January 2014 Adam L. Porter Department of Religion 1120 West Lafayette Avenue Illinois College Jacksonville, IL 62650 1101 West College Avenue 269-767-8373 Jacksonville, IL 62650 [email protected] Voice: 919-245-3429 www2.ic.edu/aporter Fax: 919-245-3480

Education: Ph.D., Religious Studies, Duke University May 1999 Major Field: Judaic Studies Minor Fields: Old Testament, Art and Art History Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School May 1993 Concentration in Western Traditions Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College May 1988 Major: Economics, Minor: Religion

Dean of the Faculty, July 2014 - present  Overseeing search and hiring of faculty  Assessing faculty performance

Associate Academic Dean, July 2013-June, 2014.  Leading the team writing Illinois College’s HLC re-accreditation assurance argument  Overseeing search and hiring of non-tenure track faculty, as well as meeting with them to discuss their performance  Coordinate efforts to improve student retention, serve on college’s Early Intervention Group, student academic advising and progress monitoring  Coordinate selecting and brining major speakers to campus as part of Convocation program  Special projects and troubleshooting as assigned by the Dean of the College

Teaching Experience: Professor, Illinois College, fall 2012-present Associate Professor, Illinois College, fall 2006-spring 2012 Assistant Professor, Illinois College, fall 2000-spring 2006

Courses Taught Abrahamic Religions (fall 2002, 2003, spring 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013) Ancient Near Eastern Religions (fall 2003, 2005) Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (spring 2003, fall 2004, 2006) Biblical Greek (AY 2004-05, AY 2008-09, AY 2010-11, spring 2012, fall 2012, spring 2013) BreakAway: Ancient Greece (spring 2008, 2010) BreakAway: , Christians, and Muslims in Medieval Spain (spring 2003) BreakAway: Italy (May 2012) BreakAway: London (May 2013) BreakAway: Morocco (January 2008) BreakAway: Peru, Past and Present - Inca Trail (Spring 2009)

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BreakAway: Views of Japan (spring 2005) Classical Hebrew (spring 2002, AY 2003-04, AY2005-06, fall 2009) Computer Ethics (spring 2002, 2004) First Year Seminar: American Mythology and Film (fall 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012) Introduction to College (summer/fall 2001, 2002, 2003) Introduction to Hebrew (fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012) Introduction to the Bible (each semester, fall 2000 - fall 2004, fall 2005, spring 2007, spring 2009 - 2012) Introduction to the (spring 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013) Reacting to Western Religion (spring 2007, fall 2008, spring 2011) Religion and Film (summer 2001, 2003, fall 2009, spring 2011, 2013) Senior Seminar: Religion and Literature (EN401/RE401, fall 2010) A Social History of (spring 2009, 2011) Women in the Bible (fall 2008, 2010, 2012)

Instructor Duke University: Ethics and the Internet (spring 2000) A Social History of Satan (spring 2000) Religions of Asia (fall 1999) Introduction to the Old Testament (fall 1998, summer 1999) Undergraduate Writing Course - Workshop in Rhetoric (fall 1996)

Duke Divinity School: Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (academic year 1998-1999, summer 1999) Hellenism and Ethnicity (supervision of independent study, spring 1999) Readings in Pseudepigrapha (supervision of independent study, fall 1998)

Talent Identification Program, Duke University: Religions of the World (summer 1996)

Teaching Assistant Duke University: Contemporary Jewish Thought (spring 1996)

Duke Divinity School: Introduction to the Old Testament (fall 1996, spring and fall 1997, fall 1998, spring 1999) Introduction to the New Testament (spring 1998)

Publications: Books: Co-authored with David Stewart, The Josianic Reform: Deuteronomy, Prophecy, and Israelite Religion, Student manual and Instructor’s manual (approved for distribution by the Reacting Board via PDFs over the Reacting website, fall 2010). Introducing the Bible: An Active Learning Approach (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005).

