Professor of Theology, University of Chicago Divinity School |
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Dwight Hopkins
“I know there is pressure to finish fast, and get on with life. But the reason we earn this degree is to engage the intellectual study of religion. And it takes time to do that.”
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Vice President for Doctoral Programs and Administration: |
Sharon Watson Fluker
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FTE supports outstanding African-American students pursuing graduate degrees in religion and theology. This work is designed to address the significant shortage of African-American scholars in faculty teaching and research positions. Diversity is crucial to the vitality of the academy and the Christian church. A strong presence of African-American faculty in the nation's theological schools in particular is needed to serve today's diverse student body, to attract and inspire outstanding candidates for ministry, and to contribute to broad, deep and inclusive teaching and research.
The program offers two kinds of fellowships:
- Doctoral Fellowships: to recruit more African-American doctoral degree candidates and support them in the first year of their graduate programs.
- Dissertation Fellowships: to help African-American doctoral students successfully complete their dissertations and move toward faculty positions in theological schools and seminaries.
This conference provides an opportunity for Doctoral and Dissertation Fellows to engage with religious and theological faculty, as well as peers, to discuss contemporary issues in religion and theology, scholarship and teaching. The conference includes lectures, panels and workshops. Expenses for conference attendance are included as part of the Doctoral and Dissertation Fellowship awards.
The 2009 FTE Doctoral Conference will be held June 5 - 7, 2009 at Vanderbilt University, in Nashville, TN.
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