How to Connect with the Wabash Center
The Wabash Center supports theology and religion faculty reflecting on their teaching practice — in both theological education and undergraduate education, in North America. We facilitate faculty conversations about the goals and processes of teaching and student learning. Our programing develops faculty skills for critical reflection on teaching practice.
We are fully funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.
We have a very small professional staff that facilitates our various programs. For the most part, our programs are designed and led by faculty from across the country who have participated in previous Wabash Center programming. Our strategy is to cultivate workshop participants to become leaders of future workshops — and contributors to the full range of Wabash Center programming and resources.
The most obvious way to get involved with the Wabash Center is to apply for one of our Summer Teaching Workshops.
We also have a Grant Program and a team of Consultants to help faculty convene conversations about teaching on their own campuses.
Look for our sponsored sessions on teaching at the annual AAR-SBL conference and the annual gathering of ETS.
We also publish a peer-reviewed journal on teaching, host several blog series featuring bloggers from around the country, and provide other resources to support faculty thinking critically and intentionally about their teaching practice.
Consultations at your school
Our team of consultants is available to lead faculty workshops or facilitate other faculty conversations that involve teaching and student learning.
Our signature bread and butter program is the Early Career Workshop – gathering 14 faculty for a week during two successive summers, punctuated by a winter workshop in January. But we also offer a range of workshops, colloquies, and conferences for faculty at different points in their careers, on a variety of topics.
$7500 Grants
Peer Mentoring Clusters program supports faculty of color who are former participants in Wabash Center programming and want to gather a small group for further networking and vocational growth.
$30,000 Grants
Our grant program provides funds up to $30,000 for projects that promote a sustained conversation about pedagogy through the improvement of practical applications of teaching and learning methods, the encouragement of research and study of pedagogical issues, and the creation of a supportive environment for teaching.
Resources to Support Teachers
Online learning
The future of the academy
Multicultural education
How youth ministry can change theological education
Teaching Theology and Religion
The January issue of our peer-reviewed journal on teaching, published by Wiley, is available for free download throughout the calendar year.