Curriculum vitae Personal Data Name Mark A. Torgerson Home address Work address 41 West Green Meadows Blvd. Judson University Streamwood, Illinois 60107-1130 1151 North State Street Elgin, Illinois 60123-1404 Home telephone (630) 267-7715 Work telephone (847) 628-1068 Fax (847) 628-1134 E-mail [email protected] Education Background University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana August 1990-May 1996 Degree awarded: Ph.D., theology, 1996 Dissertation title: “Edward Anders Sövik and his Return to the ‘Non-church.’ ” Dissertation director: James F. White, Ph.D. Degree awarded: Master of Arts, theology, 1993 Major: History of Christian worship Minors: Liturgical theology and studio painting (production of art for worship) North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois August 1984-May 1988 Degree awarded: Master of Divinity Area of concentration: Biblical studies Special studies at the Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies, Jerusalem, Israel, 1987 California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California January 1979-May 1982 Degree awarded: Bachelor of Science Major: Agricultural science, international agriculture option Minor: Health science Three-month internship in agricultural development project in Udon Thani, Thailand, 1981 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona September 1978-December 1978 Agricultural science studies 1 of 11 Curriculum vitae Mark A. Torgerson Employment Experience Judson University, Elgin, Illinois Professor, with tenure August 2002-present Chair, Worship Arts department; administrative duties include curriculum planning and development, course scheduling, student advising, leading department meetings, and contributing to university marketing, recruitment, and retention efforts. Responsible for teaching various general education, worship, theology and architecture courses and advising undergraduates. Provided leadership for redesigning general education core courses for first-year students (GEN101) and capstone experience for seniors (GEN401) Courses for undergraduate students in our general education curriculum: GEN101, The Good Life: Initiating the Judson Conversation GEN401, The Good Life: Continuing the Conversation Courses for undergraduate students in bible, theology and worship: BST101, Introduction to Old Testament PHL267, Comparative Religions THS221, Christian Theology THS225, History and Theology of Worship WOR302, Worship and the Arts WOR303, Designing and Facilitating Worship WOR491, Senior Seminar: Issues in Contemporary Worship WOR495, Worship Arts Internship Courses for graduate students in the department of architecture: ARC 691, A Christian Worldview and Architecture ARC 492/692, Architecture for Christian Worship Semester in Europe program teaching: in the fall of 2005 and 2010 I co-led a semester of study abroad in Salzburg, Austria, in a cooperative intercollegiate program for undergraduates. North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois Adjunct professor THEO 7373, Foundations of Worship Arts Spring semester, 2010 A graduate level course exploring aesthetics, a variety of the arts, and integration of the arts into the worship life of Christian communities. Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky Adjunct professor CA 614/WO 614, Worship and the Arts Summer session, 2007 and 2008 A graduate level course exploring aesthetics, a variety of the arts, and integration of the arts into the worship life of Christian communities. I taught this course in an on-campus intensive format. WO 520XL, History of Christian Worship Summer session, 2006 2 of 11 Curriculum vitae Mark A. Torgerson WO 510XL, Worship Leadership in the Church Summer session, 2003 and 2004 Courses exploring basic issues related to the history, theology, and practice of Christian worship. I taught these introductory courses via an on-line learning environment. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois Adjunct professor Course number 31-612, Worship and the Arts Spring semester, 2004 and 2007 A graduate level course exploring aesthetics, a variety of the arts, and integration of the arts into the worship life of Christian communities. Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard, Illinois Adjunct professor, D. Min. program DM 7312, Forming Congregational Spirituality Through the Year May 2001, July 2004 and July 2006 A graduate level course investigating the cycles, seasons, and significance of the Christian year for the life of the church. I taught this course in an on-campus intensive format. The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, Orange Park, Florida Faculty, doctoral program for worship studies September 2003-present I maintain a worship resources bibliography for the Institute (accessible at, www.iwsfla.org). DWS 502, Sunday Worship; Music and the Arts January 2000-December 2002 I co-taught this one-week intensive course for graduate students (concentrating on visual art, architecture, drama, and dance in Christian worship) in January and June of each year. Hillside Covenant Church, Naugatuck, Connecticut Solo pastor, Evangelical Covenant Church January 1997-July 2002 Professional Affiliations and Honors Membership in American Academy of Religion Christians in the Visual Arts North American Academy of Liturgy Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies Honors Invited participant, “Challenges of Teaching World Religions,” directed by James W. Laine, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, 09 July-04 August 2017. Invited participant, Study Türkiye Summer Program 2013, facilitated by the Niagara Foundation, Chicago, Illinois. A competitive research opportunity to study the history and culture of Turkey with Muslim scholars in the United States and Turkey. 3 of 11 Curriculum vitae Mark A. Torgerson Included sessions in February and May 2013, in-country experience from 21-30 June 2013, and session in November 2013. Invited participant, “Taste and See: How to Teach for Depth in Worship,” directed by John D. Witvliet, Seminars in Christian Scholarship program, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 2009. Invited participant, “Prospects of Historic Christian Liturgy in a Postmodern Age,” directed by Bryan D. Spinks, Seminars in Christian Scholarship program, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June-July 2003. Dissertation Teaching Fellow, a competitive award among senior dissertation candidates, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame, 1994-95. Dissertation Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Spring 1994. Graduate fellow, University of Notre Dame, 1990-91. Honors program, North Park Theological Seminary, 1986-88. Research grants received Homer and Margaret Surbeck Summer Research stipend, Judson University, for travel to India and Nepal to visit religious sites for the development of comparative religion curriculum, May 2017. Homer and Margaret Surbeck Summer Research stipend, Judson University, for the development of Islamic material in course curriculum, May 2013. Homer and Margaret Surbeck Summer Research stipend, Judson University, for the development of comparative religion curriculum, May 2007. Homer and Margaret Surbeck Summer Research stipend, Judson University, for the revision of the doctoral dissertation into a publishable form, May 2004. Jump Start grant, Educational Technology Department, University of Notre Dame, for the development of a project to acquire visual images of Jesus through the ages, European and non-European, for lecture presentations, October 1994. C2C Theological Endowment Fund Grant, Evangelical Covenant Church, to fund dissertation research, February 1993; renewed, February 1994. Zahm Travel grant, Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, to fund travel expenses related to dissertation research, November 1993. Publications: Books Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry: Congregations, Their Buildings, and Creation Care. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield/The Alban Institute, 2012. An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry in the Twentieth Century. Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Study Series. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007. Publications: Articles and Chapters “Sövik’s House for the People of God,” Faith and Form, Volume 51, Number 2 (2018): 22- 27. Entries for Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, five-volume project. “Church Architecture” (11,400 words), “Evangelical Covenant Church” (2,100 words), “Christians in the Visual Arts” (1,200 words), “Calligraphy” (990 words), “Dance” 4 of 11 Curriculum vitae Mark A. Torgerson (1,000 words), “Dillard, Annie” (770 words), “Museum of Biblical Arts” (600 words). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016. “Reclaiming the Garden.” In The Covenant Companion, Volume CI, Number 10 (October 2012): 16-19. “Hebrews in the Worship Life of the Church.” In Reading the Epistle to the Hebrews: A Resource for Students, eds. Eric F. Mason and Kevin B. McCruden, 269-296. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011. “Designing for the Elusive Presence.” Faith and Form: Interfaith Journal on Religion, Art and Architecture, on-line edition, Fall 2010. “Community and Church Building Design: Inclusive and Exclusive Considerations,” The Clergy Journal, Volume LXXXV, Number 2 (November/December 2008): 6-8. “Artists and Worship: Vital Presence and Risky Business,” SEEN, Journal for Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA), Volume 8, Number 2 (2008): 14-15. “Sövik, Edward Anders.” Entry in The American Midwest. An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Indianapolis: