Events

2013-14 Teaching and Learning Workshop for Pre-Tenure Theological School Faculty 
Dates July 15-20, 2013 - First Summer Session at Wabash College January 23-26, 2014 - Winter Session at Mustang Island June 23-28, 2014 - Second Summer Session at Wabash College 
Leadership Team Amy Oden, Wesley Theological Seminary, Director Rolf Jacobson, Luther Seminary Stephen Ray, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Ruth Anne Reese, Asbury Theological Seminary Paul O. Myhre, Wabash Center 
 Front Row (left to right): *Ruth Anne Reese (Asbury Theological Seminary), *Amy Oden (Saint Paul School of Theology, Oklahoma City), *Rolf Jacobson (Luther Seminary), *Stephen Ray (Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary). Second Row: *Paul Myhre (Wabash Center), Chanequa Walker-Barnes (Mercer University), Elias Ortega-Aponte (Drew Theological School), Melissa Browning (Loyola University, Chicago), Vanessa Lovelace (Interdenominational Theological Center), Ella Johnson (St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry), Derek Hicks (Wake Forest University Divinity School). Third Row: Amanda Benckhuysen (University of Dubuque Theological Seminary), Meredith Riedel (Duke Divinity School), Randy Woodley (George Fox Evangelical Seminary), Kyle Small (Western Theological Seminary), Ed Waggoner (Brite Divinity School at TCU), Heather Vacek (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary), Reggie Williams (McCormick Theological Seminary), David King (Memphis Theological Seminary). *leadership/staff position

2012 Conference for Doctoral Programs Preparing Graduate Students as Teachers 
Dates September 30-October 2, 2012 - University Place Conference Center and Hotel at IUPUI 
Leadership Team Eugene Gallagher, Connecticut College Willie Jennings, Duke Divinity School Patricia Killen, Gonzaga University Joretta Marshall, Brite Divinity School at TCU Barbara Wheeler, Auburn Theological Seminary 
 Handouts, Presentations, and Materials Agenda (pdf) Outline of Dena Pence's presentation, "Observations from Consultations with Graduate Programs," and "Elements of Good Programs" (pdf) Outline of Dena Pence's presentation on "the spine" of the doctoral program (pdf) Barbara Wheeler's presentation: "But Not the Ph.D" (pdf) Gene Gallagher's handout: "Future Teaching Contexts" (pdf) Gene Gallagher's list of resources on teaching in higher education (pdf) Patricia Killen's slides on "Disciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary work in Graduate School" (pdf) Outline of Joretta Marshall's presentation: "What is Good to Teach about Teaching" (pdf) Slides from Joretta Marshall's presentation Joretta Marshall's handout on the teaching portfolio (pdf) Slide from Willie Jenning's presentation on "Developing on Ecology of Reflective Teaching" (pdf) Participants: Ellen Aitken, McGill Faculty of Religious Studies Andrew Bartelt, Concordia Seminary (MO) William Bellinger, Baylor University Carson Brisson, Baylor University Virginia Burrus, Drew University James Byrd, Vanderbilt University/The Divinity School Diana Cates, University of Iowa Peter Cha, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Stephen Chapman, Duke University Paul DeHart, Vanderbilt University/The Divinity School Susan Eastman, Duke Divinity School Pamela Eisenbaum, Iliff School of Theology Nili Fox, Hebrew Union College - J I R Frances Garrett, University of Toronto David Grafton, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Jennifer Harris, University of Toronto David Hogue, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Arthur Holder, Graduate Theological Union James Kay, Princeton Theological Seminary Patricia Kirkpatrick, McGill Faculty of Religious Studies Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, Claremont School of Theology Mark Leeds, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Paul Lokken, Luther Seminary Maureen Maloney, Graduate Theological Union Bruce Marshall, Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University Eugen Matei, Fuller Theological Seminary Terry Muck, The Louisville Institute Joseph Mueller, Marquette University Carol Newsom, Candler School of Theology - Emory University James Nogalski, Baylor University Vivian-Lee Nyitray, University of California - Riverside Shawn Oliver, Princeton Theological Seminary Lalsangkima Pachuau, Asbury Theological Seminary Charles Ray, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Lallene Rector, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Don Richter, The Louisville Institute Susan Ross, Loyola University Chicago Timothy Sandoval, Chicago Theological Seminary Bruce Schuchard, Concordia Seminary (MO) Jayakiran Sebastian, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia Aaron Stalnaker, Indiana University Bryan Stone, Boston University School of Theology Randall Styers, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Richard Taylor, Dallas Theological Seminary Tite Tienou, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School Todd Walatka, University of Notre Dame Laceye Warner, Duke Divinity School Joseph Wawrykow, University of Notre Dame Jeffrey Williams, Brite Divinity School at TCU John Wimmer, Lilly Endowment Inc. Susan Wood, Marquette University Wabash Center Staff: Paul Myhre, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Nadine Pence, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

