna Solvang, Concordia College (MN) John Starkey, Oklahoma City University Richard Steele, Seattle Pacific University Arthur Sutherland, Loyola College in Maryland Michelle Tooley, Berea College Ronald Troxel, University of Wisconsin - Madison Sally Vance-Trembath, University of San Francisco Kimberly Vrudny, University of St. Thomas (MN) Robert Wall, Seattle Pacific University J. Denny Weaver, Bluffton University Clodagh Weldon, Dominican University James Wellman, Jr., University of Washington Amos Yong, Regent University School of Divinity Wabash Center Staff: Lucinda Huffaker, Director Tom Pearson, Associate Director Paul Myhre, Associate Director

2004 Colloquy onThe Role of the Theological Librarian in Teaching, Learning, and Research 
Dates November 3-8, 2004 -Session at Wabash College 
Leadership Team Linda Corman, Director, Trinity College Faculty of Divinity Carrie Hackney, Howard University School of Divinity Roger Loyd, Duke Divinity School Paul O. Myhre, Wabash Center ATLA Professional Development Committee Advisor: David Stewart, Luther Seminary 
 Theological librarians play an essential role in the educational process. Institutional standards developed by the Association of Theological Schools highlight the need for librarians to contribute to theological scholarship--teaching, learning, and research--in ways specific both to the profession and to the particular school, its mission, curriculum, and resources. Yet in practice, the means of fulfilling this expectation are not always clear or immediately available to librarians. This colloquium explored the vocation of theological librarianship and promoted the development of strategies and skills for increasing the effectiveness of librarians in the teaching/learning/research process in their own institutional and professional contexts. Goals of the colloquium: To provide an opportunity for theological librarians to reflect on the distinctiveness of theological librarianship as a vocation and a profession To examine the traditions of theological scholarship in relation to libraries and librarians To identify strategies to enhance the librarian’s effectiveness as a partner with faculty and students in the task of theological scholarship, recognizing that the library’s contribution depends both on the quality of its collections and other information and technological resources and on the ability, commitment, and vision of the staff who, in their varied roles in the library, are charged with facilitating the productive use of these resources in teaching, learning, and research To explore the theological librarian’s role in implementing change in educational practices related to the impact of new technology, methods, resources, paradigms and trends on theological scholarship/librarianship To provide opportunities for participants to develop collaborative projects/proposals that will strengthen teaching, learning and research at their institutions Front Row (left to right): Derek Hogan (Campbell University), Jonathan Roach (Ecumenical Theological Seminary), Hannah Kirsch, (Asbury Theological Seminary), John Weaver (Emory University), Elyse Hayes (Seminary of the Immaculate Conception). Second Row: Lugene Schemper (Calvin Theological Seminary), Laura Harris (Iliff School of Theology), James Skypeck (Boston University School of Theology), Monica Corcoran (St. Meinrad School of Theology), Angela Morris (Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary), *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center), Third Row: Amy Limpitlaw (Vanderbilt University), Sylvia Locher (Ashland Theological Seminary), Emily Knox (The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church), *Linda Corman (Trinity College Faculty of Divinity). Fourth Row: *Carrie Hackney (Howard University School of Divinity), Gerald Truman (Urshan Graduate School of Theology), Robert Mayer (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary), *Roger Loyd (Duke Divinity School). Not Pictured: +David Stewart (Luther Seminary). * leadership/staff; + ATLA consultant.

2004 Conference for Doctoral Programs Preparing Graduate Students as Teachers 
Dates September 30 - October 2, 2004 - University Place Conference Center and Hotel at IUPUI 
Leadership Team Lucinda Huffaker, Wabash Center Paul Myhre, Wabash Center Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center William Placher, Wabash College 
 Graduate Student Presenters: Ridgeway Addison, Catholic University of America Eileen Campbell-Reed, Vanderbilt University Michael Kraftson-Hogue, University of Chicago Anni Judkins, Baylor University Ruben Rosario-Rodriguez, Princeton Theological Seminary Participants: James Ashley, University of Notre Dame William Bellinger, Baylor University David Brakke, Indiana University James Byrd, Vanderbilt University/The Divinity School Euan Cameron, Union Theological Seminary, NY Cynthia Crysdale, Catholic University of America Donald Dietrich, Boston College Christine Hinze, Fordham University Michael Kraftson-Hogue, Meadville Lombard Theological School Patrick Horn, Claremont Graduate University Robert Hurteau, Loyola Marymount University Adam Kamesar, Hebrew Union College - J I R Margaret Krych, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Gary Laderman, Emory University Carol Hess, Emory University Maureen Maloney, Graduate Theological Union John McClure, Vanderbilt University/The Divinity School Larry Murphy, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Bruce Nielsen, Jewish Theological Seminary of America Robert Priest, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Ruben Rosario-Rodrigues, Saint Louis University Richard Rosengarten, University of Chicago Divinity School Katharine Sakenfeld, Princeton Theological Seminary Ken Stone, Chicago Theological Seminary Gene Szarek, Loyola University Chicago Augustine Thompson, University of Virginia Katherine Turpin, Iliff School of Theology Grant Wacker, Duke Divinity School Guy Welbon, University of Pennsylvania Other Guests: Barbara De Concini, American Academy of Religion William Myers, Association of Theological Schools Kent Richards, Society of Biblical Literature John Wimmer, Lilly Endowment Inc. Purpose: The purpose of the meeting was to engage with the question of preparing graduate students to teach through hearing about the AAR reports related to undergraduate religion and theology programs from recent Wabash Center grant recipients on this topic, and from invited graduate students.

