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Curriculum Vita for Brian M. Howell
Present Position: Professor of Anthropology, Wheaton College (IL)Work Address: Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology
Wheaton CollegeWheaton, IL 60187
Phone: 630.752.5182 (office) 630.752.5294 (fax)Email: [email protected] Education
Ph.D. 2002 Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO Sociocultural AnthropologyDissertation: At Home in the World: Philippine Baptists and the Creation of Context (Advisor: John R. Bowen)
M.A. 1997 Washington University, St. Louis, MO Sociocultural Anthropology
M.A. 1995 Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA Cross-Cultural Studies, Concentration: Anthropology
B.A. 1991 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Major: College of Social Studies, [Govt/Hist/Econ/Social Theory]Awarded High Honors
Professional History
2001 – Present Professor of Anthropology, Wheaton College, IL (Promoted to Associate, 2005; Full Professor, 2013)
2010 Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL
2001 Adjunct Faculty, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
2000 Adjunct Faculty, Missouri Baptist College, St. Louis, MO
1999 Visiting Faculty, Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary, Baguio City, Philippines
1999 – 2000 Visiting Faculty, Philippine Baptist Theological SeminaryBaguio City, Philippines
1996, 2000 Instructor, University College, Washington University, St. Louis
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1994 English-language Youth Leader, Van Nuys Korean United Methodist Church
1991-1993 Teach for America (Corps, ’91), 5th Grade Teacher, Pasadena Unified School District
Publications
Books and Journal Issues
Priest, Robert J. and Brian M. Howell (guest co-editors).2013 Missiology: An International Review (Special Issue: Anthropology and Sociology
of Short-Term Missions). 41(2), April
Howell, Brian M.2012 Short Term Mission: An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and
Experience. IVP Academic (Noted Mission Title: Outreach Magazine 2013)
Howell, Brian M. and Paris, Jenell Williams2011 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology: A Christian Perspective. Baker Academic.
Howell, Brian M. and Zehner, Edwin (eds.)2009 Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Case Studies. William Carey
Library Press.
Howell, Brian M.2008 Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines. Palgrave
Macmillan.
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
Howell, Brian M.
2015 Anthropology and the Making of Billy Graham: Evangelicalism and Anthropology in the 20th Century United States. American Anthropologist, 117: 1, 59-70
Howell, Brian M. and Robert J. Priest2013 Introduction. Missiology: An International Review [Special issue: Anthropology
and Sociology of Short Term Mission. Guest Editors: R. Priest & B. Howell] 41(2): 124-129. April
Howell, Brian M.
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2011 Multiculturalism, Immigration and the North American Church: Rethinking Contextualization. Missiology: An International Review 39(1), January: 79-85
2009 Moving Mountains: Protestant Christianity and the Spiritual Landscape of Northern Luzon, (special issue on Sacred Landscapes in Insular Southeast Asia edited by Catherine Allerton), Anthropological Forum, 19(3): 253-269
2009 Missions to Nowhere: Putting Short-Term Missions into Context, International Bulletin of Missionary Research 33 (4), October: 206 - 211
2009 Introduction, in Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Case Studies, edited by Howell, Brian M. and Zehner, Edwin. pp. 1-32 William Carey Library Press: Pasadena, CA
2009 Local Language and Global Faith: Choosing Church Language in the Philippines, in Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Case Studies, Howell and Zehner, eds., pp. 89-121, William Carey Library Press: Pasadena, CA.
Ratcliff, Don and Howell, Brian M.2008 Sociology and Anthropology as Promising Areas of Insight and Research for
Christian Education. Christian Education Journal, 5 (1):101-115
Howell, Brian M. and dela Fuente, Anthony2008 Redemption and Progress: Analogies of Protestantism and Popular Culture in the
Philippines, in Interpreting Contemporary Christianity: Global Processes and Local Identities. Ogbu Kalu and Alain Low, eds., pp. 66-84. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI
Howell, Brian M.2007 The Repugnant Cultural Other Speaks Back: Christianity as Ethnographic
Standpoint, Anthropological Theory, 7 (4) : 371-391
Howell, Brian M. and Dorr, Rachel 2007 Evangelical Pilgrimage: The Discourse of Short-Term Missions, Journal of
Communication and Religion, 30, November: 236-265
Howell, Brian M.2007 Believing Bureaucracy: Discourse and identity in a Philippine Baptist church, in
(Re)making Society: The Politics of Language, Discourse and Identity in the Philippines. T. Ruanni F. Tupas, ed., pp. 85-110. University of the Philippines Press: Quezon City, RP
2006 Power and Reconciliation in an Urban Church: The Case of New City Fellowship, in This Side of Heaven: Race, Ethnicity and Christian Faith, Robert Priest and Alvaro Nieves, eds., pp. 293-309. Oxford University Press: London.
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Howell, Brian M. and dela Fuente, Anthony2006 They Call Me Joy: Philippine Protestantism and Popular Culture,
The Journal of Theology and Film, 10 (2): ejournal
Howell, Brian M.2006 Globalization, Ethnicity and Cultural Authenticity: Implications for Theological
Education, Christian Scholars Review. 35 (3): 303-321
2006 Globalisation as a Local Process: Philippine Baptist Identity at the End of the Twentieth Century, in Baptist Identities: International Studies from the Seventeenth to tahe Twentieth Centuries , Studies in Baptist History. Ian Randall, Toilo Pilli and Anthony R. Cross, eds., pp. 257 – 274. Paternoster Press: London.
2003 Practical Belief and the Localization of Christianity: Pentecostal and Denominational Christianity in Global/Local Perspective, Religion, 33 (1) : 233-249
1998 Plowing the Field: The Religious Field in a Presbyterian Church, Human Mosaic, 31 (2) : 21-44
Review Essays and Comments
2014 Comment on Meneses, Eloise et al., “Engaging the Religiously Committed Other,” Current Anthropology, 55 (1): 103
2007 Comment on Continuity Thinking and the Problem of Christian Culture, Current Anthropology, 48 (1) : 22-23
2006 Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society by Joel Robbins, Books and Culture, 12 (1): 23, 2006
2005 The Anthropology of Christianity: Beyond Missions and Conversion – A Review Essay, Christian Scholars Review, 34 (3): 353-362
Selected Book Reviews and Popular Writing
2014 “How do We Get our Students to Become Cops?” The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 21. URL: http://chronicle.com/article/How-Do-We-Get-Our-Students-to/148447/#disqus_thread
2014 Is Critique Secular? by Asad, Talal et al, Anthrocybib.com
2014 Militant Christianity: An Anthropological History, by A. Kehoe. Journal of Anthropological Research, 70(1): 169-170
2013 Chanting Down the New Jerusalem, by F. Guadeloupe, Anthrocybib.com
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2012 Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics edited by Scharen, C. & A.M. Vigan, Christian Scholar’s Review, 41(3): 334-336
2010 How Real is Race: A Sourcebook on Race, Culture, & Biology by Mukhopadhyay, C.C., et al., International Journal of Multicultural Education, 12 (1): 1-3
2010 Faith Makes us Live: Surviving and Thriving in the Haitian Diaspora by Margarita Mooney, Books and Culture, 16 (2) : 5
2010 Roots of the Short-Term Missionary: 1960-1985 RoundTripMissions.com, http://www.roundtripmissions.com/content/roots-short-term-missionary-1960-1985
2009 Filipino American Faith in Action: Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement by J. Joaquin Gonzalez, Journal of Church and State 51(3):547-549
2009 In Honor of Fadime: Murder and Shame by Unni Wikan, Books and Culture, 15 (6) : 30-33
2009 Abandoning the Script: Short-Term Missions and Difference. Gospel and Culture Project, http://www.gospelandculture.org/2009/02/abandoning-script-short-term-missions-difference
2008 The Cultures of Life and Death in the Obama Age. Gospel and Culture Project, http://www.gospelandculture.org/2008/12/life-death-cultures-obama-era/
2008 The Global Evangelical. The Immanent Frame, weblog of the Social Science Research Council, http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2008/07/28/the-global-evangelical/,
2008 Beyond Damsels and White Steeds. E-Quality, Online Journal of Christians for Biblical Equality, http://www.cbeinternational.org/new/E-Journal/2008/08summer/08summerindex.html
2006 The Anthropology of Religious Conversion by Andrew Buckner and Stephen Glazier, eds., Journal of Church and State, 48(3): 685-686
2005 The Good, The Bad and the Wicked: Lessons from Oz. CACE eJournal, Wheaton, IL: Center for Applied Christian Ethics
2004 Liberation Theology in the Philippines by Kathleen Nadeau, Journal of Church and State, 46 (1) :112-113, 2004
2000 Clash of Spirits: The History of Power and Sugar Plantation Hegemony on a Visayan Island by Filomeno Aguilar, American Anthropology, 102(3):865
Projects in Progress
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The Anthropology of World Christianity: An IntroductionAn introduction to the anthropological study of world Christianity. (Under contract, New York University Press, to be submitted Summer 2015)
