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Ground Transportation About a week prior to your travel you will receive an email from Beth Reffett (reffettb@wabash.edu) with airport shuttle information. This email includes the cell phone number of your driver, where to meet, and fellow participants with arrival times. Please print off these instructions and carry them with you. Contact Information on Day of Travel Wabash Center: 800-655-7117 After Hours: as directed in the travel email you received earlier Venue (Mustang Island Conference Center): 361-749-1800  The Travel Authority (to make changes to flights, if reservations were made using our travel agent) 800-837-6568 Tami Brubaker tami.brubaker@altour.com Thommi Weliever thommi.weliever@altour.com

Ground Transportation About a week prior to your travel you will receive an email from Beth Reffett (reffettb@wabash.edu) with airport shuttle information. This email includes the cell phone number of your driver, where to meet, and fellow participants with arrival times. Please print off these instructions and carry them with you. Contact Information on Day of Travel Wabash Center: 800-655-7117 After Hours: as directed in the travel email received the week prior to travel Venue (Trippet Hall): 765-361-6490 (please ask that a message be delivered to a Wabash Center staff member) The Travel Authority (to make changes to flights, if reservations were made using our travel agent) 800-837-6568 Tami Brubaker tami.brubaker@altour.com Thommi Weliever thommi.weliever@altour.com

"Time to Talk Teaching" Parallel Session A, at the ETS Annual Meeting Rhode Island Convention Center - Room 554 A. No Special Registration Required

Information for Invited Conference Participants The conference begins  Friday evening with a 6:00 Reception, 6:30 dinner and "Opening Remarks," at the Alexander Hotel (Indianapolis).  Ground Transportation: About a week prior to your travel you will receive an email from Beth Reffett (reffettb@wabash.edu) with airport shuttle information. This email will include the cell phone number of your driver, where to meet, and fellow participants with arrival times. Please print off these instructions and carry them with you. [column lg="4" md="4" sm="12" xs="12" ] [su_button url="https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/grants-undergrad-depts/" background="#a6192e" size="3" wide="yes" center="yes" radius="5" text_shadow="0px 0px 0px #FFF" desc="Reading-prep for the conference..."]Summaries of Departmental Grants[/su_button] [/column] [column lg="4" md="4" sm="12" xs="12" ] [su_button url="https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pdf_Participants-Depart-Grant-Summ-Conf-11-2017.pdf" background="#a6192e" size="3" wide="yes" center="yes" radius="5" text_shadow="0px 0px 0px #FFF" desc="2 or 3 participants from each of 15 schools"]List of Conference Participants[/su_button] [su_button url="https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/wabash-center-forms/" background="#a6192e" size="3" wide="yes" center="yes" radius="5" text_shadow="0px 0px 0px #FFF" desc="Save original receipts for incidental expenses ..."]Travel Reimbursement Form[/su_button] [/column] [column lg="4" md="4" sm="12" xs="12" ] [su_button url="https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/pdf_2017-Dept-Grants-Summative-Schedule-1.pdf" background="#a6192e" size="3" wide="yes" center="yes" radius="5" text_shadow="0px 0px 0px #FFF" desc="Schedule of Sessions, etc..."]Conference Agenda[/su_button] [su_button url="https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/programs/workshops-home/policy-on-full-participation/" background="#a6192e" size="3" wide="yes" center="yes" radius="5" text_shadow="0px 0px 0px #FFF" desc="Attendance, Guests, Dependent Children, etc..."]View Our Policy on Full Participation[/su_button] [/column] [row] [column lg="12" md="12" sm="12" xs="12" ] [/column][column lg="4" md="4" sm="12" xs="12" ] [/column][column lg="4" md="4" sm="12" xs="12" ] [/column][column lg="4" md="4" sm="12" xs="12" ]   [/column][/row]

Sessions on Teaching at the AAR-SBL Conference A17-204 Friday - 1:00 PM-5:00 PM Hynes Convention Center-102 (Plaza Level) Teaching Religion and Disability Studies Workshop: Engaging Curriculum and Pedagogy with Intersectionality and Communities Panelists: Mary Jo Iozzio, Boston College S17-209 Friday 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM Room: 310 (Third Level) - Hynes Convention Center (HCC) Using Performance to Teach the Bible/Orality, Memory, Performance Criticism, and Related Disciplines

