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POPULAR CONTRIBUTIONS
Toward a Model of Mutual Relationship in African American Marriages in
Mutuality, vol. 23, no. 2, Summer 2016, 21-23.
Web-Based
Jacob Wrestles God (Gen 32:22-30), www.workingpreacher.org, Center for
Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2015).
Ruth (1:1-17), www.workingpreacher.org, Center for Biblical Preaching, Luther
Seminary (2015).
Elijah at Mount Carmel (1 Kgs 18:20-39), www.workingpreacher.org, Center for
Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2015).
Josiahs Reform (2 Kgs 22:1-10; [14-20]; 23:1-3), www.workingpreacher.org,
Center for Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2015).
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of David Watson, The Question of Conscience: Higher Education and
Personal Responsibility, (Bedford Way, London: Institute of Education Press,
2014); Wabash Centers Reflective Teaching website, March 5, 2015.
Review of Naomi Steinberg, The World of the Child in the Hebrew Bible,
(Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013); Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of
Contemporary Approaches, 2014, Vol. 22, Issue 5, pp. 217-219.
Review of Jennifer L. Koosed, Gleaning Ruth: A Biblical Heroine and Her
Afterlives, (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2011); Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, July 2012, Vol. 74, Issue 3, pp. 577-578.
INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS
Rethinking Christian Identity, Reframing the Chosen People and Reclamation of
The New Negro, Minoritized Criticism and Biblical Interpretation Section,
Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Atlanta, GA, November
23, 2015.
Celebrating the 25th
Anniversary of Jacquelyn Grants White Womens Christ
and Black Womens Jesus, Joint Session With: African-American Biblical
Hermeneutics, Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible, Minoritized Criticism and
Biblical Interpretation, Women in the Biblical World, Annual Meeting of the](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/a3de7ce2-650c-4c04-9078-d994f238c85f-161109162132/85/LOVELACE-CURRICULUM-VITAE-102016-3-320.jpg)
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- 1. 1 VANESSA L. LOVELACE 48 East 89th Place Chicago, IL 60619 (312) 485-0301 hbscholar2012@gmail.com EDUCATION Ph.D. Chicago Theological Seminary Chicago, IL 2012, Hebrew Bible Deborah and Huldah: Symbolic Border Guards in the Deuteronomistic History Advisor: Ken Stone. A socio-literary approach to the women prophets in the Hebrew Bible examining how these literary figures are used symbolically to signify and reproduce the ideological boundaries that distinguished Israel from the other nations. M.Div. McCormick Theological Seminary Chicago, IL 2000, Theology B.A. San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 1985, Broadcast Communication Arts TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012 2016 The Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta, GA Assistant Professor, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament 2016 Associate Professor, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Courses taught: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament (residential and online) Womanist Biblical Interpretation Pentateuch: Exodus Historical Books: Joshua (online), Judges, 1 Kings (online) Major Prophets: Jeremiah (online) Poetry: Psalms Special Topic: Prophets and Prophecies (online) Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I & II Biblical Reflections Seminar (D.Min.)
- 2. 2 2003 2012 Elmhurst College Elmhurst, IL Adjunct Professor Courses taught: Biblical Studies and Contemporary Issues Women in Biblical Literature Theologies of Liberation Spring 2011 Payne Theological Seminary Wilberforce, OH Adjunct Professor Course taught: Introduction to Womanist and Feminist Theology SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse, co-edited with Gay L. Byron, Atlanta: Semeia, 2016. We Dont Give Birth to Thugs: Family Values, Respectability Politics and Jephthahs Mother. In Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse. Edited by Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace. Atlanta: Semeia, 2016. Rethinking Christian Identity, Reframing the Chosen People in a Predominately African American Theological Context. In Reading in These Times, edited by Tat-Siong Benny Liew and Fernando Segovia. Atlanta: Semeia, forthcoming. This Womans Son Shall not Inherit with My Son: Towards a Womanist Politics of Belonging in the Sarah-Hagar Narratives. Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center 41 (2015): 63-82. Religious Leaders: Hebrew Bible. In The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies, Vol. 2 PAT - WOM. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 167-173. Contributing Voices: Deborah in the African American Tradition. In Judges. Wisdom Commentary Series, edited by Barbara Reid; lead author, Mercedes Garc鱈a-Bachmann. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, forthcoming.