Invited Presentations
2015 “I Wish I’d Gotten a Ph.D. in Anthropology:” Billy Graham, Race and AnthropologyLee University, Chattanooga, TN, March 23
2015 Billy Graham and Anthropology: How Billy Graham’s Major Matters in Ministry Today, Doctoral Seminar Colloquium Speaker, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC, January 8
2014 Missions and Justice Week, Department of Christian Life featured Speaker, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, October 29
2014 Whence and Whither the Anthropology of Christianity, CURA: Institute for Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University, October 16
2014 Short Term Mission in the Church Today, Broom Mission Colloquium Featured Speaker, Abilene Christian University, March 7-8
2013 Keynote Speaker, Midwest Classis of Christian Reformed Church, Trinity Christian University, Palos Heights, IL, October 18
2006 The Place of Faith: Philippine Baptists and the Creation of Context, Interdisciplinary Christianities Workshop, University of Chicago Department of Anthropology, May 30
2008 Helping Others or Helping Ourselves? Practice and Theology in Short Term Missions, Searching the Sacred Lecture Series, Hope College, Nov. 12
Conference Presentations2015 Anthropology and Theology Panel, Society for the Anthropology of Religion Biannual
Conference, San Diego, CA, April 16-19
2015 Christianity as Macrocosm: Philippine Baptists and the Potentia of Difference, Christianity, Anthropology and the Problem of Difference, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, February 27
2014 Theology and Anthropology Roundtable Discussant, American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, December 5
2013 The Importance of Anthropology for Missiology: The case of Short Term Missions, American Missiological Society, St. Paul, MN, June 19-21
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2013 Anthropology and the Making of Billy Graham, Society for the Anthropology of Religion, Pasadena, CA, April 9-12
2013† Invited discussant for Theology and Ethnography, Studying Christian Communities, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, March 26-27
2012 19 & Counting: The Repugnant Cultural Other in Postmodern America, American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 17-21
2011† Reconsidering the Subject of Christianity, Society for the Anthropology of Religion, invited panel discussant, Santa Fe, NM, April 29
2010† Belief, Participation, Circulation: Challenges in participant-Observer fieldwork with Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Charismatic Christianities, American Anthropological Association, invited roundtable discussant, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 18
2010# Short Term Missions: Religious Circulations in Two Weeks or Less, double panel co-organized with Robert Priest, American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 17
2010 Short Term Missions and the Construction of Poverty, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 17
2010 Ethnography as Prophetic Action: Cultural Anthropology in and for the Church [panelist], Nurturing the Prophetic Imagination Conference, March 23-25
2010† Short Term Missions and the Primitivist Discourse, Christianities Studies Workshop, University of California – San Diego, March 23
2008 Moving Mountains: Evangelical Christianity and Sacred Geography in the Philippines, Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: April 3-6
2007† Mission to Nowhere: Erasing Context in Short-Term Missions, Evangelical Missiological Society national conference, Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 27-29
2007 Culture in the Protestant Postcolony: Evangelism and “Culture” in the Protestant Philippines, Society for the Anthropology of Religion Biannual Meetings¸ Phoenix, AZ, Apr. 13-16
2007† Mission to Nowhere: Erasing Context in Short-Term Missions, Evangelical Missiological Society regional conference, Deerfield, IL, Feb. 3
2006# Where Would Jesus Go? (On a Short-Term Mission): Critical Intersections in Contemporary Christianity, double-panel co-organized with Robert Priest, American Anthropology Association Annual Meetings, San Jose, CA, Nov.
