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The
Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) is
committed to the support
and professional development
of its student members. In
affirmation
of this support, the Student Advisory Board
(SAB, previously the Student Advisory Group) was
officially launched
at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Society in Philadelphia,
PA. The establishment
and ongoing promotion
of SAB testifies
to the Society’s dedication to fostering student
membership and participation
in the activities of the Society.
SAB functions
as a Board within the Society’s governance structure,
and
as such is composed of appointed individuals, both student members
of the Society and a faculty liaison, who work to advise the SBL Council
regarding issues
and opportunities relating to
student membership and participation
in the Society as
a whole. SAB also has
as its core mandate the coordination of student participation
across
all Society activities,
committees, and programs in an
effort to foster opportunities for student
participation and leadership
development.
In order to achieve
this mandate, SAB works to
encourage student
attendance and
active participation
at regional, national, and
international congresses,
with a focus on paper presentations
and
professional skills development; to link SBL student
membership to effective,
working resources
for
skills advancement,
facilitated through the development and
maintenance of communication tools such as a webpage and newsletter (look for it in January 2012!); and
to provide support in the development, review and evaluation
of SBL policies
and procedures as
relating to
student membership and participation and
to make recommendations,
where appropriate, to SBL Council on these matters.
Please contact Erin Vearncombe if you have questions or would like to volunteer to become an On-campus Student Representative.
A Student Newsletter was started in 2012. See the first issue of
Dialogos here. They will be posted with the other SBL Newsletters on the
Society News page. More information on Student Activities can be found on the
Student Page.
SAB Committee Members
Krista Dalton
Dallas Flippin
Jan H. Nylund
Ross P. Ponder - Chair
Jason Anthony Riley
Michele Stopera Freyhauf
Erin Walsh
Thomas Whitley
Charles Haws - Staff Liaison
Student Professional Development
Sessions
SAB is committed
to the professional development
of graduate students. We know how challenging the job
market is right now, so we want to supplement the training that
students receive at their own university.
Our sessions gather together panelists
from
universities across the world; these panelists share their expertise and experiences
to help students navigate the sometimes
confusing and challenging waters of
scholarship and academic life.
Previous years included: Getting a Ph.D.: From Application to
Dissertation; Finding Your Niche in
Biblical Scholarship; From Dissertation
to Publication: Advice from
Publishers and Editors; Navigating
the Job Market; and Exploring
Issues in Pedagogy: Diversity
in the Classroom; Balancing Family
and Scholarship; Annual Meeting
Orientation session; Engaging the Wired-In Generation: Knowledge and Learning
in the Digital Age and The Future of Biblical Scholarship: What
Research Still Needs to be Done?
All of our sessions provide ample
time for discussion and questions.