2004-05 Workshop onTeaching and Learning for Pre-Tenure Religion Faculty at Colleges and Universities Leadership Team Paul H. Jones, Transylvania University, Director Betty A. DeBerg, University of Northern Iowa Deirdre Dempsey, Marquette University D. Keith Naylor, Occidental College Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center 
 Front Row (left to right): David Cloutier (College of St. Benedict), Brad Kallenburg (University of Dayton), Mary Bader (College of Wooster), Rosemary P. Carbine (College of the Holy Cross), James McGrath (Butler University). Second Row: Trace Haythorn (Hastings College), Mark Bartusch (Valparaiso University), Alain Durocher (Dillard University), Michael Homan (Xavier University of Louisiana). *Betty A. DeBerg (University of Northern Iowa), Ivette Vargas (Austin College). Third Row: *Thomas Pearson (Wabash Center), *Deirdre Dempsey (Marquette University), Ibrahim Kalin (College of the Holy Cross), Marit Trelstad (Pacific Lutheran University), Mark Graham (College of Wooster), Thomas Wolthuis (Dordt College), *Paul Jones (Transylvania University). Not pictured: *Keith Naylor (Occidental College). * leadership/staff Participants and Project Titles: Mary Bader, College of Wooster "Strategies for moving Students from Faith-based Biblical Studies to Academic Biblical Studies" Mark Bartusch, Valparaiso University "'Where Shall Wisdom be Found?' Wisdom Literature in the Bible" Rosemary Carbine, College of the Holy Cross "Designing a Course in Faith, Vocation, and Social Change" David Cloutier, College of St. Benedict "Teaching About Ethics or Teaching Ethics?: Best Practices for the Formation of Practical Reason in the Undergraduate Ethics Classroom" Alain Durocher, Dillard University "Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching in an Historically Black College" Mark Graham, College of Wooster Religious Vocation and the Vocation of the Artist: Mentoring the Undergraduate Artist and Religious Studies Student" Trace Haythorn, Hastings College "More than Words: Surveying the Bible, Multiple Intelligences, and Biblical Pedagogies" Michael Homan, Xavier Univ. of Louisiana "BibleDudes and Pedagogy" Ibrahim Kalin, College of the Holy Cross "Teaching World Religions at Religiously Affiliated Institutions of Learning" Brad Kallenberg, University of Dayton "Phronesis Pedagogy for Christian Engineering Ethics" James McGrath, Butler University "Interactive Bible Textbook" Marit Trelstad, Pacific Lutheran University "The Ethics of Effective Teaching in Theology" Ivette Vargas, Austin College "Violence & Nonviolence: Oppositional Thinking for Achieving Goals in Religious Communities" Thomas Wolthuis, Dordt College "The Art of Telling the Biblical Story"

2006 Conference on Pastoral Leadership for Public Engagement Dates: July 31 to August 4, 2006 - Wabash College A conversation focused on the participants’ sensed need for seminaries to deepen their ability to help congregations respond more adequately to local, national and global public tragedies. The small group of committed scholars, teachers and activists gathered to discuss strategies and envision projects to help and encourage theological schools to: prepare publicly engaged church leadership. prepare leaders equipped to facilitate public engagement by congregations. be more effective at producing church leadership for engagement in the public square. form leaders for engagement in the public square (in behalf of justice). Participants: Bruce Birch,Wesley Theological Seminary Terry Boggs,Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Brenda Girton-Mitchell,National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA Richard Hoehn,Bread For The World Institute Stephen Lewis,The Fund For Theological Education Craig Nessan,Wartburg Theological Seminary Rodney Petersen,Boston Theological Institute Ann Svennungsen,The Fund For Theological Education Russell Testa,Washington Theological Union, DC John Wimmer,Lilly Endowment, Inc. Wabash Center Staff: Lucinda Huffaker Thomas Pearson

