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Serving Educators since 1996.

Our mission as the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion is to enhance and strengthen education in theology and religion in theological schools, colleges, and universities in the United States and Canada.

A Storied History

The Wabash Center’s constituency are faculty in the fields of theology and religion. We support faculty reflecting upon teaching and the teaching life when employed in theological education, colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. We are exclusively funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. Our program activities include resource development, a re-granting program, and a wide array of cohort groups to improve teaching and the teaching life. Our central aim is to help teachers to teach better.

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Our Impact

The Wabash Center, established in the late 1990s, has had a significant impact on theological schools, colleges, and universities. The vision that gave birth to the Wabash Center emphasized enhancing religious leadership, the quality of religious institutions, and the impact of religion on public discourse. The Center has engaged that vision by touching the lives of thousands of teachers of theology and religion, and, through their work, higher education, congregations and the wider public. This report offers analysis of the mission, programmatic emphasizes, and influence of the Center. A highlight of the report are Parker’s and Seymour’s insights of next steps for the Wabash Center. 

Our Staff

Nancy Lynne Westfield, Ph.D.
Director
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Sarah F. Farmer, Ph.D.
Associate Director
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Rachelle R. Green, Ph.D.
Associate Director
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Paul J. Utterback
Communications and Digital Media Coordinator
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Donald E. Quist, Ph.D.
Educational Design Manager
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Stacie Cordell
Wabash Center’s Grants & Finance Administrator
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Rachel Mills
Executive Administrative Assistant to the Director
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Emily Murphy
Administrative Assistant
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Heather Fuller
Archivist of the Wabash Center at Columbia Theological Seminary
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Rebecca Badertscher
Project Coordinator
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