Dr. Wayne Paris — "Xenotransplant Psychosocial Research"
Dr. Jeff Childers — "Divining Gospel: Embedded Oracles in the Gospel of John"
Dr. Curt Niccum — "The Ethiopic Version of Revelation and its Attestation of a Greek Text Circulating in the Horn of Africa in the Late Fourth Century"
Dr. Greg Powell — "X-ray Crystal Structures of New Metal-Organic Framework Solids Containing Osmium Atoms"

A stack of papers to grade sometimes translates in a faculty member's mind to long hours of close editing or margin marking. Join Cole Bennett in this session to discuss strategies of grading essays that both reduce heavy workloads for the grader and expand learning moments for writers.

Please join me and a panel of faculty for a discussion on preparing a successful application for the Cullen, Math-Science, and Undergraduate Research. The panel will be comprised of faculty from a variety of disciplines, all who have been repeatedly successful at obtaining institutional support for their research and scholarly activities. We will talk about what makes a successful application, what are the hurdles, and what the process is like. The panel will also be available to answer your question.

A-J will focus on Christian social location and perspectives in light of studies of white privilege and fragility and then engage the faculty in discussion.

Amy-Jill Levine is University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt Divinity School and College of Arts and Science; she is also Affiliated Professor, Woolf Institute, Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge UK. Her books include The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; The New Testament, Methods and Meanings (with Warren Carter), and Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. With Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, she co-authored three children’s books on Jesus’ parables. With Marc Z. Brettler, she co-edited the Jewish Annotated New Testament. Her most recent book is a commentary on The Gospel of Luke, co-authored with Ben Witherington. Holding the B.A. from Smith College, M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, and five honorary doctorates, she is the first Jew to teach a New Testament course at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.

What makes a piece of music worthy of study? What does it mean to be musically educated? What are the similar questions in your discipline? Dr. Houghtalen will share his research and findings in the field of diversity and inclusivity in music education, discuss his work with the Institute for Composer Diversity and On the List Projects, and explore the questions above, which can be applied to any discipline.