As the 2016-2017 school year gets underway, 天美视频 faculty are returning from busy summers full of writing, speaking, and researching, as another year of educating and equipping students in our graduate degree programs commences. But before the new year moves into full swing, here鈥檚 a look back at some faculty highlights from the previous year.
Book Publications
In March 2016, , Professor of Counseling Psychology, published and an accompanying workbook, exploring recent discoveries about the lasting physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual ramifications of sexual abuse, as well as the realities of working with survivors of abuse. The book is a 25-year retrospective of Dr. Allender鈥檚 iconic work The Wounded Heart, but it is more than an updated version. Instead, Healing the Wounded Heart is a vibrant and vital read for both survivors of sexual abuse and those who know and work with others who are living with the effects of abuse and trauma.
Also in March, , President of 天美视频, published , inviting readers on a journey to relearn how to listen. Full of stories, insights, and reflective exercises, the new book compellingly outlines Dr. Anderson鈥檚 belief that we can hear God speaking through the moments that make up our days鈥攏ot by memorizing a formula or 10 easy steps, but by participating in the world around us with a posture of wonder and curiosity. 鈥淕od is not done with the business of revelation and creation but instead continues to have something to say and something yet to be accomplished in the very culture that isn鈥檛 sure if God is done speaking,鈥� writes Dr. Anderson. 鈥淢y claim is simple: spirituality is grounded in ordinary life experiences. We need to learn to listen to rhythms of life, narratives and creation.鈥�
In November 2015, , Associate Professor of Theology & Culture, published . The book explores how the world鈥檚 perceptions of Christians鈥攁nd, therefore, its perception of Christ鈥攎ight change if our way of doing justice work is as important as the end result. 鈥淭he way you treat the person you love the least is the way you love God the most,鈥� writes Dr. Ruthruff.
, Affiliate Professor, published with her business partner, Ilsa Govan. The book is designed to train people in leading dialogues about diversity, particularly in workplace settings, drawing from Dr. Hollins鈥檚 years of experience as a facilitator, speaker, and teacher.
Dr. Hollins also led a workshop about racial privilege at the office of Governor Jay Inslee, and she delivered keynote addresses for the Puget Sound Association of Legal Administrators, the City of Seattle鈥檚 Department of Education and Early Planning, and Jefferson County Public Library. She was also featured in two interviews (for and ) about how to talk with children about racism.
Academic Publications, Presentations, and Honors
, Associate Professor of Theology, published two pieces in The Other Journal鈥檚 25th issue, which revolved around the theme of trauma: and Dr. Stearns also presented 鈥淗uman Beings Require Tangibility or How Ann Hamilton Changed My Mind鈥� for an October 2015 panel discussion titled 鈥淭heology Between Art and The Body: Reimagining Our Future鈥� at Seattle Pacific Seminary, and she presented 鈥溾�楬uman Beings are Constantly Invited to Relate the Given to the Found鈥�: Exploring Ben Quash鈥檚 Found Theology through Ann Hamilton鈥檚 Playful Participation in the event of a thread and the common SENSE鈥� at Christians in the Visual Arts Conference in June 2015.
presented the following papers: 鈥淭ransforming Our Body Politic: A Feminist-Womanist Dialogue on 1 Corinthians 12:12-26鈥� at the 2016 International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in Seoul, Korea; 鈥淲hen Women Get Angry: Re-Reading the Violence Surrounding Herodias (Mark 6:14-29) in the Age of Ferguson, Charleston, and the Black Lives Matter Movement鈥� and 鈥淒isrupting Oneness, Challenging Erasure: A Feminist-Womanist Dialogue on the Body of Christ,鈥� both at the Society of Biblical Literature鈥檚 annual meeting in Atlanta.
In addition to speaking at the 2016 Inhabit conference and being an invited juror for the 2017 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion, Dr. Parker published a book review of Jin Young Choi鈥檚 Postcolonial Discipleship of Embodiment: An Asian and Asian American Feminist Reading of the Gospel of Mark in Review of Biblical Literature, and she is under contract with Wipf & Stock for a book entitled Bodies, Violence, and Emotions: A Womanist Reading of 蟽峥段嘉� and 蟺蟿峥段嘉� in the Gospel of Mark.
Dr. Parker was also selected to participate in the 2016-2017 . Designed for faculty members who are in their first years of teaching, this workshop鈥攈eld for one week each summer for two years and a winter weekend retreat鈥攚ill explore 21st century challenges in theological education, innovative teaching practices, and complex institutional ecologies. In this process, Dr. Parker is joining a community of collaborative thinkers who are wrestling with questions about interdisciplinary teaching, generative learning, and responsible pedagogies in complex institutional and cultural contexts.
, Professor of Counseling Psychology, published 鈥淭he Changing Culture of Faculty Work: A Pedagogy of Cultural Dignity for Engaging the Diverse Other鈥� (co-authored with ) in Journal of Theological Education and participated in two panels at the International Conference for the Christian Association for Psychological Studies in Pasadena: 鈥淪taying Connected When Things Fall Apart: The Personal and Professional Life of the Therapist鈥� and Towards Cultural Consciousness of Self and Other in the Therapeutic Relationship.鈥� At the same conference in 2015, Dr. Barsness presented 鈥淢apping the Mind of the Relational Psychoanalyst.鈥�
Dr. Barsness was also invited to present on 鈥淢ultiple Self Theory鈥� at the Brookhaven Institute for Psychoanalysis and Christian Theology in Pasadena, and on 鈥淪even Practices of Relational Psychoanalysis鈥� at George Fox University. He is currently under contract with Routledge to publish a new book, Core Competencies in Relational Psychoanalysis: A Guide to Practice, Study and Research, with projected publication in 2017.
, Assistant Professor of Counseling, spoke about self-care and mental illness (鈥淎 Community of Self-Care: Counselor Health and Client Well Being鈥� and 鈥淟iving With the Other in Ourselves and Those around Us: Facing Mental Illness鈥�) at the American Mental Health Counselors Association鈥檚 annual conference, Argosy University, University Presbyterian Church, and the Washington Counseling Association. Dr. Shirley also delivered a poster session at the annual conference of the American Family Therapy Academy, titled 鈥淪hame, Gender Role, and Alexithymia in Men in Positions of Spiritual Authority鈥濃�攚hich was the subject of his doctoral research in Pastoral Community Counseling.
, Adjunct Faculty and Practicum Leader, co-authored 鈥淐ourage Embodied: Exploring the Relationship between Courage, Psychological Well-being, and Somatic Symptoms,鈥� which was presented at the Second World Conference on Personality in Buzios, Brazil. He also co-authored two manuscripts that have been submitted for publication: 鈥淭he Impact of Defensive Anger on Discrete Emotions and Posttraumatic Stress鈥� and 鈥淒evelopment and Validation of a Rapid Screening Tool for Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care Settings.鈥�
As our students and alumni know well from their time in class, the generativity of our faculty is at the core of what brings 天美视频鈥檚 mission to life. In preparing students to study and practice at the intersection of text.soul.culture, we are led by our faculty, who continually establish themselves as practitioners, writers, thought leaders, and educators marked by creativity, thoughtfulness, care, and boldness.