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Articles and Chapters: “Neil Gaiman’s Lucifer: Reconsidering Milton’s Satan,” Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 25/2 (2013): 175-185. “Satanic but not Satan: Signs of the Devilish in Contemporary Cinema,” Journal of Film and Religion, 17/1 (2013) http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol17/iss1/37/ “Role-Playing and Religion: Using Games to Educate Millennials,” in Teaching Theology and Religion, 11/4 (2008): 230-35. “What Sort of Jews Were the Tobiads?” in The Archaeology of Difference: Gender, Ethnicity, Class and the “Other” in Antiquity. Studies in Honor of Eric M. Meyers, edited by C. Thomas McCollough and Douglas R. Edwards. ASOR Annual, vol. 60/61 (2007). “The of Judas: How Will It Affect Christianity?,” Illinois College Alumni Magazine (January, 2007), 8-11. “Archaeology of Palestine in the Roman Period,” with Mark A. Chancey, Near Eastern Archaeology (December 2001) Vol. 64/4: 164-203. “God Lives on the Ganges: Hinduism,” “New Religious Movements,” and “Chat Rooms, News Groups, and Mailing Lists” in The Complete Idiots Guide to Religion On-Line, by Bruce L. Lawrence (Indianapolis: Macmillian Computer Publishing, 1999). “Amathus: Gabinius’ Capital of Peraea?” Journal of Jewish Studies (Autumn, 1999), Vol. 50/2: 223- 229. “Second Temple Studies in Light of Recent Archaeology,” with Eric Meyers, et al., Currents in Research: Biblical Studies (January, 1995), Vol. 3: 129-152.

Reviews and Encyclopedia / Dictionary Articles: Review of J. M. F. Heath, Paul’s Visual Piety: The Metamorphosis of the Beholder (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013), Catholic Biblical Quarterly, (in press). Respondent to question on Bible Odyssey, Hebrew Bible section (http://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/ tools/ask-a-scholar-q-a/hebrew-bible.aspx), July, 2014. Review of Stephen Jones (ed), Shadows over Innsmouth (London: Titan, 2013) in Fantasy Matters (http://www.fantasy-matters.com/2013/10/beyond-lonely-towns-and-mysterious.html), 30 October 2013. Review of Kim Newman, Anno Dracula 1959: Dracula Cha, Cha, Cha (London: Titan Books, 2012) in Fantasy Matters (http://www.fantasy-matters.com/2013/01/anno-dracula-1959-dracula- cha-cha-review.html), 2 January 2013. “Hard Boiled Zombies: Mike Carey’s Felix Castor series,” in Fantasy Matters (http://www.fantasy- matters.com/2012/07/hard-boiled-zombies-mike-careys-felix.html), 27 July 2012. “Why Does Fantasy Matter?” in Fantasy Matters (http://www.fantasy-matters.com/2012/05/why- does-fantasy-matter.html), 30 May 2012. “Rereading Bartimaeus, Part III: Ptolemy’s Gate,” in Fantasy Matters (http://www.fantasy- matters.com/2012/05/rereading-bartimaeus-part-iii-ptolemys.html), 15 May 2012. “Rereading Bartimaeus, Part II: The Golem’s Eye,” in Fantasy Matters (http://www.fantasy- matters.com/2012/05/re-reading-bartimaeus-ii-golems-eye.html), 9 May 2012. “Another Boy Wizard: Re-reading Jonathan Stroud’s Bartimaeus Trilogy,” in Fantasy Matters (http://www.fantasy-matters.com/2012/05/another-boy-wizard-re-reading-jonathan.html), 1 May 2012. Articles for Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, edited by Klauck, McGinn, et al. (New York: De Gruyter, forthcoming): Elijah (Film), Essenes (Film), Exorcism (Film) (submitted Dec, 2010).

