Faculty Insights Archives - Sattler College https://sattler.edu/blog/tag/faculty-insights/ Equipping Jesus' Peaceful Revolution Fri, 04 Oct 2024 21:20:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://sattler.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/favicon.png Faculty Insights Archives - Sattler College https://sattler.edu/blog/tag/faculty-insights/ 32 32 “Greek Never Died” – Episode 016 https://sattler.edu/blog/greek-never-died-episode-016/ https://sattler.edu/blog/greek-never-died-episode-016/#respond Fri, 04 Oct 2024 21:20:54 +0000 https://sattler.edu/?p=512428 Don’t miss a future episode. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts! In this episode, Jose Diaz, a PhD student in Greek New Testament studies at Andrews University and new faculty member at Sattler College, shares his journey from Mexico to the U.S., his passion for teaching biblical Greek, and how he uses second language acquisition methods to make Greek a living language for students. He also discusses the debate over Greek pronunciation, using props to teach the Lord’s Prayer, and his philosophy on blending academic rigor with personal devotion. Jose offers practical tips on how to start studying Greek and keep it as a lifelong habit, no matter where you are in your journey. Learn more about studying Biblical and Religious Studies at Sattler. Mentioned: Mentioned in this episode: Chapters: 0:00 – Introduction and Welcome0:28 – Jose’s Background and Educational Journey3:59 – Passion for Greek and Spiritual Connection11:01 – Approaching Greek Pedagogy: Combining Heart and Mind16:50 – The Lord’s Prayer in Greek: Demonstration and Explanation24:10 – Transitioning to Modern Greek Pronunciation32:00 – Jose’s Perspective on Learning Greek as a Living Language39:20 – Advice for Starting and Sustaining Greek Study47:00 – Sattler College Open House and Closing Remarks Transcript This transcript has been auto generated and likely contains errors. Zack Johnson: 0:02It is September 12th, 2024, and I’m here with the one and only Jose Diaz. Jose, thank you for taking the time to be part of the podcast with me. Thank you for the invitation, right? So, jose, how long have you been in Boston? Jose Diaz: 0:18Well, we moved. Our moving day was August 13th, so uh, about three weeks. Zack Johnson: 0:27Yeah, so I was. I’m joking that we decided to film right in the sunlight to give people a little bit of a view of the city that you just moved to. But I’m gonna read your bio. That’s on our website and okay, they’re in the middle of that. Feel free to correct or subtract anything from it, and then we can just jump right into what we’re going to talk about. But first, just for our viewers, who people are watching, what are these things in front of us? Jose Diaz: 0:53Well, what we have here is some of the props that I use for the Lord’s Prayer. We are learning the Lord’s Prayer and one of the best ways is to engage with props, so perhaps at the end or sometime, I could pray in Greek and show you how I use these props. Okay, that students are going to eventually use them as they learn the Lord’s Prayer. Some students are starting to lead the prayer already in Greek. Zack Johnson: 1:29Right, and then I’m assuming that this is evil, this dragon. Jose Diaz: 1:33Yes, the evil one. Yes, he represents the evil one. Yeah, I got it. Zack Johnson: 1:37That makes sense to me, all right. Jose S Diaz is a PhD student specializing in Greek New Testament, with a minor in Hebrew Bible at Andrews University. He holds an MA in pastoral ministry from Andrews University, an MSED in education with a concentration in English as a second language and bilingual education from Northern Illinois University, an MDiv equivalency from Andrews University and a BA in theology from Monte Morelos University in Mexico. In 2023, he started a YouTube channel called A Plus Lingua to help students internalize the Greek scripture through songs. Anything to add or subtract? Was that accurate? No, that’s basically it. All right. So you’ve got a lot of schooling. And then mr diaz’s interests include infusing second language acquisition methodology into greek pedagogy, greek exegesis, greek discourse analysis and new testament backgrounds by visiting archaeological sites that aid in the understanding of the scriptures, greece, etc. He’s been teaching Greek communicatively for the past three years, serving undergraduate and graduate students. He wants to help church members locally and globally to anchor themselves in the scriptures and become lifelong readers of the Greek scriptures. Zack Johnson: 2:59All right, jose, welcome here. Thank you so much. All right, thank you for having me, absolutely so. The obvious question is when I read your bio. All right, jose, welcome here. Thank you so much, all right, thank you for having me, absolutely so. The obvious question is when I read your bio, the most repeated word is Greek. Yes, greek, greek, greek. And you’re wearing a t-shirt that says Friends of Greek, friends of Greek. Jose Diaz: 3:18And then it says yes, and Matthew 19, 36. Parateo Panta Dunata, yes, parateo