 Registration for this workshop is available through Annual Meetings registration. The sixth annual workshop sponsored by the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media offers sessions on using performance to engage students with biblical text, led by experienced teaching scholars. The participants will be involved in active learning throughout the afternoon. Cost of registration is $50 and can be submitted through SBL Annual Meetings registration. Additional information is available from Phil Ruge-Jones at rugejones@gmail.com. A17-209 Friday - 3:30 PM-6:00 PM Hynes Convention Center-207 (Second Level) Teaching Hinduism Workshop: Teaching Tales: Narrative and Pedagogy in the Hindu Studies Classroom “Teaching Stories about Teaching Self: Upaniṣadic Narrative in the Classroom,” Steven Lindquist, Southern Methodist University “Teaching Hinduism with Mahābhārata Dialogues: Intertextuality and Thematic Continuity in Divine/Human Encounters,” Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University “Re-Imagining the Mahābhārata: A Report from the Kochi-Muziris Biennale,” Vishwa Adluri, City University of New York “Myth and History: Teaching Hinduism Through Narratives,” Joydeep Bagchee, Free University of Berlin “The Dynamic Canon of the Puranas and the Ethnography of the Classroom,” Elizabeth Mary Rohlman, University of Calgary “How the Goddess Teaches Hinduism: Decoding Divergent Boons,” Raj Balkaran, University of Toronto “Translation, Transcreation, and Tukaram,” Jeffrey Brackett, Ball State University “Stories to Grow On: Shaping Hindu Subjects and Morals through Narrative Pedagogy in the Hindu Diaspora,” Shana Sippy, Carleton College A18-133 Teaching Religion Unit Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Sheraton Boston-Liberty B (Second Level) Theme: Teaching about Religion as Anti-Racism Education Panelists: Richard Newton, Elizabethtown College Martha Roberts, University of the South Christine Hong, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary Tiffany Puett, Institute for Diversity and Civic Life A18-139 Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hynes Convention Center-207 (Second Level) Promoting Religious Literacy College-Wide Seminar Presiding Eugene V. Gallagher, Connecticut College Diane L. Moore, Harvard University Steve Herrick, American Academy of Religion Panelists: Cherie Hughes, Tulsa Community College Amir Hussain, Loyola Marymount University Eugene Y. Lowe, Northwestern University Margaret Lowe, Bridgewater State University Brian K. Pennington, Elon University Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa S18-109 Saturday 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
 Room: Republic B (Second Level) - Sheraton Boston Hotel (SB) Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies; Global Education and Research Technology
Joint Session with Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies, Global Education and Research Technology
 Theme: Best Practices in Online Teaching “The Online Capstone: Collaborative Learning and Research in a Virtual Environment,” Sandie Gravett, Appalachian State University “
Using the Moodle Book module to create and deliver an interactive online Biblical Hebrew course and textbook,” Barry Bandstra, Hope College “
Wandering in the Online Wilderness - From Classroom to Online and Back Again - Some Observations,” Jonathan D. Lawrence, Canisius College “
The Corpus-driven Online Hebrew Classroom,” Nicolai Winther-Nielsen, Fjellhaug Internasjonale Høgskole “
Going Deep and Beyond the Expectations of a Term Paper: Student Contributions to the Website Bible in Its Traditions,” Jean-Francois Racine, Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University A18-300 S18-342a Saturday, 4:00 PM–5:30 PM HCC-303 (Third Level) Educational Entrepreneurship: Monetizing Your Expertise through Digital Teaching Online education is the way of the future. If you’re passionate about sharing your knowledge with others, you can pursue a rewarding career on your own terms as an online educational entrepreneur. You can do so in tandem with, or instead of, teaching at the academy. Most importantly, you will learn how to harness your doctorate in a fulfilling teaching career, irrespective of the state of the tenure-track job market. In this workshop, Raj Balkaran shares key insights on his journey founding the School of Applied Mythology, a digital academy for meaningful learning. This workshop lays the foundation for successful educational entrepreneurship, including (1) content creation; (2) curriculum design; (3) sales and marketing strategy; and (4) effective digital pedagogy. Raj Balkaran, University of Toronto, Panelist S18-301 
Saturday 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
 Room: Grand Ballroom A (Fourth Level) - Marriott Copley Place Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies Theme: Gaming, Interactive Fiction, and Simulation in the Classroom “
Mock Dig as the Culminating Project for a Hebrew Bible Course,” David Bernat, University of Massachusetts Amherst “Avatars of Antiquity: Helping Students Think About Early Christian Beginnings,” 
Laura Dingeldein, University of Illinois at Chicago and Jeffrey Wheatley, Northwestern University
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Remembering Dismembering or Where Did That Toe Go?” 