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Face (Film), Freemasonry (submitted June, 2011). Goliath (Film) (submitted, Nov, 2011). Exodus, The (film), Enemies (film) (submitted, March 2013). E. A. Myers, The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East: Reassessing the Sources (New York: Cambridge, 2010) in Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 73/4 (2011): 880-82. Book of Eli (Hughes Brothers, 2010), in Journal of Film and Religion [http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/Vol14no1/Reviews/BookEli.html] vol 14/1 (April, 2010). Carol Hupping (ed.), The Jewish Bible: A JPS Guide (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2008), in Teaching the Bible [http://www.sbl-site.org/educational/TBnewsletter.aspx] vol. 2/2 (2010). David Goodblatt, Elements of Ancient Jewish Nationalism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol 9 (2009) (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/reviews_new/review357.htm). Alice Hunt, Missing Priests: The Zadokites in History and Tradition (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 452; New York/London: T & T Clark, 2006), in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, vol 7 (2007) (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/reviews/review279.htm). Zeev Weiss, et al., The Synagogue. Deciphering an Ancient Message through its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts (: Israel Exploration Society, 2005) in American Journal of Archaeology, vol 111 (January 2007): 179. Articles for The New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, general editor (Nashville: Abingdon Press). Volume 1, A-C (2006): “,” pp. 183-184; “Attalia,” p. 348; “Cohort,” p. 698; “Commagene,” p. 707; “Crates,” p. 779. Volume 2, D-H (2007): “Dividing Wall,” p. 143; “Door,” pp. 158-159; “Emesa,” p. 253; “Herodian Fortresses,” pp. 812-813; “Hannibal,” p. 733; “Hour,” p. 902. Volume 3, I-Ma (2008): “Imalkue,” p. 22-23. Volume 4, Me-R (2009): “Menelaus,” p.42, “Miqvah, Miqva’oth,” p. 99, “Myndos,” p. 184, “Naarah,” p. 200, “Nadabath,” p. 205, “Nanea,” p. 219, “Numenius,” pp. 299-300, “Party,” p. 386, “Pliny,” p. 549, “,” p. 560, “Popilius, ,” p. 564, “Preparation Day”, p.595, “Rathamin,” p. 737, “Ras, Beit,” p. 737. Volume 5, S-Z (2009): “Sabbath Day’s Journey,” pp. 10-11, “Salamis,” p. 43, “Samos,” p. 82, “Scopos,” p. 135, “Serapis,” p. 178, “Sicyon,” “Side (in Pamphylia),” p.248, “Solomon’s Portico,” p. 334, “Spain,” p. 361, “Sparta,” p. 362, “Temples, Leotopolis and Elephantine,” pp. 509-510 “Theudas,” p. 580, “Thracian,” p. 588, “Timarchus,” p. 595, “Tob,” p. 612, “Trypho,” p. 687, and “Zabdiel,” p. 952. Birger Olsson and Magnus Zetterholm (eds.), The Ancient Synagogue from Its Origins until 200 C.E.: Papers Presented at an International Conference at Lund University, October 14-17, 2001 (ConBNT 39; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 2003); Birger Olsson, Dieter Mitternacht, and Olof Brandt (eds), The Synagogue of Ancient Ostia and the Jews of Rome (Acta Instituti Romani Regni Sueciae, Series in 4, Vol. 57; Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Rom, 4, Vol 57; Jonsered: Paul Aström, 2001), in American Journal of Archaeology, vol 109 (2005) 810-813. Timothy H. Lim, Pesharim, in Journal of Hebrew Scriptures [http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/JHS/], vol 5 (2004-2005). Jodi Magness, The Archaeology of , in Interpretation, vol. 57/4 (2003): 452-454. Shimon Dar, Sumaqa: A Roman and Byzantine Jewish Village on Mount Carmel, Israel, in Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, number 324 (November 2001): 117-118.

