Emory Report

 October 13, 1997

 Volume 50, No. 8

New theology professors

have variety of interests

With this issue, Emory Report kicks off an occasional series on new
tenure-track faculty where you'll get a professional and personal perspective
on new colleagues. This week's issue features the Candler School.

Walter Wilson, assistant professor of New Testament

Previous teaching experience?

1992 ­ 1997, Yale Divinity School

1989 ­ 1992, University of Chicago

 

Education?

BA ­ Johns Hopkins University

Master's/PhD ­ University of Chicago

 

Preferred teaching style?

Practical

 

What courses will you be teaching?

New Testament

 

Birthplace?

Baltimore, 1962

 

Current family?

Wife Beth

 

Intellectual interests?

New Testament and Hellenistic Judaism

 

Personal interests?

Enjoys spending time with his wife

 

Neighborhood?

Decatur on North Decatur

 

Favorite local restaurant?

Nakato's

 

Last book read for fun?

Rupert Sheldrake's The Rebirth of Nature

 

Favorite cultural icon?

Sarah Vaughan

 

Favorite historical figure?

The Apostle Paul-"he gave me something to do"


Elizabeth Bounds, associate professor of Christian ethics

Previous teaching experience?

Six years at Virginia Tech

 

Education?

BA ­ Harvard University

Master's in English ­ Cambridge University

Master's in divinity ­ Union Theological Seminary

 

Significant awards?

Diggs Teaching Scholar

Outstanding Service Learning Educator

 

Preferred teaching style?

Participitory, interactive and demanding integration of context and ideas; attentive to multifaceted social structure; concerned with educating the whole person

 

What courses will you be teaching?

Ecological Ethics, Feminist Ethics, Theology and Ethics of Reconciliation, and Christian Ethics

 

Birthplace?

New York City, 1956

 

Current family?

A husband

 

Intellectual interests?

Public religious discourse, feminism, racism and ecology

 

Personal interests?

Politics, spirituality and surfin' the web

 

Neighborhood?

North Decatur

 

Favorite local restaurants?

Caribou Coffee and Starbucks

 

Favorite artist?

Georgia O'Keefe-but not the flower pictures.

 

Favorite cultural icon?

Star Trek

 

Favorite historical figure?

"I'm more interested in people for whom we have no record."


Jonathan Strom, assistant professor of church history

Previous teaching experience?

Part-time at the University of Rostock in former East Germany and at the University of Chicago.

 

Education?

BA ­ St. Olaf's College in Minnesota

Master's ­ Harvard University

PhD ­ University of Chicago

 

Significant awards?

DAAD ­ German Academic Exchange Fellowship

Fulbright Scholar

 

Preferred teaching style?

Lecture; tries to elicit a response from students after reading the text

 

What courses will you be teaching?

History of Christianity of the Early Modern Era (Reformation and Renaissance)

 

Birthplace

Bozeman, Mont., 1961

 

Current family?

A wife and an 18-month-old daughter, Solveig.

 

Intellectual interests?

Pietism, history of the clergy and reform movements

 

Personal interests?

Sailing, photography and books

 

Neighborhood?

Forest Hills in Decatur

 

Favorite local restaurant?

"With an 18-month-old, I don't get out much to eat."

 

Last book read for fun?

Pride and Prejudice

 

Favorite artist?

Gauguin

 

Favorite cultural icon?

Elvis

 

Favorite historical figure?

"I'm a historian so I don't really have a favorite, but I am fascinated by Martin Luther because of the contradictions of his character."


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