Panta Dinata. Zack Johnson: 3:25Dinata, yes, and Matthew 19, 36. So I think it’s safe to say that you have some sort of passion for Greek. That’s correct. I’d love to just ask you to tell me about your passion and then share where on earth did you develop it and why are you so passionate about sharing it with others? Jose Diaz: 3:56Yes, so my journey with Greek has been for several years. In 96, I took my first Greek class in 1996 when I was doing my undergrad. First two semesters were not as I would like someone to study Greek, but then my passion started in my third semester of Greek. But then I did not follow that. I did not follow theology as my professional in my professional life, meaning I did not find employment in that area. So I entered into the educational field. That’s when I got a master’s in education, but still my first love with the scriptures was still there. Jose Diaz: 4:45Even though I worked for more than 18 years in education, I wanted to do something with the biblical languages. So that’s when I started building so I could go back and get a PhD specifically in the Greek New Testament and get a PhD specifically in the Greek New Testament. So it was a long journey. We moved to Bering Springs, michigan, where Andrews University is […]

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/greek-never-died-episode-016/feed/ 0 Biblical Languages as Worship https://sattler.edu/blog/biblical-languages-as-worship/ https://sattler.edu/blog/biblical-languages-as-worship/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:16:00 +0000 https://sattler.edu/?p=511753 “What does this verse really say?” “What does this verse really say?” This is probably the question I get asked most by those uninitiated into the joys of reading the Bible in the original Greek or Hebrew. The thought of accessing some special (read “secret”) meaning in Scripture is extremely appealing. Why else would Dan Brown’s books have sold so well? Alas, my answer to this question is often not what the inquirer hoped for: “Precisely what it says in English.” As boring as it sounds, that’s the answer for almost every passage of Scripture. Yes, there is the odd verse that may raise some questions (cf. Jesus’ statement to Peter, “Get behind me Satan,” vs. simply “Get behind me adversary”), but even in those cases, the translation you will find in most modern English translations is, at least, a strong possibility. But the main problem with the above question is not the motivation for asking it; rather, the problem lies in the focus of studying the biblical languages. Instead of seeing the study of Greek, Hebrew, or even Latin as a portal to hidden meanings inaccessible through translation, original language study is chiefly an act of worship. Let us consider two reasons we should be driven to worship through study of God’s Word in the original tongues: because the languages are beautiful, and because they are hard to learn. Reason One: Worship—Because the Languages Are Beautiful Photo by Tanner Mardis on Unsplash In my years of studying, reading, and teaching biblical languages, I have often been struck by the majesty of the act: reading the words of the apostle, prophet, or church father in their original tongue allows a degree of participation that reading these texts in translation does not. It is one thing to read that “the Word became flesh,” but it is another thing to read John’s actual words, “ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο.” Through original language study we can see that the Beatitudes use as much alliteration as the most Baptist of Baptist pastors. We can see that James 1:17 is written in the same poetic meter as Homer’s poems, or that the Psalms (and indeed, the whole Old Testament!) are structured in a repeating pattern full of allusion, mirroring, and metaphor that rivals the world’s greatest epic poems. When the Christian encounters such beauty, there is only one proper response: praising the Lord for his magnificent revelation. When we read the striking classical periodic structure introducing the letter to the Hebrews, there is reason to thank God for the Greek language’s ability to communicate so complex an idea in so flowing and elegant a style. When we read the wordplay in the genealogies of Genesis, we are bound to admire the handiwork of the Lord who inspired it. When we see the parallels between “בראשׁית” in Genesis 1:1 and “Ἐν ἀρχῇ” in John 1:1, we must marvel at the simplicity with which so lofty an event is described. This is not to say that this beauty is inaccessible through translations. Indeed, much of it is! But the more I have studied and taught Greek and Hebrew, the more I have realized God’s providence in inspiring his Word into particular languages at particular times. Thus, by learning Greek and Hebrew, we can celebrate not only the Word of God, but also the words of God as he chose to reveal them. And that is a joy worth knowing. Reason Two: Worship—Because the Languages Are Hard Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash At one of the tea times last year, President Johnson shared his reflections on a video produced by retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink titled “Good.” The video is straightforward: whenever we encounter an obstacle to success, or a disappointment, or anything that inhibits us on the path we have chosen, good. We can now rise to the challenge afresh, armed with the knowledge and skill set to overcome what stopped us before. “If you can say the word ‘Good,’ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing. And if you’re still breathing, well now, you’ve still got some fight left in you.”1 The difficulty doesn’t break the experience, it makes it. In a way quite different from Navy SEAL training, studying Greek and Hebrew is hard. You may not risk being drowned by a super soldier, but you may very well spend many a sleepless night poring over grammars, lexica, and biblical passages. You will very likely exert tremendous effort for a disappointing grade and contemplate quitting this study altogether. But when we encounter these challenges, what if we say, “good”? Even better, what if these challenges lead us to worship God for the depth of his revelation in Scripture? Consider this: the difficulty you face in learning the languages reflects the great artistry present in the text of the Bible. If it were easy, the Bible might read something like a newspaper—informative, but boring. Instead, Scripture is full of some of the most incredible literary beauty, and that means you will have to learn both the science of the language (which is often drab and repetitive, but helpful) and the art of the language (where the difficulty and the beauty lie). Your education at Sattler will well prepare you for such discoveries. If there is one thing I have learned in my time here, it is that the students are up to the task they’ve been given, particularly in the study of Greek and Hebrew. And if the tediousness of deep language study gets to you, remember the words of the great Anglican theologian Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, “Bury yourself in the lexicon and arise in the presence of God.”2

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/biblical-languages-as-worship/feed/ 2 The Founding and Future of Sattler College – Episode 014 https://sattler.edu/blog/the-founding-and-future-of-sattler-college-episode-014/ https://sattler.edu/blog/the-founding-and-future-of-sattler-college-episode-014/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:06:47 +0000 https://sattler.edu/?p=511321 Don’t miss a future episode. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts! Dr. Finny Kuruvilla joins President Johnson to discuss his vision for Sattler College and the story behind its founding. He shares how childhood and college experiences inspired this vision. His father started a Bible college in India and Dr. Kuruvilla led Intervarsity Christian Fellowship on his campus. He describes how studying twentieth century revivalists and watching Harvard students lose their faith inspired Sattler’s distinctive 3 C’s (cost, core, and Christian discipleship). They also discuss mission drift in universities and how Sattler College can stay true to the original mission. Learn more about what makes Sattler College unique. Mentioned: Mentioned in this episode: Chapters: 0:04 Life Story of Dr. Kuruvilla13:59 Founding a Kingdom-Promoting College23:55 Preserving Mission and Discipleship in Education31:57 Investing in Biblical Studies for Life40:56 The Value of Sattler’s Christian Education Transcript This transcript has been auto generated and likely contains errors. Zack Johnson: 0:04All right, it is Thursday, April 18th and I’m here with Dr Finny Zack Johnson: 0:09Kuruvilla. Can you say your last name, just for the record. Finny Kuruvilla: 0:13I normally anglicize it as Kuruvilla, but Kuruvilla would be how you pronounce it in Malayalam, but Kuruvilla is fine, Kuruvilla, all right. Zack Johnson: 0:21I’ve had intense debates about how to pronounce your last name with many people, but I’m going to read your bio, sure, and then you’re going to add something. Finny Kuruvilla: 0:28No, I think it’s funny how a lot of names get used and misused and all pronunciation is kind of arbitrary anyway, right? So in the end I think we should be more chill with our pronunciation. So you don’t take extreme offense. Zack Johnson: 0:41Yeah, I don’t take offense at all. Great Well with that. Dr Kuruvilla holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, a PhD in chemistry and chemical biology from Harvard University, a master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and a bachelor’s degree from Caltech in chemistry. He is a co-founder and the lead portfolio manager for Eventide Funds, a socially responsible and values-based investing firm. Founder and the lead portfolio manager for Eventide Funds, a socially responsible and values-based investing firm. From 2008 to 2016,. He was a principal at Claris Ventures, a leading healthcare and life sciences venture capital firm. From 2005 to 2008, dr Kuruvilla was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard and MIT, the