Bethune-Cookman University is pleased to announce that Dr. Alice Wood has been selected from a competitive national pool of nominees to participate in a faculty seminar on the teaching of interfaith understanding. The seminar is offered by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.
Twenty-five faculty members will participate in the five-day Teaching Interfaith Understanding seminar that will take place June 16–20, 2019, at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. The seminar will be led by two leading scholars: Eboo Patel, founder and president of IFYC, a Chicago-based organization building the interfaith movement on college campuses; and Laurie Patton, president of Middlebury College and former dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences and the Robert F. Durden Professor of Religion at Duke University. The program aims to broaden faculty members’ knowledge and strengthen their teaching of interfaith understanding through the development of new courses and resources.
“Interfaith dialog, although challenging, is essential for students who will live and work in an increasingly-diverse nation. Democratic participation is strengthened by mutual understanding among the many faith traditions shaping America today,” said CIC President Richard Ekman. “The faculty members who will participate in this seminar are up to that challenge,” Ekman added. “Their qualifications and achievements are most impressive.”
Participants in the 2019 Seminar on Teaching Interfaith Understanding
John Cha, Associate Professor of Religion, Gustavus Adolphus College (MN)
Mohamed Daadaoui, Professor of History and Political Science, Oklahoma City University (OK)
DarrenDuerksen Associate Professor of Intercultural and Religious Studies, Fresno Pacific University (CA)
Matthew Eaton, Assistant Professor of Theology, King’s College (PA)
Alan English, Assistant Professor of Education, Bethany College (KS)
Ronda Gentry, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Tusculum University (TN)
BadiahHaffejee, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Elizabethtown College (PA)
Brent Hege, Instructor of Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, Butler University (IN)
Matthew Hoffman, Instructorof Religious Studies, Warren Wilson College (NC)
Carl Hughes, Assistant Professor of Theology, Philosophy, and Classical Languages Texas Lutheran University (TX)
Mona Ibrahim,Professor of Psychology, Concordia College(MN)
Matthew Maruggi, Associate Professor of Religion, Augsburg University (MN)
Jennifer Mealey, Associate Professorof Social Work, Keuka College (NY)
Karreem Mebane, Lecturer of Religious Studies, Albertus Magnus College (CT)
Guy Nave, Professor of Religion, Luther College (IA)
Sarah Pessin, Professor of Philosophy and Judaic Studies, University of Denver (CO)
Marc Pugliese, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Religion, Saint Leo University (FL)
RobertRiggs, Associate Professor of Religion and Politics, University of Bridgeport (CT)
Frank Spidale,Assistant Professor ofArt, Dominican University (IL)
Sana Tayyen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Redlands (CA)
Lisa Unterseher, Professor of Religious Studies, Alaska Pacific University
Kirk VanGilder, Associate ProfessorHistory, Philosophy, Religion, and Sociology, Gallaudet University (DC)
Emma Woelk, Assistant Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures,St. Edward’s University (TX)
Alice Wood, Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Bethune-Cookman University (FL)
Elaine Yuen, Associate Professor in the Department of Wisdom Traditions, Naropa University (CO)