2006 Online Course for Theological School Faculty Teaching Online Course Dates: June 5 to July 29, 2006 Cost: $100 per person The Wabash Center is increasingly aware of the growing number of seminaries that offer at least some of their curriculum online. The circumstances that lead to the use of online seminary courses are many and complex. The pedagogical challenges and opportunities of the online seminary classroom are of particular concern to us. Therefore, as part of our mission to enhance teaching and learning, we have contracted with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Distance Education Certificate Program – a nationally recognized leader in instructional design for e-learning environments – to offer an 8 week online class for seminary faculty to learn about and experience effective practices for teaching online. This an introductory course that will present the major elements involved in using the internet for instruction. It will be conducted online to provide hands-on experience with online learning. The course is designed to accommodate faculty with a wide range of online teaching experience. No prior experience is necessary; course material will be valuable to faculty at more advanced levels as well. It will use a “principles-to-practice” approach that presents guidelines and strategies for applying principles of online learning to the practices of individual faculties’ online courses. Each week will include resource materials, readings, and online activities to engage participants in active discussion, debate, case studies, mini-projects, and other group or individual work. The course will use threaded discussion forums and an asynchronous format, meaning you can log in at any time to read and post messages – although posting early in the week and then later in the week is required for group cohesion. This is a concentrated, resource-rich, learning experience. You must think through what you’re hoping to learn, to help guide you in selecting resources most relevant to your situation and context. The approximate time commitment is 8-10 hours per week for reading and activities. To participate, you must be able to login and post responses at least twice every week. There is no “certificate” that is awarded for successful completion of the course. You will need a computer with a broadband connection to the Internet, a browser such as Internet Explorer 6.0 or better, and Flash Player Plug-In (or be able to download the free plug-in). Participants: Gregory Banazak, SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary Dean Blevins, Nazarene Theological Seminary David Carr , Union Theological Seminary, NY Susan Fox, Union PSCE Delores Friesen, Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary John Gresham, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary Robert Hale, Asbury Theological Seminary Thomas Haverly, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Barbara Anne Keely, United Theo Seminary of Twin Cities Patti Lawrence, Starr King School for the Ministry Tom Leuze, Oakland City University Rebecca Luman, Wesley Biblical Seminary Todd Mangum, Biblical Theological Seminary Susan McGurgan, Athenaeum of Ohio Cameron Murchison, Columbia Theological Seminary Mark Oldenburg, Lutheran Theo Seminary at Gettysburg David Parris, Fuller Theological Seminary - Colorado Sandra Polaski, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond Thomas Power, Wycliffe College Devadasan Premnath, St. Bernard’s School of Theo Soong-Chan Rah, North Park Theological Seminary Tim Sensing, Abilene Christian University Jerry Skira, Regis College Julia Speller, Chicago Theological Seminary Thomas Stokes, Emmanuel School of Religion Vickie Taylor, Ashland Theological Seminary Jan Viktora, St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity Earl Waggoner, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary John Young, Queen’s Theological College

2006 Educating Clergy Conferences In the winter and spring of 2006, the Wabash Center sponsored a series of six conferences. At each conference, 3 representatives from 20 different theological schools gathered to discuss the implications of recent research findings from two important new studies: Signs of the Times: Present and Future Theological Faculty by Barbara G. Wheeler, Sharon L. Miller, and Katarina Schuth Center for the Study of Theological Education at Auburn Theological Seminary Educating Clergy: Teaching Practices and Pastoral Imagination by Charles R. Foster, Lisa Dahill, Larry Golemon, Barbara Wang Tolentino The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The purpose of the conferences was two-fold: • To review findings and explore implications from the two studies • To develop strategies for strengthening educational programs and faculty teaching practices The conference developed strategies to strengthening educational programs and faculty teaching practices in the education of clergy, rabbis, and other ministry professionals. Leadership for each conference was provided by the directors of the two studies: • Barbara Wheeler and Sharon Miller, Center for the Study of Theological Education, Auburn Theological Seminary • Charles Foster, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Each participating school was eligible for a follow-up grant of $2000 to share and apply learnings from the Auburn and Carnegie research projects on their own campuses in ways that would enhance the preparation of clergy.