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The purpose of the Student Advisory Group (SAG) is to coordinate student participation across all Society activities, committees, and programs in an effort to foster greater opportunities for student participation and leadership development. SAG is coordinated by SBL staff members and led by a group of student members. SAG is supported by a delegation of On-campus Student Representatives (OSRs) who are responsible for disseminating information to the SBL members on their campuses and for communicating the concerns of the student members to SBL and SAG.
We encourage students to utilize the SAG listserve as a way to network with fellow student members, share their experiences in academics and professional development, ask questions, and leave suggestions for ways in which SBL and SAG can better serve the needs of our student members.
Please contact Kevin McGinnis if you have questions or would like to volunteer to become an On-campus Student Representative.
SAG Committee Members
Kevin McGinnis
Chair |
Erin Vearncombe
Member |
Kari E. Pellegrino
Member |
Ryan Carhart
Member |
Elizabeth Morgan
Member |
David Eastman
Member |
David Creech
Member |
Charlie Haws
SAG Coordinator |
Activities
All students are encouraged to attend the SBL Annual Meetings. In the past, students have participated in events such as How to Interview, Orientation to the SBL Annual Meeting for First-time Attendees, Alternative Careers, Getting Published, Earning a Ph.D. in a Foreign Country and how to prepare a proposal.
Look for 2009 New Orleans Highlights in the spring!
2008 Boston Highlights:
- Publishing: SBL22-129, presented by SAG and SBL Publications. Learn how to make your way into (the record) books.
- How to Get Hired: SBL23-22, presented by SAG and Career Center. Who doesn’t want to know how to get hired?
- Things I Wish I Had Known About Doing a PhD: SBL23-49, presented by SAG. Advice that might be too late for the presenters but is too important for to-be-dissertators to miss.
- How to Get Actively Involved in SBL: SBL23-76, presented by SAG and Career Center. Active involvement equals opportunities and connections; learn how you can help yourself get ahead.
- Perspectives on the Academic Job Search: SBL24-88, presented by Career Center, featuring the authors of the 2008 edition of The Academic Job Search Handbook. Things are changing; learn what is and what to do.
Opportunities for Students
The Career Center and Student Advisory Group are making grant and funding opportunities for students available to you. Check out these blurbs, which are expounded upon in the Career Center’s Career Tools:
- American Center of Oriental Research – private, non-profit academic institution in Amman, Jordan promoting the fields of archaeology, anthropology, history, languages, biblical studies, Arabic, Islamic studies and other aspects of Near Eastern studies.
- American Research Institute in Turkey – non-profit educational institution promoting American and Turkish research and exchange related to Turkey in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.
- American Schools of Oriental Research – non-profit that encourages the study of the peoples and cultures of the Near East, from the earliest times to the present.
- Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest – for full-time undergraduate juniors and seniors at accredited four-year colleges and universities in the US, this contest challenges college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world.
- Fulbright Program – the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange, including Pre-Doctoral Fellowships and the Fulbright-Hays Foreign Area and Language Training Programs.
- Fund for Theological Education – programs include Undergraduates Exploring Ministry; Support for Seminary Students; African-American Ph.D./Th.D. Scholars; Racial/Ethnic Ph.D./Th.D. Scholars; Calling Congregations; Programs for High School Youth; Programs for Colleges and Universities; and New Pastor Support.
- The Louisville Institute’s Dissertation Fellowship Program offers $18,000 grants to support the final year of Ph.D. or Th.D. dissertation writing for students engaged in research pertaining to North American Christianity, especially projects related to the current program priorities of the Louisville Institute.
- Middle East Studies Association of North America – private, non-profit, non-political learned society that brings together scholars, educators, and those interested in the study of the region from all over the world.
- Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation – two fellowships support doctoral candidates: Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships and Wilson Dissertation Fellowships in Women’s Studies.