We want to grow the ESN team! After many years as our blog editor, Hannah Eagleson is assuming the role of Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships. Hannah will serve as our liaison with partner organizations working in higher education, including the American Scientific Affiliation, study centers, and other partners. She will support our new Scholars Compass booklet with groups using this resource to connect faith and work in the academy. And as Director, Bob Trube gives overall direction of ESN's ministry as well … [Read more...] about We Are Growing! We Are Hiring!
New ESN Reading Lists: Career Stages & Four Faculty Loves
New ESN Reading Lists Are you looking for a quick guide to some of our key starting point resources here at the ESN blog? We've designed a resource page that offers some great starting points for each career stage, and for InterVarsity's Four Faculty Loves. Browse these if you're looking for individual reading or small group conversation starters. We hope they'll serve as great starting points to exploring our rich archive of reflections by and for Christian scholars too. We're proud of the wonderful … [Read more...] about New ESN Reading Lists: Career Stages & Four Faculty Loves
Apply for the $26k Christian Scholars Foundation-ESN Grant
We are delighted to announce that the annual Christian Scholars Foundation-ESN Grant for junior faculty will increase to $26,000 for 2022. The CSF-ESN grant, awarded annually to an ESN member who is junior faculty, consistently supports excellent projects that integrate faith and scholarship and support the common good. CSF-ESN Grant awardees have gone on to model excellent integration of scholarship and faith in both secular and Christian institutions, to serve in innovative programs such as the Fulbright … [Read more...] about Apply for the $26k Christian Scholars Foundation-ESN Grant
February through April ESN Conversations.
We are very excited to announce our upcoming ESN Conversations for the next three months and wanted to let you know so you could get these on your calendar. February 10, 2022: Faithful Antiracism. We will be joined by Chad Brennan, who is coordinator of the Race, Religion, and Justice Project, and founder of Renew Partnerships, a Christian research and consulting ministry that focuses on diversity and race in faith-based organizations. Also joining us is Christina Barland Edmondson. She is a higher education … [Read more...] about February through April ESN Conversations.
Have You Discovered ESN’s YouTube Channel?
A little over two years ago, before the pandemic, ESN launched our ESN Conversations, monthly conversations with scholars about the intersection of faith and scholarship. Over 400 people have participated in conversations. The early conversations weren't recorded, mostly due to legal reasons, but also to give us a chance to learn how to do this. By July of 2020, we had worked out those issues and began, with an interview of Elaine Howard Ecklund, to post these interviews on our newly created Emerging Scholars Network … [Read more...] about Have You Discovered ESN’s YouTube Channel?