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Steve Mason (ed), Understanding : Seven Perspectives, in Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2001). Dov Gera, Judaea and Mediterranean Politics, 219 to 161 B.C.E., in Association for Jewish Studies Review, vol. 35/1 (2000-2001): 109-111. Jonathan G. Campbell, The Scrolls: the Complete Story in Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (2000). Erich S. Gruen, Heritage and Hellenism: The Reinvention of Jewish Tradition, in Religious Studies Review, vol. 25 (1999): 311. Sian Jones and Sarah Pearce (eds.), Jewish Local Patriotism and Self-Identification in the Graeco- Roman Period in Religious Studies Review, vol. 25 (1999): 205. Richard A. Horsley and John S. Hanson, Bandits, , and Messiahs: Popular Movements at the Time of , in Review of Biblical Literature [http://www.bookreviews.org] (1999). Louis Feldman, Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World in Religious Studies Review, vol. 25 (1999): 79. Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks, Current Research and Technological Developments on the Dead Sea Scrolls in Journal of Biblical Literature, 117/4 (1998): 773-774. “Nes.s.ana,” The New Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology of the Near East (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), Vol. 5: 129-130. A. Segal, Theatres in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia in Journal of the American Oriental Society, 113/3 (1996): 559.

Other publications: Assisted E. M. Meyers in preparation of atlas and gazetteer for Northern Palestine for Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, Richard A. Talbert, ed. (Princeton: Priceton University Press, 2000). Produced maps and diagrams for H. Koester, et al., Archaeological Resources for New Testament Studies (Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press, 1994).

Solicited Reviews: Peer reviewer, “NosteraJEW: An Exploration of the Portrayal of Anti-Semitism in Vampire Cinema,” for Journal of Religion and Film, January, 2014. Peer reviewer, “The and Perverted Annunciations in Three Films,” for Journal of Film and Religion, October, 2013. Peer reviewer, “Avengers,” for Journal of Film and Religion, March 2013. Peer reviewer, “R. Crumb and Dave Sim,” for Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, February 2013. Peer reviewer, “RuneQuest,” for Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, June 2012. Peer reviewer, “Crucible of a Gay Jew,” for Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, April 2012. Reviewer for Steve L. Harris, The New Testament: A Student’s Introduction, fifth edition, for McGraw-Hill Higher Education Group (September, 2006). Survey respondent for a new Introduction to the Old Testament textbook written by William H. Bellinger for Baker Academic publisher (April, 2006) Anonymous reviewer for Israel Science Foundation grant application to fund research to enable publication of finds from a major archaeological site (March, 2006). Anonymous reviewer for proposed textbook: Anon., Exploring the Bible (New York: McGraw- Hill), September 2004. Anonymous reviewer for proposed textbook: Carol Hillenbrand, Introduction to Islam (London, Thames & Hudson), March 2005. 5 Curriculum Vitæ A. L. Porter