Susan E. Haddox, University of Mount Union “Yesh Li Malkeka: Using Chess to Teach Biblical Hebrew,” 
Christopher Heard, Pepperdine University
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Role-Playing Games as Pedagogical Tools in Teaching the New Testament to Undergraduate Students,” 
Melanie A. Howard, Fresno Pacific University “
Ancient Language Acquisition through Interactive Role-Play and Story Telling,” 
Jordash Kiffiak, Universität Zürich S18-338 Saturday 
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
 Room: Hampton (Third Level) - Sheraton Boston Hotel (SB) Racism, Pedagogy and Biblical Studies
 Theme: Exegeting Racism Panelists: 
Randall Bailey, Interdenominational Theological Center, Panelist 
Wil Gafney, Brite Divinity School (TCU) Jean-Pierre Ruiz, Saint John's University 
Erin Runions, Pomona College S18-343 
Saturday 
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
 Room: Regis (Third Level) - Boston Marriott Copley Place (MCP) Teaching Biblical Studies in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context Theme: Pedagogical Objectives, Strategies, and Assessment “
Food, Hunger, and the Bible: Teaching Core Students through Experience,” 
Lesley DiFransico, Loyola University Maryland “
Incorporating the Liberal Arts Mission into an Undergraduate Introductory Biblical Studies Course,” John W. Fadden, Saint John Fisher College “
Practical Information Literacy Assignments for Biblical and Religious Studies,” 
Steve Jung, Azusa Pacific University “
Changing the Rules of the Game: Social Hierarchies in Philemon, Sabinianus, and College Campuses,” Michael Kibbe, Moody – Spokane A18-300 Saturday - 4:00 PM-5:30 PM Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Educational Entrepreneurship: Monetizing Your Expertise through Digital Teaching Panelists: Raj Balkaran, University of Toronto A18-301 Saturday - 4:00 PM-6:30 PM Sheraton Boston-Grand & Independence (Second Level) Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee and Graduate Student Committee and Status of LGBTIQ Persons in the Profession Committee Theme: Protecting the Vulnerable on Campus “’Although the Doors Were Shut’: Cultivating Courageous Community at the Borders of the Academy,” Cameron Partridge, Harvard University “It Doesn't Always Feel Good: Redefining Notions of Inclusion and Moving Beyond ‘Diversity,’” Prea Persaud, University of Florida “Solidarity within the Faculty,” James Keenan, Boston College “Ad Junk: Accounting for Different Vulnerabilities in Vulnerable Professional Positions,” Hussein Rashid, Islamicate, LLC “Just Employment: Solidarity among Campus Workers,” Kerry Danner, Georgetown University A18-322 Saturday - 4:00 PM-6:00 PM Sheraton Boston-Beacon E (Third Level) Religion and Politics Unit Theme: International Relations and Religious Studies: Pedagogy and Interdisciplinary Exchange Panelists: David Buckley, University of Louisville Jeremy Menchik, Boston University James Miller, Queen's University, Kingston Anna Bigelow, North Carolina State University Qamar-ul Huda, Georgetown University Nukhet Sandal, University of Ohio S19-110 Sunday
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: 309 (Third Level) - Hynes Convention Center (HCC) Bible and Popular Culture
 Theme: Pedagogical approaches and Literary themes “’Lost and Found’: The Bible as Artefact and Metanarrative in Crime Fiction, with Special Reference to Peter May’s Lewis Trilogy,” Alison Jack, University of Edinburgh
 “The Problem of Silence: Psalm 109, and "Silence" (Endo, 1969; Scorsese, 2017),” Karl Jacobson, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd “’'Here we are now; entertain us’: Making Text-Criticism Interesting to an Uninterested Generation Y,” Adam Tune, Catholic University of America
