Wabash Center

Wabash Center We support teachers of religion and theology in higher education. Website: https://wabashcenter.wabash.edu

The Wabash Center supports teachers of religion and theology in higher education through meetings and workshops, grants, consultants, a journal and other resources to make accessible the scholarship of teaching and learning. All Wabash Center programs are funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.

Jessica Lugo | Association for Hispanic Theological Education (AETH Somos Aeth) This grant seeks to address...
06/23/2026

Jessica Lugo | Association for Hispanic Theological Education (AETH Somos Aeth)

This grant seeks to address the urgent need to equip Hispanic emerging faculty with skills that bridge academic rigor and grassroots ministry. Despite Latinos representing nearly 30% of the U.S. population by 2050, only 8% of faculty nationwide are Hispanic, and fewer than 40% of theological educators report preparation in multicultural pedagogy. This initiative, hosted at the Justo and Catherine González Resource Center, will train two cohorts of 14 participants over three years, combining practitioner and scholarship faculty in mutual learning.

Participants will gain culturally responsive teaching methods, pedagogical tools, portfolio development, and replicable models for training at least five peers each, extending impact to 60 faculty members. By integrating cultural competency, theological depth, and effective pedagogy, the project strengthens Hispanic theological education and ensures sustainable transformation in classrooms, churches, and communities.

06/17/2026

Your voice is the scholarship. 🖊️

Donald Quist, Educational Design Manager at the Wabash Center, breaks down what it actually means to be a good editor — and it's not about fixing people. It's about listening for their intention, protecting their voice, and staying in collaboration every step of the way.

Four principles worth saving. Drop your biggest takeaway in the comments. ⬇️
Thinking Teaching is out now — link in bio.

There are parts of educational work that are exhausting, frustrating, and deeply demanding. And yet, there is also joy.I...
06/17/2026

There are parts of educational work that are exhausting, frustrating, and deeply demanding. And yet, there is also joy.

In Part 2: “Love,” Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi (Iliff School of Theology ) reflects on the relational heart of teacher-administrator work: knowing students beyond the classroom, embracing the messiness of formation, and finding fulfillment in the “hybrid, holy work” of education.

"Relationship is certainly messier and more frustrating; it results in more meetings and more emails than I care to count...But if I hold on to the capacity for dynamic knowing, if I dare to open myself up to what might unfold in the in-betweenness of our vocational conversations and at the edges of the paperwork needing to be completed, I might actually love being a teacher-administrator."

See the first comment for the link.

🔥 Iron sharpens iron—even in the classroom.Midway through the semester, a simple question from a colleague, "How is the ...
06/10/2026

🔥 Iron sharpens iron—even in the classroom.

Midway through the semester, a simple question from a colleague, "How is the semester going?" led Richelle B. White (Kuyper College) to push beyond a standard and reflexive "I'm fine."

"I am experiencing some sharpening."

Proverbs 27:17 says, "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." The friction is real, but so is the growth—for them AND for the educator.

If you are an educator, a mentor, or anyone who pours into others, we think this will resonate with you. 💛

👉 https://bit.ly/4dSc0i3

Kelly Campbell | Columbia Theological Seminary Leadership Development of Early to Mid Career Theological LibrariansThis...
06/09/2026

Kelly Campbell | Columbia Theological Seminary

Leadership Development of Early to Mid Career Theological Librarians

This grant is designed to help early and mid career theological librarians develop self-awareness of their leadership style, learn the importance of trust and communication, and participate in professional coaching focused on their particular context.

😎 Summer break is here, and that means one thing at the Wabash Center: summer workshops! 📂 The folders are out. 🍷The tab...
06/02/2026

😎 Summer break is here, and that means one thing at the Wabash Center: summer workshops!

📂 The folders are out.
🍷The tables are set.
🍿 The snacks are in position to vanquish the first wisps of hunger whenever and wherever they should arise.

We’re ready and thrilled to welcome three groups of scholars to the campus of Wabash College over the next month.

At a recent directors' retreat, Chelsea Yarborough , Rachelle Greene, Lynne Westfield , Sarah Farmer and Lisa Thompson ...
05/29/2026

At a recent directors' retreat, Chelsea Yarborough , Rachelle Greene, Lynne Westfield , Sarah Farmer and Lisa Thompson celebrated Dr. Thompson as 17th president of Union Seminary!

Just as we hope to offer to our participants, the Wabash Center values stepping back and grounding our work in fundamental understandings of ourselves and our vocations.

And it's a joy to celebrate our friends' successes every step of the way!

What if one of the best ways for students to learn is to prepare to teach?Laura Carlson Hasler (Indiana University) walk...
05/28/2026

What if one of the best ways for students to learn is to prepare to teach?

Laura Carlson Hasler (Indiana University) walks us through “The Teaching Portfolio,” a capstone assignment that invites undergraduates to interpret a biblical passage, engage an interpretive artifact, and imagine how they would teach the text themselves. The result? Deepened learning, collaborative energy, and new ways for students to connect course ideas beyond the classroom.

Read about this assignment and how it helps students synthesize, interpret, and teach: https://bit.ly/3PRTKgN

The emotional labor of teaching is real — and most faculty carry it alone.In her new book Thinking Teaching, Wabash Cent...
05/27/2026

The emotional labor of teaching is real — and most faculty carry it alone.

In her new book Thinking Teaching, Wabash Center Director Dr. Nancy Lynne Westfield names what so many educators feel but rarely say out loud: that genuine teaching draws on your full self — body, mind, spirit, intuition, humor — and that the depletion afterward is not weakness. It's the cost of doing the work with integrity.

If you've ever needed an hour of silence after a hard class conversation, this book sees you.

Thinking Teaching: Stories, Insights, and Strategies to Ignite Reflection, Discussion, and Imagination is available now through Cascade Books / Wipf & Stock.

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05/25/2026

👀 We're making some changes to our newsletter that we hope will make for a great experience for our subscribers:

▶ New, streamlined design
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