Conference Papers: “‘You shouldn’t talk about race, politics, or religion?’: Classroom tools to facilitate student conversation and discussion,” in the “Negotiating Discord / Teaching Contentious Topics, Preparing Future Faculty Seminar,” University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 7, 2012. Facilitator, Roundtable Discussion on Teaching Bible and Religion, SBL National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012. “The Power of Zotero for Student Learning,” in the “Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies” section, SBL National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2010. “Complex Role-Playing Games as Pedagogy: The Josiah Game,” in the “Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies” section, SBL National Meeting, Boston, MA, 2008. “Role-Playing the Trials of Jesus and Paul: Introducing the New Testament,” in the “Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion” section, AAR/SBL National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005. “The Government of Hyrcanus: Early Roman Administration in Palestine,” in the “New Testament” program unit, Central States Regional Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 2004. “Were There ‘Jews’ in Peraea?” in the “Religion, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ancient ” program unit, SBL International Meeting, Cambridge, England, July 2003. “Herod’s Building Projects and Augustan Propaganda,” in the “Households, Gender, and Demography in the Roman World” program unit, AAR/SBL National Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2001. “Babatha’s Family and Historical Reconstructions of the Jewish Community,” in the “Archaeological Excavations and Discoveries: Illuminating the Biblical World” program unit, AAR/SBL National Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2001. “Babatha Reconsidered: the Development of Mahoz’s Jewish Community,” in the “History of Judaism” program unit, AAR/SBL Southeastern Regional Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2000. “The Peripatetic Capital of Perea,” in the “History of Judaism” program unit, AAR/SBL Southeastern Regional Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, March 1999. “The Red Herring of Hellenism and the Maccabean Revolt,” in the “Priests, Rabbis, and Authority in Late Temple and Talmudic Times” program unit, Association for Jewish Studies Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, December 1998. “The Jewishness of Perea and Coele Syria in the Hellenistic Period,” in the “Jewish, Christian, and Pagan Interaction in Late Antique Syria” program unit, AAR/SBL National Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 1998. “Transjordanian Jewish History: From the Israelite Conquest through the Bar-Kochba Revolt,” Poster Presentation, AAR/SBL National Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 1998. “Biblical Rhetoric Regarding the : Shifting Views and Changing Settlements,” in the “Old Testament III” program unit, AAR/SBL Southeastern Regional Meeting, Knoxville, TN, March 1998. “Archaeological Databases: Interpretive Tools of the Sepphoris Regional Project,” American Schools of Oriental Research conference, Philadelphia, November, 1995.

Public Presentations and Other Educational Offerings: Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” February, 2013. Taught “An Introduction to the New Testament for Jews,” as part of Temple Israel’s adult education program (Oct 2012-Apr 2013). Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” October, 2012.

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Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” February - March, 2012. Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” February - March, 2011. “Israel and the Middle East Peace Process,” presentation to Morgan County Homemakers Extension Association, October 21, 2010. Co-taught, “Rape, Assault, Defense” course, Oct 20-Nov 11, 2010. “2010 Mellon Technology Participation Report: Zotero and Google Alerts,” Faculty Symposium, Illinois College, October 1, 2010. Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” September - October, 2009. Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” February 5 - March 5, 2009. Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” September 11 - October 9, 2008. “Religion and American Voting Patterns,” presentation to Ritsumaken Students, Illinois College, February 19, 2008. Participant in “GWS Program Report,” Faculty Symposium, Illinois College, February 8, 2008. Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” February 4 - March 3, 2008. Co-taught “Rape, Assault, Defense Course,” October 16 - November 6, 2007. “Japanese Religion,” Japan Breakaway presentation, Illinois College, April 26, 2007. “The Role of Religion in the Iranian Government,” in Conflict Between USA and : Is it another cold war?, Illinois College, April 24, 2007. “The History and Practice of Good Friday in the Early Christian Period,” Jacksonville Rotary Club, Friday, April 6, 2007. “Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: Abrahamic Religions and Toleration,” Middle and High-Schools in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, March 12-16, 2007. Co-taught “Rape, Assult, Defense Course,” February 13 - March 6, 2007. “Report on Reacting to the Past,” Co-presented with professors Dagan, Klein, and Kunath, Faculty Symposium, Illinois College, April 28, 2006. Participated in Eng 322 -- Shakespeare, April 4, 2006. “Japanese Religion,” Japan Breakaway presentation, Illinois College, March 29, 2006. “Buddhism,” Brown-bag lunch presentation, Illinois College, February 23, 2006. “Islam,” Presentation to English 271 (Multicultural Literature), November 17, 2005. “Depicting Torture in Iraq,” ΦΑ Combined Literary Meeting, April 19, 2005. “Pluralism, Toleration, and National Religion,” Presentation to Ritsumaken students, Illinois College, Feb. 16, 2005. Interviewed by Sandra Scham for “Letter from Jerusalem: Hollywood Holy Land” in Archaeology Today, vol. 57/2 (March/April 2004). “Pluralism, Toleration, and National Religion,” Presentation to Ritsumaken students, Illinois College, Feb. 11, 2004. Started Illinois College Aikido Club and taught two 2-hour classes per week, Fall 2003 - Spring 2005. Taught a self-defense and aikido class to Pixley students, Oct. 29, 2003. “On Line Reserve Systems,” co-presented with Jim Chaffee, Faculty Symposium, September 12, 2003. “Pluralism, Toleration, and National Religion,” Presentation to Ritsumaken students, Illinois College, Feb. 28, 2003. Screened The Matrix and lead student discussion as part of the Faculty Film Series, Feb. 7, 2003. “Religious Leadership,” Presentation to Leadership Springfield, Springfield, IL, Dec. 12, 2002. “The Impact of September 11,” Panel discussion, Illinois College, Sept. 9, 2002.

