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23 Feb 10

Need a Good Title for a SBL Session

As a member of the Student Advisory Group, I am currently putting together a panel discussion for this fall’s annual meeting for the Society of Biblical Literature. The panel is aimed at both master’s and doctoral students who are a bit desperate and frustrated to find their own niche in biblical studies. The panel will [...]

10 Comments Posted in SBL, biblical studies, career by Patrick George McCullough
21 Sep 09

Today, I Walked Into My First Office

A shared office. But this shared office, apart from being my first official “office” at any institution, has special meaning. After Prof. Bartchy’s office, this office is the second room that I visited on UCLA’s campus. As a prospective Ph.D. student, I awkwardly stumbled on campus to meet one of Bartchy’s grad students in person, [...]

4 Comments Posted in career, life, ucla by Patrick George McCullough
19 Aug 09

New Testament Jobs for 2010 and "Ideological" Criticisms

SBL Career Center has been posting positions for 2010 and I thought I’d take a peek at the spots that are out there. I’m not applying for these spots as I’m not on the market yet, but it’s never too early to investigate the lay of the land. I noticed a common requirement. Historical-critical scholars [...]

7 Comments Posted in academia, career, ideological criticism, jobs, new testament by Patrick George McCullough
8 Jul 09

Teaching This Fall, Finally.

I have taught in a few different capacities. Several of those have been ministry-related–small groups, sermons, Sunday school, etc. My first teaching assistant position was for Greek as an undergrad, where I often helped go through homework with students in class. In that position, in TA spots I had at Fuller Seminary and as a [...]

0 Comments Posted in career, pedagogy, ucla by Patrick George McCullough
2 Feb 09

Entering Acadadia

When my wife and I sat down in the middle of the night with a home pregnancy test in bewildered awe of the coming tectonic shift in our lives, I didn’t really consider the situation that I would be in when our little baby entered the world. From our calculations, it looked like he would [...]

2 Comments Posted in acadadia, academia, career, parenthood by Patrick George McCullough
19 Sep 08

I am now a master of divine things.

It hasn’t quite become official–I have to pass my classes after all –but I have handed in my last assignment for Fuller Theological Seminary. I have now finished all the work necessary to earn my Master of Divinity. I am so excited to start bossing around divine beings. I believe my first command [...]

2 Comments Posted in academia, career, seminary by Patrick George McCullough
10 Sep 08

The Bible influences culture even if nobody reads it . . .

Many may know about the discussion raised by Hector Avalos about the “end of biblical studies.” For those who don’t, I will catch you up a little bit. The issue is about whether we should teach biblical studies as an academic discipline and, if so, how we should go about it. The issue obviously hits [...]

4 Comments Posted in American culture, Avalos, DeConick, Koester, academia, bible, biblical studies, career, hermeneutics by Patrick George McCullough
10 May 08

Been lacking my New Testament inspiration this quarter

If I needed any confirmation that New Testament and Christian origins are “my thing,” here it is. My current quarter contains no such classes and I’m feeling the energy drain. I feel like the extrovert without her crowd or the introvert without his quiet place. A few other factors may be playing a role. For [...]

3 Comments Posted in Robert Jewett, career, new testament, seminary life by Patrick George McCullough
12 Mar 08

I'm goin' to UCLA!

I am pleased to report that I have been offered admission into the Ph.D. program in UCLA’s Department of History, to work under Scott Bartchy, and I have accepted the offer! The specialty is technically called “History of Religions,” but I will mostly be concentrating on Christian origins (especially the New Testament, but also beyond). [...]

15 Comments Posted in PhD, bartchy, career, doctoral applications, doctoral programs, history, ucla by Patrick George McCullough
7 Jan 08

Who doesn't want to be a "rich professor"?

One of the purposes of this blog is to reflect on the journey towards academia. I have been caught up in applying to my next step in that process, namely, doctoral programs. I am, of course, a bundle of nerves, excitement and bewilderment when I think about the fact that I will be somewhere else [...]

6 Comments Posted in academia, career by Patrick George McCullough

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