Emory Report | October 13, 1997 |
Volume 50, No. 8 |
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."