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“Biblical Archaeology,” Lecture at the First Congregational Church, Jacksonville, IL, August 18, 2002. “The Events of 9/11: A Roundtable Discussion,” Panel discussion, Illinois College, Sept. 20, 2001. “The Babatha Archive: A Jewish Woman and Her Family from Arabia in the second century C.E.,” Faculty Research Forum, September, 2001. “Active Learning,” Co-presenter with John Rush, Faculty Research Forum, November, 2000. Instructor for “Judaism” in the Religions of the World program at the Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement, Durham, NC, fall 1998 and winter 1999. Instructor for Seminar on Hellenistic Judaism for the Leadership Program of the Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Seminar led by Professor E. Meyers; Rabbi Sherwin T. Wine, co- chair. Detroit, MI, December 5-7, 1997.

Service to Illinois College: AAUP Board member, 2008-09; vice-president, AY 2009-2011. Advisor, Secular Student Alliance, 2011-present. Chair, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Spring 2006 - Spring 2007, July 2008-2012. Co-Director (with Kelly Dagan) of IC Connections / First Year Seminar, Jan. 2006-Jan. 2007. Connected Courses pedagogical workshop, July-August, 2012. Curriculum Committee, AY 2008-09; chair, 2009-10. Diversity Seminar Participant, AY 2009-10. Division III Secretary, AY 2001-02, Chair AY 2002-03. Educational Policies Committee, AY 2001-02, 2002-03. Facilitator, Faculty Research Forum / Faculty Symposium, fall 2001-2007. Faculty Mentor for Illinois College Focus Program, spring 2002-spring 2005. Faculty Mentoring Program, AY 2008-09 (A. Jones), 2012-13 (D. Bryson). Faculty Senate, AY 2003-04, 2004-05; Secretary, 2005-06. General Education Committee, AY 2008-10 (secretary). Honor Board, Faculty Representative, 2005-06. Integrated Learning Workshop Participant, August 2012. Mellon Technology Seminar Participant, July 2010. Mid-Career Faculty Workshop Participant, 2011-12. North Central Re-accreditation Self-study Committee, AY 2003 - 2004. Participant, Student Engagement Retreat, July 10-13, 2006. RAD (Rape Assault Defense) instructor, each semester, 2008-present. Religious Life Committee, AY 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03. Representative of Religion Discipline at IC Open houses. Scholarship Weekend Interviewer, Feb., 2006, Feb., 2007, Feb., 2009. Search Committee Member: Biology (2008), Communications (2009), Political Science (2011) Strategic Planning Group / Strategic Plan Task Force, fall 2002-2007. Student Disciplinary Committee, AY 2001-02. Student Life Committee, 2011-present Study Abroad / Break Away Committee, AY 2005-06, 2011-present Technology Committee, member, AY 2002-03; chair, AY 2003-05

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Service to the Discipline: Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies, SBL national section member, 2008-09; chair 2009-2013. External Reviewer, Blackburn College Department of Religion and Philosophy, January, 2009.

Service to the Community: Participant in Jacksonville Regional Economic Development Council study group, 2013-present. Member, Community Advisory Board, WUIS public radio, 2012-present. Adult Education Teacher, Temple Israel, 2012-2014. Member, Springfield Board of Jewish Education, 2010-present; president 2012-2014.