 “Engaging Undergraduate Students with Jesus Memes,” Lesley DiFransico, Loyola University Maryland “The ‘Netflix Bible’ and Other Pop-culture Means of Teaching Bible to Reticent Students,” Lisa M. Wolfe, Oklahoma City University A19-123 Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Hynes Convention Center-310 (Third Level) Practical Theology Unit and Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit Theme: Theological Education in Spaces of Social Marginality “Interpreting Injustice: narrating experiences of marginalisation in Scotland as constructing theological praxis,” Clare Radford, University of Glasgow “Programs in Prisons: Transforming the Who, Where, How, and What of Theological Education,” Sarah Jobe, Duke Divinity School “Pedagogical Justice: Toward a Theologically Responsible Pedagogy for Teaching Religion to Women in Prison,” Rachelle Green, Emory University “The pedagogical challenges of teaching theology to first generation students from non-traditional churches,” Richard Burgess, University of Roehampton Responding: Daniel Franklin Pilario, Adamson University A19-200 Sunday - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Hynes Convention Center-208 (Second Level) Academic Labor and Contingent Faculty Committee Theme: The Rapid Erosion of Tenure: 2008-2018 “The Tenure Myth,” Frank Donoghue, Ohio State University Responding: Theresa A. Yugar, California State University, Los Angeles A19-203 S19-241a Sunday - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Hynes Convention Center-303 (Third Level) Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Using Teaching Opportunities to Expand Your Skill Set Discussions of “teaching and professional development” often focus on how to improve your teaching. However, teaching opportunities can also be used to expand your skills for beyond the classroom. In an academic world where promising graduate students cannot count on landing professor positions, future teaching careers may not be in the cards for everyone, so we need to find creative ways to translate graduate teaching experience into other professional realms. In this workshop, we will discuss a variety of basic and innovative teaching techniques that can be used to develop transferable skills for the non-teaching aspects of your academic or alt-ac career. In addition to making yourself a more well-rounded teacher, learning to think in this way should also help you to be more maneuverable in the job market. Kristy Slominski, University of Mississippi, Panelist A19-204 Sunday - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Sheraton Boston-Beacon F (Third Level) Teaching and Learning Committee Theme: Conversation with Excellence in Teaching Award Winner Lynn Neal Panelists: Lynn S. Neal, Wake Forest University A19-236 S19-251a Hynes Convention Center-303 (Third Level) Sunday 
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM 
Room: 303 (Third Level) - Hynes Convention Center (HCC) Student Lounge Roundtable
 Theme: Student-Centered Learning: A Practical Guide 
Many of us have heard about the wonders of “student-centered learning”: higher engagement, better critical thinking skills, student empowerment. But how exactly can we implement these methods in college and university Religious Studies classrooms? This Roundtable session will go over simple but effective strategies for both instructors and teaching assistants to create a student-centered learning environment. These strategies are derived from both the educational literature and personal experience in both capacities. Attendees will leave with concrete examples of how to implement student-centered learning in addition to a resource list to aid in additional investigation into student-centered learning activities and principles. In order to see student-centered learning in practice, this session will leave time for a discussion and brainstorming session at the end to workshop some ideas and/or problems particular to instituting student-centered learning in the study of religion. Gwendolyn Gillson, University of Iowa, Panelist A19-236 Sunday - 2:30 PM-4:00 PM Hynes Convention Center-303 (Third Level) Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Student-Centered Learning: A Practical Guide Panelists: Gwendolyn Gillson, University of Iowa A19-250 Sunday - 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Marriott Copley Place-Berkeley (Third Level) Applied Religious Studies Committee Theme: Preparing Scholars of Religion for Non-academic Careers: What's a Faculty Member to Do? Panelists: Molly Bassett, Georgia State University Jason C. Bivins, North Carolina State University Kathleen Moore, UC Santa Barbara A19-252 Sunday - 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Hynes Convention Center-310 (Third Level) Publications Committee and Teaching and Learning Committee Theme: Teaching Interreligious Encounters (Oxford University Press, 2017) Panelists: Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University Zayn Kassam, Pomona College Martha Reineke, University of Northern Iowa John Thatamanil, Union Theological Seminary Responding: Marc Pugliese, Saint Leo University Alexander Y. Hwang, Xavier University A19-261 Sunday - 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Marriott Copley Place-Boylston (First Level) Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Unit and Religion in Southeast Asia Unit Theme: The Interreligious Classroom in Indonesia, Canada, and the US “Expecting the Common Good: On the Cooperation of Persons in the Interfaith Studies Classroom,” Colleen Windham-Hughes, California Lutheran University “Indonesian Interreligious Learning,” Nicholas Adams, University of Birmingham “Re-imagining Pedagogy in Canadian Religious Studies Departments: Connecting Theory with Practice,” Adriana Tulissi, Paul Verhoef, Syd Erais, University of Calgary “Threading a Needle to Weave a Fabric: Introducing Religion as Interreligion,” Aaron Hollander, University of Chicago A19-303 Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Sheraton Boston-Back Bay B (Second Level) Regional Coordinators Theme: Religious Studies and Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts Teaching and Scholarship in the Age of Austerity Panelists: Marc DiPaolo, Southwestern Oklahoma State University S19-337 Sunday 
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
 Room: Beacon H (Third Level) - Sheraton Boston Hotel (SB) Teaching Biblical Studies in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context
 Theme: Biblical Studies and the Liberal Arts Mission 

”Bring back the Trivium! Rhetoric and the “Trump syllabus” for biblical studies courses,” Christopher M. Jones, Washburn University “
Why Bother with the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible? Persuading Students to Open the Bible by Helping Them to Enjoy Reading It,” Eric A. Seibert, Messiah College 
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Thinking Critically about Gender and Biblical Interpretation,” Jocelyn McWhirter, Albion College “
How to Dismantle Christian Nationalism, Or Teaching the Bible in a Trump Presidency,” 
Mike Whitenton, Baylor University A19-322 Sunday - 5:00 PM-6:30 PM Religion, Holocaust, and Genocide Unit and Transformative Scholarship and Pedagogy Unit Sheraton Boston-Republic B (Second Level) Theme: Teaching Holocaust and Genocide in This Time: Strategies of Engagement “Teaching about the Holocaust through Geo-science and Archaeology,” Richard A. Freund, University of Hartford “Teaching Genocide in a “Post-Truth” Age: Strategies for Activism, Engagement, and Scholarship,” Will Livingston, Florida State University “Holocaust Education, ‘British Values’, and Religious Diversity in the United Kingdom,” David Tollerton, University of Exeter A20-100 Monday - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM Hynes Convention Center-303 (Third Level) Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: The Potential Value of Genre-based Pedagogy in Religious Studies Monday - 9:00 AM-10:30 AM This roundtable is intended to make a case to religious studies instructors for the value of adopting the genre-based method of instruction developed primarily in the discipline of writing studies, explaining its merits and challenges. The syllabus handouts that will be provided model this method for a range of religious studies courses. In addition to genre-based instruction, some of the courses also attempt to integrate two other valuable pedagogical techniques in the context of religious studies: critical pedagogy and technology-supplemented pedagogy. Although the roundtable focuses primarily on the value of genre-based pedagogy as an innovative intervention in religious studies pedagogy, we will also discuss the importance of instructors’ cultivation of critical literacy and use of a variety of media and methods. Genre-based instruction helps cultivate a number of discipline-specific and domain-general skills valued by students and instructional institutions. Panelists: Nathan Fredrickson, University of California, Santa Barbara A20-132 Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Marriott Copley