2014 Online Workshop for Theological Faculty Teaching Online 
Dates June 3-5, 2014 - First Session at Wabash College Online course: June - July 2014 July 30 - August 1, 2014 -Final Session at Wabash College 
Leadership Team Richard Nysse, Luther Seminary Steve Delamarter, George Fox Evangelical Seminary Bridget Powell, University of Wisconsin-Madison Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center 
 Description This workshop is designed in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for theological faculty to gain online teaching experience. It will be conducted in a “hybrid” design, with two face-to-face sessions bookending a nine-week online component. The workshop will expose participants to technologies that may be used in online or blended learning, and attend to questions relevant for the design and implementation of curricular programs with significant distance elements. This workshop will present major elements involved in using the Internet for instruction. The online component provides hands-on experience and will use a “principles-to-practice” approach that presents guidelines and strategies for applying principles of online learning to the participant’s courses. It attends to the issue of how teaching and learning changes when the class format includes geographic separation between and among learners and instructors, mediated by technologies and pedagogical theory. The primary focus is on developing and implementing a successful, free-standing fully online or hybrid course. The primary focus is on the pedagogical and sociological dynamics that make for a successful, free-standing fully online or hybrid course, as opposed to issues of web design where participants would create videos, websites, wikis, etc. No prior experience is necessary, yet course material will be valuable to those at advanced levels as well. It is a concentrated, resource-rich learning experience where participants will have the chance to review additional resources related to the topics, and address issues relevant to their teaching context. Goals To experience a hybrid course under the guidance of three experienced teachers To learn online teaching strategies that promote interaction and engagement To learn how community building, ministry, and spiritual formation take place within this format To come to an understanding of the major differences and similarities between online and face-to-face teaching and appreciate the unique opportunities and challenges of the online environment To apply what is learned about online pedagogy to individual online courses Stipend The Wabash Center will cover all local expenses and travel to Crawfordsville for the two face-to-face sessions. Participants will receive a stipend of $1,500 upon completion of the online and face-to-face sessions. We are prevented from paying stipends to participants who are teaching in the U.S. under an H-1B visa. Front Row (left to right): Merrill Hawkins (Carson - Newman College), Javier Alanis (Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest), Stanley Saunders (Columbia Theological Seminary), Jon Pahl (Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia). Second Row: *Bridgett Powell (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Susan McArver (Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary), Mary Young (Virginia Union University), Beverly Wallace (Interdenominational Theological Center), Elaine Robinson (Saint Paul School of Theology), Lincoln Galloway (Claremont School of Theology). Third Row: Michael Newheart (Howard University School of Divinity), Sheri Prud'homme (Starr King School for the Ministry), Gilson Waldkoenig (Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg), Debbie Roberts (Bethany Theological Seminary), Carmen Págan Cabrera (Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico), *Richard Nysse (Luther Seminary), *Steve Delamarter (George Fox Evangelical Seminary), *Thomas Pearson (Wabash Center). Not pictured Liza Rankow (Starr King School for the Ministry). *leadership/staff

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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