Dissertation: Title Transjordanian Jews in the Greco-Roman Period: A Literary-Historical Examination of Jewish Habitation East of the from its Biblical Roots through the Bar-Kochba Revolt.

Abstract My dissertation traces the patterns of Jewish habitation in the areas east of the Jordan River from around 1200 BCE until 135 CE. Although this community has been largely ignored by scholars, my research demonstrates that the region had a large and dynamic Jewish community, especially in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. In addition to clarifying the history of the Transjordanian Jewish community, the dissertation addresses larger issues. These include questioning the concept of “Eretz Israel” in antiquity and problematizing the question of “orthodoxy” in this region and period.

Grants, Fellowships and Honors: Richard T. Fry Collaboration Grant (with Cochran, Adam Jones, Andrew Jones, R. Sweatman, and Rellinger-Zettler) to create a Writing Research Group Study and to offer Writing Extensive Experience workshops, March, 2011. Richard T. Fry Collaboration Grant (with Adam Jones, Hacker Daniels, Oldenburg, Wilson, and C. Spencer) to create a Speaking Across the Curriculum workshop, March, 2011. Alice H. Engelbach Endowment for Peace Studies to attend a teacher’s seminar in Israel and to plan for a future BreakAway in June and July, 2011. Faculty Collaboration Grant (with Bennett, B. Capo, N. Capo, Genetin-Pilawa, and Baker-Divine) to attend the Society for Values in Higher Education conference, Elmhurst, IL, July 2009. Faculty Collaboration Grant (with D. Allgaier, B. Capo, K. Dagan, and B. Hall) to attend the RAD advanced training course, Springfield, IL, August, 2008. C. Reed Parker Grant to attend the national Reacting to the Past conference, New York City, June 2008. Faculty Collaboration grant (with H. Bennett, B. Capo, N. Capo, J. Laumakis, and S. Steckenrider) to attend the national Reacting to the Past conference, New York City, June 2008. Malcolm F. Stewart Fund award to fund a BreakAway preparation trip to India in April, 2008. C. Reed Parker Grant to attend the national Reacting to the Past conference, New York City, June 2007. Faculty Collaboration Fund award to promote writing across the curriculum (with Cynthia Cochran), 2007. Faculty Collaboration Fund award to attend Reacting to the Past conference and workshop, East Lansing, MI, March 31-April 2, 2006.

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Listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in America, 59th edition, 2005. Faculty Collaboration Fund award to attend AAC&U conference in Washington, D.C., January 2004. Faculty Collaboration Fund award to support: “Current Dimensions in the Study and Practice of Religion: The Campus as Microcosm of the World,” 2004. Charles E. Frank Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching, 2003. Nathan J. Perilman Fellowship in Judaic Studies, Duke University, 1993-1999 Shore Fellowship in Judaic Studies, 1997-1998 Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, 1997-1998 Dorot Fellowship, summer 1996

Languages Used in Research Primary: Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic Modern: French, German

Areas of Research Interest: Judaism(s) in the Second-Temple Period, especially as it relates to questions of ethnicity and religious identity. Provincial policy of the Hellenistic kingdoms and the Roman Empire, especially in the Eastern Roman Empire. How the Bible is represented in popular culture, including movies and graphic novels.

Work in Progress: I am reading Mike Carey’s Lucifer (a spin-off title from Gaiman’s The Sandman series), working on another essay related to the Bible and comic books. I wrote a short review of The Book of Eli and am in the process of writing a more in-depth analysis of the movie.

