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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.
The board manages a separate website with articles, resources, and a guide to events that it organizes such as the "What I'm Telling My Graduate Students" luncheon. Navigate to http://www.sblstudents.org/ to learn more.
Please contact Ross Ponder if you have questions or would like to volunteer to become an On-campus Student Representative.
SAB Committee Members
Jordan Conley, Regional Rep Coordinator
Bradley Erickson - Tech Coordinator
David Harris - Member at Large
Joshua Matson - Vice Chair
Peter McLellan - Member at Large
Sarah Porter - Project Manager
Jesse Richards - International Coordinator
Joshua Paul Smith, On Campus Rep Coordinator
Erin Walsh - Chair
Christopher Hooker - Staff Liaison