- 3. 3 POPULAR CONTRIBUTIONS Toward a Model of Mutual Relationship in African American Marriages in Mutuality, vol. 23, no. 2, Summer 2016, 21-23. Web-Based Jacob Wrestles God (Gen 32:22-30), www.workingpreacher.org, Center for Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2015). Ruth (1:1-17), www.workingpreacher.org, Center for Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2015). Elijah at Mount Carmel (1 Kgs 18:20-39), www.workingpreacher.org, Center for Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2015). Josiahs Reform (2 Kgs 22:1-10; [14-20]; 23:1-3), www.workingpreacher.org, Center for Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary (2015). BOOK REVIEWS Review of David Watson, The Question of Conscience: Higher Education and Personal Responsibility, (Bedford Way, London: Institute of Education Press, 2014); Wabash Centers Reflective Teaching website, March 5, 2015. Review of Naomi Steinberg, The World of the Child in the Hebrew Bible, (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013); Biblical Interpretation: A Journal of Contemporary Approaches, 2014, Vol. 22, Issue 5, pp. 217-219. Review of Jennifer L. Koosed, Gleaning Ruth: A Biblical Heroine and Her Afterlives, (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2011); Catholic Biblical Quarterly, July 2012, Vol. 74, Issue 3, pp. 577-578. INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS Rethinking Christian Identity, Reframing the Chosen People and Reclamation of The New Negro, Minoritized Criticism and Biblical Interpretation Section, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Atlanta, GA, November 23, 2015. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Jacquelyn Grants White Womens Christ and Black Womens Jesus, Joint Session With: African-American Biblical Hermeneutics, Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible, Minoritized Criticism and Biblical Interpretation, Women in the Biblical World, Annual Meeting of the
- 4. 4 Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), San Diego, CA, November 22, 2014. CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS From White to Black to White: The Depiction of the Biblical Figure Hagar in Nineteenth Century Southern Womens Novels, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Atlanta, GA, November 21, 2015. Disputed Paulines, Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Joint Session, Respondent, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), Baltimore, MD, November 24, 2013. Twenty-Five Years after White Womens Christ and Black Womens Jesus: We Still Means White Feminists and Womanist Still Matters, 2015 Charles B. Copher Annual Faculty Lecture, Atlanta, GA, March 26, 2015. Essays on Bible and Gender Studies, Discussion, 2015 Celebration of AUC (Atlanta University Center) Faculty Achievements, Atlanta, GA, March 19, 2015. Anti-Racism, Multiculturalism, and Pedagogy; Connecting Research to Teaching. Wabash Center Workshop on Teaching and Learning for Pre-Tenure Theological School Faculty, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, June 27, 2014. People, Power, and Politics: Preaching Jeremiah in Year C. The Main Event, Presbytery of Sheppards & Lapsley, North Alabama Presbytery, Birmingham, AL, August 10, 2013. Diary of a Mad Black Woman: Intersectionality, Divine Revelation and the Institutionalization of Black Women, RHAW (Religious Heritage of the African World) Brown Bag Lecture, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta, GA, March 20, 2013. Female Honor in Genesis 16:1-5, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature 2005 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 22, 2005. INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE Chair, Admissions Committee (2013-present) Chair, Curriculum Review and Revision Task Force Committee (2015- present) Faculty Status, Tenure, and Welfare Committee (2015-present) Curriculum and Educational Policies Committee (2015-present)
- 5. 5 Biblical Studies Faculty Search Committee (2015-present) Safety Planning Ad-Hoc Committee (2014) Chapel Committee (2013-2014) IE/QEP Committee (2012-2015) GUILD SERVICE Society of Biblical Literature Program Unit Co-Chair, Women in the Biblical World Section, 2014- present On-Campus Student Representative, 2007-2010 WORKSHOPS & CONSULTATIONS Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Workshop for Theological School Faculty Teaching Online, 2016-17 Sisters with Sons in the Wilderness: A Womanist Roundtable Discussion. Chicago Theological Seminary, April 7-9, 2016 Forum for Theological Exploration Doctoral Alumni Consultation, 2015, 2012 Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Workshop for Pre-Tenure Theological School Faculty, 2013-14 AWARDS & HONORS Publish or Perish? An Academic Writing Institute for Atlanta University Center Junior Faculty participant, December 15-16, 2014. Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Summer Fellowship Integrating Theory of Gender and Nation into Biblical Studies: Teaching and Learning for Inclusion, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, 2014. The Fund for Theological Education North American Doctoral Fellowship, 2004 United Church of Christ Make A Difference! Doctoral Award, 2002, 2004, 2006 Dr. Manford Byrd, Jr. Scholarship, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, 2003, 2004, 2006 Adrienne M. and Charles Shelby Rooks Fellowship for Racial and Ethnic Theological Students, 2000 AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE Prophets and Prophecy in Ancient Near East and Israel, Women and Gender in
- 6. 6 the Hebrew Bible, Social World of the Hebrew Bible, Feminist & Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics, Biblical Hebrew. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Freelance Writer. Urban Ministries, Inc., Calumet City, IL (1998 to Present) Research and write Sunday school curriculum for adult readers bringing cultural relevance and contemporary issues to Bible lessons. Editor/Reviewer. Aspire: The New Women of Color Bible Study Bible, Grand Rapids, MI (2007) Reviewed the Hebrew Bible footnotes for linguistic, theological, historical, and cultural accuracy. Student Intern. DEPTH (Discover, Explore, Partner, where Transformation Happens) Youth Program, Chicago, IL (September 2002 to June 2003) Student coordinator for immersion service weekend pairing youth from diverse backgrounds interested in ministry as a vocation with community agencies that work with homelessness, hunger, affordable housing, economic justice and environmental justice. Assistant Pastor and Director of Youth Ministries. Immanuel United Church of Christ, Evergreen Park, IL (February 2000 to June 2002) Assisted adolescents and youth in Christian formation through confirmation classes, Bible study, community service and social activities; provided pastoral support including preaching, worship planning, visiting members, pastoral care and counseling, etc. Media Development Director. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Corporate Office, Chicago, IL (July 1993 to December 1996) Managed a staff of three in the review, editing, publishing and mailing of the organizations main communication organ, Ivy Leaf magazine. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Society of Biblical Literature Society for the Study of Black Religion Ordained Minister, Chicago Metropolitan Association, Illinois Conference, United Church of Christ