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2006 In Word and Deed: The Discourse of Short-Term Missions, American Anthropology Association Annual Meetings, San Jose, CA, Nov. 16
2006† Panelist and Respondent, Evangelical Missiological Regional Meetings, Trinity International University, Apr. 8
2006† Alternative Modernity and Baptist Identity: The Culture Concept in the Protestant Philippines, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, Friday Brownbag Lecture Series, Mar. 31
2005 Witnesses to Modernity: Philippine Baptists and the Politics of Identity, Pruit Memorial Symposium, Theme: Global Christianity, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Nov. 12
2005 The Discourse of Short-Term Missions: Religious Pilgrimage in the Evangelical Experience , co-authored with Rachel Dorr, ‘05, Midwest Regional meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL, Apr. 9
2005† Conference Summary Speaker, Midwest Regional meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL, Apr. 9
2004† Plenary discussant, annual meeting of Association of Professors of Missiology, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL, Oct. 30
2004 Language, Power and Identity: Language Choice in a Chinese-Filipino Church Midwest Regional meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society, Trinity International University, Deerfield, IL, Mar.27
2003 The ‘Repugnant Cultural Other’ Speaks Back: Shared Religious Language and the Politics of Representation, American Anthropological Association annual meetings, Chicago, IL, Nov. 22
2003# Representing Religion: Discourses of Transnational Religious Faith and Practice in Africa, Asia and the Americas, co-organizer and chair, American Anthropological Association, Chicago, IL Nov. 20
2003† Globalization as a Local Process: Philippine Baptist Identity at the End of the Twentieth Century, International Conference on Baptist Studies, Prague, CZ, July 18
2003 Believing Bureaucracy: Institutionalizing Identity in a Philippine Baptist Church, Society for the Anthropology of Religion annual meetings, Providence, R.I., Apr. 25
2001 Redemption and Progress: Analogies of Protestantism and Popular Culture in the
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Philippines, co-authored with Anthony dela Fuente. Pew Conference on World Christianity, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, July 5
2000† Globalization and Ethnic Identity: Implications for Theological Education in Asia, Keynote paper presented at regional meeting of Philippine Association of Bible and Theological Schools, PABATS, Manila, Philippines, Mar.19
1997# The Futures of the Anthropology of Protestantism, co-organizer and chair, co-organized with Dr. James Peacock, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., Nov. 19
1997 The Anthropology of Protestantism: Beyond Conversion, American Anthropological Association, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12
1996 Unity and Discord: A Cultural History of a Presbyterian Church Society for Scientific Study of Religion, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2
1996 Signs of Unity: Metonyms of Reconciliation in a Presbyterian Church, American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 18
Organized Conferences & Speakers
2013 Network of Christian Anthropologists Mini-Conference, Wheaton College, November 24
2009 Network of Christian Anthropologists Symposium. Eastern University, St. Davids, PA, Dec. 6
2007 Ivan Fahs Memorial Symposium featuring Melba Maggay (ISACC and University of the Philippines), Wheaton College, Sept. 15-16
2007 Anthropologist Diane King, Honor Killings and Nation Building in Iraqi Kurdistan [co-sponsored by CACE and Gender Studies], Wheaton College.January 11
2006 Ivan Fahs Memorial Symposium w/anthropologist Melba Maggay, Sept. 15-16
2006 Wheaton College Sociology & Anthropology Departmental colloquia series
2005 Missions and Development Panel featuring anthropologist Melba Maggay, sociologist Mark Ritchie, development worker Afela Umbanda, theologian Rob Gallagher, Wheaton College. Oct. 26
2004 Ivan Fahs Memorial Symposium featuring Marla Frederick [Harvard University], Wheaton College. Oct. 4-6
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2004 Jenell Williams Paris [Bethel University]; Affirmational White Identity, Wheaton College. Apr. 16
2004 Diane King; Iraqi Kurd research and Anthropology of Islam, Wheaton College. April 6-8
2003 Christian Anthropology Conference. Wheaton College. Nov. 23
Selected Community Service & Public Lectures
2013 Plenary speaker, chapel speaker and guest lecturer on the topic of Short Term missions, Tri-County Gathering of Christian Reformed leadership, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL, September 13