Related Professional Experience: Participant, “Islam in/and the West,” Midwest Faculty Seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, February 21-23, 2004. Attended, Higher Learning Commission meeting, Chicago, IL, March 29-April 2, 2012. Participant, “Seminar for Jewish Community Leaders and for Teachers in the Diaspora,” MOFET Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel, June 21-July 7, 2011. Participant, “Tenth Annual Reacting to the Past Conference,” Barnard College, New York, NY, June 10-13, 2010. Participant, Society for Values in Higher Education conference, Elmhurst, IL, July 2009. Attended, “AACU’s General Education, Assessment, and the Learning Students Need,” Baltimore, MD, February 26-28, 2009. Participant, “Eighth Annual Reacting to the Past Conference,” Barnard College, New York, NY, June 18-22, 2008. Participant, “Seventh Annual Reacting to the Past Conference,” Barnard College, New York, NY, June 7-10, 2007. Participant, “Sixth Annual Reacting to the Past Conference,” Barnard College, New York, NY, August 2-5, 2006. Participant, “Reacting to the Past” conference/workshop, East Lansing, MI, March 31-April 2, 2006.

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Attended, AAR/SBL National Meetings:1 Chicago, IL, 2012; San Francisco, CA, 2011; Atlanta, GA, 2010; New Orleans, LA, 2009; Boston, MA, 2008; San Diego, CA, 2007; Washington, DC, 2006; Philadelphia, PA, 2005; San Antonio, TX; 2004; Atlanta, GA, 2003; Toronto, CA, 2002; Denver, CO, 2001; Boston, MA, 1999; Orlando, FL, 1998; San Francisco, CA, 1997; New Orleans, LA, 1996; Philadelphia, PA, 1995; Washington, DC, 1993; San Francisco, CA, 1992. Attended, “Herod and Augustus, International Conference,” Institute of Jewish Studies, University College, London, UK, June 21-23, 2005. Attended, “Ancient Galilee in Interaction: Religion, Ethnicity, and Identity,” New Haven, CT, October 23-25, 2004. Participant, “Rhetorics of Religious Nationalism in the West,” Midwest Faculty Seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 4-6, 2004. Participant, Collaborative Grant Discussion Group, AY 2003-2004. Participant, “Violence in the Public Sphere,” Midwest Faculty Seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, January 23-25, 2003. Participant, “Teaching World Religions,” (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), fall 1999. Convener, Graduate Reading Group on the Teaching of World Religions (Duke), 1996-1998. Participant, Late Ancient Studies Reading Group (Duke), 1993-1999. Duke University Humanities Careers Symposium (28 February 1998) steering committee member and panel moderator.

Related Travel Experience: May-June, 2012: IC Breakaway: Italy June, 2010: IC Breakaway: Classical Greece June, 2009: IC Breakaway: Peru April, 2008: Trip to India to research Breakaway possibilities March, 2008: IC Breakaway: Classical Greece January, 2008: IC Breakaway: Morocco March, 2007: Trip to Kalmykia, Russia. June, 2006: Trip to Naples, Florence, and Rome; visited archaeological sites and significant museums. May-June, 2005: IC Breakaway: Views of Japan July-August, 2003: Research trip to London, England. March, 2003: IC Breakaway Trip to Spain (Madrid, Seville, Cordoba). May, 2000: Research trip to Egypt to visit archaeological sites. April, 1998: Resident fellow at the American Center for Oriental Research (ACOR), Ammon. June, 1996: Assistant Area Supervisor for the Sepphoris Regional Project. March, 1996: Visiting fellow at the Albright Archaeological Institute, Jerusalem. July, 1994: Research trip to Greek isles to visit archaeological sites. May and June, 1994: Toured archaeological sites in Israel; Assistant Area Supervisor for the Sepphoris Regional Project. May and June, 1991: Harvard Divinity School study trip to archaeological sites in Greece and Turkey. November, 1989: Personal trip to historical sites in southern Germany and Austria. January, 1988: Oberlin College study trip to Moscow, Tallin, and Leningrad.

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Professional Affiliations: 1990-present, Society for Biblical Literature 1996-2005, American Academy of Religion 1994-2008, American Schools of Oriental Research 1992-2010, Association for Jewish Studies 2013-present, Association for Academic Deans

References: Available upon request.

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