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The Regional Coordinators Committee consists of liaisons from the eleven SBL regions in North America. Coordinators report regional activities, award grants, and nominate scholars. Members of this
committee serve a three-year term, renewable for a second term.
Regional Coordinator Description
Responsibilities include the following:
- To facilitate annual regional meetings that foster biblical scholarship according to the standards valued by the SBL
- To oversee the Regional Scholars Award program
- To evaluate the distribution of topics and sessions among program units
- To set and evaluate participation policies
- To maximize participation without compromising quality
- To consider the structure of the meeting and its capacity to incorporate new ways of thinking or methods of research
Committee handbook
Members of the committee:
| Name |
Term |
Years of Term |
| J. Blake Couey |
1 |
2019-2021 |
| Stacy Davis |
1 |
2019-2021
|
| Matthew Easter |
1 |
2019-2021 |
| Kevin McGinnis |
1 |
2021-2023 |
| Jennifer Brown Jones |
1 |
2020-2022 |
| Brad E. Kelle |
2 |
2021-2023 |
| Hyun Chul Paul Kim - Chair |
1 |
2019-2021 |
| Shelly Matthews |
1 |
2021-2023 |
| Melvin Sensenig |
1 |
2021-2023 |
| Douglas Hume |
1 |
2021-2023 |
| Thomas Wayment |
2 |
2018-2021 |
Paige Schmidt - Staff Liaison