2010 Plenary speaker on the topic of “Multiculturalism, Immigration, and the North American Church: Rethinking Contextualization,” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Missiology, Chicago, IL, June 17-19
2009 Plenary Speaker, Workshop Leader and Panelist, Christians for Biblical Equality National Conference, St. Louis, MO, July 24-26
2007 Cross-Cultural Sensitivity, Engineers Without Borders, Professional Chapter,University of Illinois – Chicago, June 27
2007 Christians and Careers, Christian Lunch Club Speaker, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn IL, March 7
2004 Community as Witness, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT, Oct. 20
Student Presentations and Co-publishing
2010 Advisor for Ian Yue, Amy Betts, & Eileen Sleesman (all Anthropology, 2011). Conflicts over Tourism Spaces: The Cases of Shipshawana and Winona Lake. Paper accepted for presentation at the Student Ethnography Conference, DePaul University, March 6
2009 Advisor for Katerina Friesen (Anthropology/HNGR, 2009). Prayer and Fasting: Ritual Transformation and Modification among the Kalungoya-Kalahan of Imugan. Paper presented at the Central States Anthropological Society annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. April 22 (recipient of SG research grant)
2008 Advisor for Valerie Kepner (Christian Ministry & Formation, ’08) The Semiotics of Clothing among the Amish and their Tourists. Presented at the Amish Studies Conference at Elizabethtown University, Elizabethtown, PA June 4-5 (recipient of SG research grant)
2007 Co-published paper with Rachel Dorr (05). See peer-reviewed publications above
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Selected Institutional Service
Administrative Faculty Secretary (2012- present) Gender Studies Certificate Coordinator (06-12) Faculty Development Committee Chair (05-06) Institutional Research and Assessment Committee Chair (2011-2012) Faculty Council (2005-06, 2011- present)
Other Committee Work Chair, Human Needs/Global Resources Advisory Committee (2013-2015) General Education Exploratory Committee (10-11) Institutional Research and Assessment Committee (09 – 12) Global and Experiential Learning Program Committee member (06-07) Educational Policies sub-committee to develop the Diversity Requirement in General
Education (05-06) Human Needs/Global Resources Advisory Committee (01-present) Ad Hoc Committee to Review Student Organization Funding (06) Faculty Council (05-06) Faculty Development Committee (03-06) Racial Harassment Policy Review Committee (05-06) Urban Studies Advisory Committee (01-04)
Other Campus Service Faculty Advisor for Unity Coalition/Solidarity Cabinet (multicultural student org.) (04-
present) Faculty Advisor for Orphan Helpers (06-09) Bennett Scholarship Committee (07-09) Coordinator for Rhodes Scholars Program (06-present) Campus Representative for Christian Scholars’ Review (05-present) Faculty co-leader for Katrina Relief Trip, November (2005) Alumni Club visit, Detroit; March (2004) HNGR faculty visitor [16 visits]
Professional Associations and Leadership
Associate Editor for Social Sciences, Christian Scholar’s Review (2012-Present)American Anthropological Association, Professional MemberNetwork of Christian Anthropologists (Chair, 2008 – present)Society for the Anthropology of Religion
Other Professional Activities
Board Member, Society for the Anthropology of Religion, elected to 3 year term (2014 – 2017)
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Associate Editor for Social Sciences, Christian Scholar’s Review (2012-2015)
Juror for Charles Miller award for outstanding article in Christian Scholar’s Review (Volume XIV)
Contributing Editor. RoundTripMissions.com [web site of Christianity Today, International]
Anonymous reviewer for Indiana University Press, Current Anthropology, University of California Press, Journal of Urban Anthropology, Christian Scholar’s Review (2), Anthropological Theory, Duke University Press, City & Society, New York University Press, Ethos (reviewer of Special Issue)
Media interviews with CBN story (February 2007), Christianity Today magazine (October 2012, October 2009) and America Abroad, an NPR syndicated radio broadcast (April 2010), all on the topic of Short-Term Missions
Reviewer for Letters of Inquiry for Generosity Grant, Notre Dame (Christian Smith, Admin.) 2009
Selected Wheaton College Campus Presentations
2014Speaker for Rice Bowl, Student Asian Culture Interest Group, Apr. 24Panelist on Contextualization in Native American Contexts, Sept. 24
2013Panelist on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Wheaton One Book, Feb. 25Solidarity speaker, March 15Shalom House speaker, March 25
