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Regional Scholar Awards
The eleven regions identify exemplary new scholars forconsideration and selection as one of the Society's Regional Scholars. Amaximum of six regional scholars are selected each year and given stipends tocover a portion of the cost of attending the Annual Meeting.
2012 Awards
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Eric D. Barreto, Upper Midwest Region
Eric D. Barreto is Assistant Professor of NewTestament at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He completed doctoralwork at Emory University and also holds degrees from Princeton TheologicalSeminary and Oklahoma Baptist University. His dissertation, EthnicNegotiations: The Function of Race and Ethnicity in Acts 16, was publishedby Mohr Siebeck in 2010 and argues that race and ethnicity were criticalcomponents of the theology of Acts. A recipient of an ATS Lilly FacultyFellowship in 2012-13, he has also received grants from the HispanicTheological Initiative, the Fund for Theological Education, and the WabashCenter for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. |
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Andrew R. Davis, Pacific Northwest Region
Andrew R. Davis is anassistant professor of Hebrew Bible at the Seattle University School ofTheology and Ministry, where he has taught since earning his PhD in NearEastern Studies from the Johns Hopkins University in 2010. Previously, hehas studied as a Kress Fellow at the W.F. Albright Institute of ArchaeologicalResearch and received an MTS from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. His research interests include the religions of ancient Israel and theologicalinterpretation of the Bible. He is currently revising his dissertation,entitled Tel Dan in its Northern Cultic Context, for publication in theSBL Archaeology and Biblical Studies series. He has also written recentarticles on the Book of Ruth (forthcoming in JBL), the treaty texts fromMari (forthcoming in ANES), and the Book of Job |
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Chris Keith, Central States Region
Chris Keith (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is Professor ofNew Testament and Early Christianity, and Director of the Centre for theSocial-Scientific Study of the Bible, at St. Mary's University College,Twickenham. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, theGospel of John, and the Literacy of Jesus (2009), which won a 2010 JohnTempleton Award for Theological Promise. He is also the author of Jesus'Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee (2011) and co-editorof Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introductionto Jesus in the Gospels (2011, with Larry W. Hurtado) and Jesus,Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity (2012, with Anthony LeDonne). He has published essays in journals such as Zeitschrift fuerdie neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, New Testament Studies, NovumTestamentum, and Biblica and has contributed tothe New Cambridge History of the Bible. Dr. Keith is also a fellowof the Memoria Romana project. His forthcoming works include a volume onthe controversy narratives (Baker Academic) and a co-edited reference work onmedia criticism and Biblical Studies (T&T Clark). |
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Christopher Stroup, New England Region
Christopher Stroup is a Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studiesspecializing in Ancient Christianity (Origins to Late Empire) at BostonUniversity. His dissertation, entitled "Jewish Acts: Crafting Judean Identityin Acts of the Apostles," examines the way that Luke uses the Greek termIoudaios (Judean) to craft and maintain a version of Jewish identity thatis conducive to the integration of non-Judeans into the Jewish communitythrough membership in the Jesus movement. His current research focuses on thenegotiation of identity, ethnicity, culture, and gender in ancient Judaism andChristianity; the intersections between imperial, civic, and minority religionsin the Roman world; and the interpretive interactions between ancient materialculture and literature. More broadly, he is interested in religion in publicdiscourse and religious literacy. Chris is a member of the SBL Student AdvisoryBoard and was awarded the Rallis Memorial and Brennan Humanities Awards byBoston University's Center for Humanities.
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Brittany E. Wilson, Mid-Atlantic Region
Brittany E. Wilson is Visiting Assistant Professor of NewTestament at Duke University Divinity School. She earned a B.A. from TheUniversity of Texas at Austin, a M.T.S. from Duke Divinity School, and a Ph.D.from Princeton Theological Seminary. She has published in journals such as TheCatholic Biblical Quarterly and is a contributor to The Encyclopedia ofthe Bible and its Reception (de Gruyter, 2009-) and the Women's BibleCommentary, Second Edition (Westminster John Knox, forthcoming). Wilson'scurrent project explores how key male characters in Luke-Acts intersect withancient constructions of masculinity. Her teaching and research interestsinclude the Gospels and the Book of Acts, literary approaches to the NewTestament, the role of the cross in early Christian literature, depictions ofthe body in biblical texts, and the intersections between sex, gender, and thebody in the ancient world. |
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