Place-Arlington (Third Level) Religion, Media, and Culture Unit and Teaching Religion Unit and Theology and Religious Reflection Unit Theme: Teaching and Scholarship as Resistance in the Post-Truth Era In recent years, facts and truth have been undercut to such an extent that our society’s sense of shared reality has eroded. This problem has been highlighted by the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and its aftermath. What is our vocation as teachers, faculty members, and intellectuals in the post-truth age? The difficulties we face are myriad: the deluge of “alt-facts,” the corrosion of democratic institutions, the corporatization of the university, and what Jameson called “the totally-mediatized present.” What practices, institutions, and formations are necessary for us as faculty members to survive, counter, or resist this emerging (non-) epistemology? Bringing together junior and senior scholars from many sub-disciplines and methodological approaches within religious studies and theology and from different kinds of academic institutions, this will be an engaged, ad hoc conversation from which everyone gains new ideas about both classroom strategies and the role of the university in our historical moment. Panelists: Charles Mathewes, University of Virginia Emilie M. Townes, Vanderbilt University Laura S. Levitt, Temple University Annika Thiem, Villanova University Janine Giordano Drake, University of Great Falls Melissa Borja, City University of New York Sarah Eltantawi, Evergreen State College Todd Green, Luther College A20-246 Monday - 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Hynes Convention Center-303 (Third Level) Student Lounge Roundtable Theme: Tips for Integrating Guest Faith Practitioners in the Classroom As graduate student instructors of religion, we might face challenges of expertise or authority with our students, or teach students who have never encountered individuals of a particular religious tradition. Bringing faith practitioners to speak in our classes might be a useful strategy to expose students to insider views, hear from more authoritative sources, and encounter faith practitioners perhaps for the first time. In spite of the potential benefits of inviting faith practitioners to our classes, there are also potential challenges. How do we ensure that these experiences are appropriately bracketed to maintain academic rigor? Do certain institutional contexts or programs support this more than others? How does our status as graduate students affect these concerns, especially as graduate students take on such a large role of undergraduate instruction? This roundtable session will discuss these issues and discuss ways of effectively bringing guest faith practitioners into the classroom. Panelists: Joshua Patterson, University of Georgia S20-251 Monday 
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
 Room: 303 (Third Level) - Hynes Convention Center (HCC) Student Lounge Roundtable
 Theme: Tips for Integrating Guest Faith Practitioners in the Classroom 
As graduate student instructors of religion, we might face challenges of expertise or authority with our students, or teach students who have never encountered individuals of a particular religious tradition. Bringing faith practitioners to speak in our classes might be a useful strategy to expose students to insider views, hear from more authoritative sources, and encounter faith practitioners perhaps for the first time. In spite of the potential benefits of inviting faith practitioners to our classes, there are also potential challenges. How do we ensure that these experiences are appropriately bracketed to maintain academic rigor? Do certain institutional contexts or programs support this more than others? How does our status as graduate students affect these concerns, especially as graduate students take on such a large role of undergraduate instruction? This roundtable session will discuss these issues and discuss ways of effectively bringing guest faith practitioners into the classroom P20-333 Monday 
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
 Room: Provincetown (Fourth Level) - Boston Marriott Copley Place (MCP) National Association of Professors of Hebrew
 Theme: Communicative Methods for Teaching and Learning Biblical Hebrew Panelists 