2012Chapel Speaker, Honeyrock Chapel, Sept 12Dorm Talk on Racism at Wheaton, Smith-Traber, Feb. 10Panel on Interracial Dating, Solidarity, Feb. 22
2011Respondent for Talk Back, Arena Theater, Apr. 13 Panelist for “Interracial Dating & Marriage”, Apr. 5Panelist for “Sexual Christians”, Apr. 4Panelist for Masculinities at Wheaton, Mar 13“Race Maze” debriefing, Feb 8Drummer for “The Funkagelicals.” Faculty Battle of the Bands. Jan. 28
2010“Christians in Politics” panelist, Oct 20“Virtue and the Disciplines” CACE Panelist, Mar 17Sophomore Class Chapel Speaker, Feb 3“Race Maze” debriefing, Solidarity Week, Jan 25
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“American Culture and Short-Term Missions,” Student Ministry Partners presentation, Jan 13
2009“White Privilege,” anti-racism workshop, Jan. 26
“Identify Your Perspective,” urban summer missions training, Jan. 212008
“The Essential-Blue Eyed,” anti-racism seminar, Sept. 28“Culture and Gender,” Feminist Theology guest speaker, Feb. 13
2007 “Anthropology and Missions,” integrative forum speaker, Intercultural Studies Program, Sept. 26 “Life Together in the Church,” Chapel Speaker for Faculty Chapel Series, Mar. 2“From Privilege to Action,” anti-racism seminar, Feb. 2“Out-of-the-Box Teaching,” Faculty Workshop (w/Lynn Cooper), Jan. 30
2006Teach for America Information Panel, Oct. 19 “Culture Shock,” Student Missionary Project training, Feb. 3 “Cultural Sensitivity,” urban summer mission training, Jan. 15
2005 “Why is Diversity Such a Big Deal?” Unity Coalition, Oct. 4 “Born into Brothels” film discussion. Dalit Freedom Week, Sept. 25 “Diversity and Worship,” World Christian Fellowship, April 17 “Immigrant Ministry,” World Christian Fellowship, Jan. 10
2004 “White Man’s Burden” film discussion, sponsored by Urban Ministries, Sept. 17
“Do the Right Thing” film discussion, Wheaton Civil Rights Conference, Apr. 2“Cultural Sensitivity,” summer ministry training, March 27
2003“God and Gender,” w/Gary Burge, Students for Biblical Equality, Nov. 10“John Q.” film discussion. Urban Ministries, Oct. 15“U.S. Culture,” Student Government Diversity Committee, Oct. 1Chapel Speaker for Unity Coalition and Student Government Committee on
Diversity, Feb 242002
Panel Member on Graduate School, Pew Younger Scholars Society, Nov.12 “White Identity,” Student Development Staff Training, Feb. 20
Courses Taught
Wheaton CollegeIntroduction to AnthropologyCulture in the Contemporary World Culture, Travel and TourismBiculturalismAnthropology of Global ChristianityAnthropology through Film
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Ethnographic Research Methodology Ethnography of the Urban CommunityCulture TheoryAdvanced Gender Studies SeminarPower and Gender in Southeast Asia
Trinity Evangelical Divinity SchoolAnthropology for Ministry
Philippine Baptist Theological SeminaryTheology and CultureGraduate Anthropology Seminar
Washington University in Saint Louis (University College)Introduction to AnthropologyGlobalization
Webster University and Missouri Baptist CollegeIntroduction to Anthropology
Grants & Awards
Senior Scholarship Achievement Award, Wheaton College, 2012 - 2013
Wheaton College Senior Faculty Achievement Award Nomination, 2009, 2010, 2011
Bosscher-Hammond Prize for Faith and Vocation Integration [sponsored by Intervarsity]Semi-finalist, 2008
Wheaton College Junior Faculty Achievement Award Nomination, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Wheaton College Faculty Development GrantsAnnually since 2003
Aldeen Grant, Wheaton College, 2001, 2005, 2006
Faculty Missionary Project Award (Tim Philips Memorial Fund), 2005
Alumni Grant, Wheaton College, 2003, 2004
Junior Faculty Development Award, 2001, 2002
National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Grant, 1999
Research Enablement Grant, Pew Foundation, 1998
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Foreign Language Area Scholarship, 1997, 1998
Washington University Graduate Study Fellowship, 1995Tuition and $12,000 stipend for the first year of graduate study
High Honors, Undergraduate Thesis, Wesleyan University. 1991Highest distinction given for an honors thesis
Fieldwork/Research Experience
Wheaton, IL, Congregation-based research October 2005 – 2007 (including 2 weeks with mission team in the Dominican Republic)
Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, 2005, 8 weeksBaguio, Benguet, Philippines 1998 – 2000, 18 monthsBaguio, Benguet, Philippines, 1997, 3 weeksMerida, Yucatan, Mexico, 1994, 10 weeksImugan, Sta. Fe, Philippines, 1990, 8 weeks
Languages
Spanish, intermediate speaking and readingTagalog, intermediate speaking and readingGerman, low-intermediate reading