Paul Overland, Ashland Theological Seminary 
Robert Stallman, Northwest University (Washington) 
Benjamin Noonan, Columbia International University 
Jennifer Noonan, Liberty University 
Steve Cook, Johnson University 
David Levenson, Florida State University S20-340 Monday 
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM 
Room: 201 (Second Level) - Hynes Convention Center (HCC) Racism, Pedagogy and Biblical Studies
 Theme: Manifestations of Racism in the Biblical Studies Classroom Panelists: 
Bernadette Brooten, Brandeis University 
Lai Ling Elizabeth Ngan, Baylor University 
Eric Barreto, Princeton Theological Seminary 
J. Ross Wagner, Duke University 
Margaret Aymer, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Respondent A20-326 Monday - 4:00 PM-6:30 PM Marriott Copley Place-New Hampshire (Fifth Level) Religion and Public Schools: International Perspectives Unit Theme: Nationalism and Religion Education in Public Schools Norman Richardson, Stranmillis University College, Belfast Religion, Schooling and Conflicting Nationalisms: Educational Perspectives from Northern Ireland Erica Larson, Boston University Building Pious Citizens for a Plural Society: Religious and Civic Education in Indonesia Kate Soules, Boston College When Religion Isn’t a Part of Culture: Reviewing the Relationship between Religion and Multicultural Education Responding: Jenny Berglund, Södertörn University Business Meeting: Jenny Berglund, Södertörn University Michael Waggoner, University of Northern Iowa S20-301 Monday 
4:00 PM to 6:30 PM 
Room: Beacon E (Third Level) - Sheraton Boston Hotel (SB) Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies
 Theme: Texts That Trigger Responses “
Inside Out: Seasons of Life, Seasons of Faith in the Psalms,” 
Ma. Maricel S. Ibita, Ateneo de Manila University “
Reading Biblical Literature With the Heavyhearted,” 
Renate Hood, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor “’Can This Text Be Saved?’: Applying Mediation Skills to Teaching Troubling Texts,” Tim Koch, Excelsior College and Pacific School of Religion “
Creative Assignments for Creative Reading,” 
Sylvie Raquel, Trinity International University A20-333 Monday - 4:00 PM-6:30 PM Sheraton Boston-Jamaica Pond (Fifth Level) Teaching Religion Unit Theme: Teaching the Introductory Course “Ways and Means (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Introduction to the Study of Religion),” William Robert, Syracuse University “The Use and Misuse of Cults and New Religious Movements in an Introduction to World Religions Classroom,” Andrew McKee, Florida State University “The Impact of Experiential Learning in an Introduction to Asian Religions Course,” Beverley Foulks McGuire, University of North Carolina, Wilmington “Teaching Common Figures in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Scriptures,” Gregory Robbins, Andrea Stanton, University of Denver “Emerging Frontiers for Interreligious and Interfaith Studies: Interreligious Pedagogy for Pre-Professional Education,” Esther Boyd, Interfaith Youth Core A21-122 Tuesday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Sheraton Boston-Beacon F (Third Level) Teaching Religion Unit Theme: Evidence Based Teaching in Religion Kate DeConinck, University of San Diego Engaging Contentious Issues Using Team-Based Learning Strategies John Lyden, Grand View University Teaching Islam and Current Events through Experiential Learning Nathaniel Samuel, St. Thomas University Teaching Introduction to Religious Studies through a Partial Community Engagement Model. Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Fordham University “History Repeats: The Critical Theorist’s/Theologian’s Study of Religious History in Real Time” Calvin Mercer, East Carolina University Somatic Learning: An Exercise in “Reading” Religious Texts List of Wabash Center Activities at AAR-SBL 2017

The Wabash Center's international peer reviewed journal becomes available online on October 5, 2017. The journal is published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell. Online and print subscriptions available. The January issue is available for free download throughout the calendar year. Read more about the journal (including links to free content). Publication of "Teaching Theology and Religion" Issue 20:2