Broad Institute in medical genetics. Prior to his research, dr Curavillo was a resident physician and clinical fellow at two Boston area hospitals Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Boston, where he cared for both adult and pediatric patients. Anything to add or subtract or correct there? No, it’s good, pretty good, good, we’ve had corrections to bios at mid-pod there. No, it’s good, pretty good, good, I’ve had, we’ve had corrections to bios at mid-podcast here. So, okay, it’s good. Zack Johnson: 1:50So Dr Caravilla has been a practicing Christian for many years. He has a keen interest in biblical interpretation and church history for the purpose of fostering a strong and vibrant church. Today. His interests include anti-Nicene Christianity, Reformation and Anabaptist history and the great awakenings of the 18th and 19th century. He is the author of King Jesus Claims His Church and it doesn’t say this but also the founder of Siler College, which is what I would love to talk about today. But thanks for being here with me today. It’s great to be with you. Yeah, I was hoping to get you on eventually this year, so I’m excited to have you here. So usually I kick it off. Tell me about I mean, we just heard your bio, which is hard to condense your life into a bio. Could you share with us your general life story in like five or ten minutes and how you got here? Finny Kuruvilla: 2:40Sure, I’d love to. So I was born and raised in Southern California, in the LA area, los Angeles area. Probably the most significant influence on my life would be my dad. So my dad came to the United States a little bit after my mom. They both were born and raised in South India, came first to Minnesota, not far from where your family is, and I was conceived in Minnesota but born in LA, in the Pasadena area specifically, and my dad used to work for World Vision, which is a pretty large Christian humanitarian, relief and development agency, and life was pretty hard for us. We did not have a lot of money, life was very tight financially, and so a lot of my youth, my very young youth, was actually spent with my dad, who would go around doing part-time janitorial jobs while he was a student at Fuller Seminary, which is a seminary in Pasadena, and I would go around with him when he would clean the toilets and the bathrooms and all that. My mom was working a low-level job at Bank of America. She started off just as a teller clerk down in Pasadena as well, and I watched my parents work really hard and scrape their way up from pretty low socioeconomically up into the middle class. It took 10, 15 years or so, but I watched them and that made a big impact on me watching them go through that. Finny Kuruvilla: 4:15But more formatively, in the mid 80s, my dad decided that he was going to quit his job at World Vision and go back to India to start a Bible college in North India. So they grew up in the South, where there is a higher percentage of Christians, but they decided to go up to the North, to an area that is very, very unreached with respect to Christianity, and his idea was to start a Bible college that would train national Indian citizens to be trained to be effective at doing discipleship and church […]

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/the-founding-and-future-of-sattler-college-episode-014/feed/ 0 Our Ally, Bacteria – Episode 009 https://sattler.edu/blog/our-ally-bacteria-episode-009/ https://sattler.edu/blog/our-ally-bacteria-episode-009/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 16:53:16 +0000 https://sattler.edu/?p=10620 Don’t miss a future episode. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts! Dr. Nelson Chepkwony began studying microbiology after bacteria in crops caused an outbreak of disease in his native Kenya. He has been admiring the beauty and complexity of microorganisms ever since. In this episode, he talks with Zack Johnson about his academic journey, helping African students study in North America, and growing faith in secular academic environments. He also shares some of the benefits bacteria bring us, including preventing cancer, teaching us new engineering techniques, and helping us make insulin and cheese. Dr. Nelson Chepkwony holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Cornell University. His research focuses on bacterial adhesives and biofilm formation, aiming to develop synthetic bioadhesives for various applications. With a background in microbiology supervision and quality control, Nelson has also contributed to industry standards in food and pharmaceutical testing. Committed to education and mentorship, he has taught microbiology courses, tutored undergraduates, and spearheaded mentorship programs for African students. Outside academia, Nelson is actively involved in Christian fellowship and enjoys soccer, travel, and herding cattle in his native Kenya. Learn more about studying human biology at Sattler College. Mentioned in this episode: Chapters: 0:04 Microbiology Research and Career Path6:32 Mentoring International Students in Academia14:14 Faith, Education, and Microbiology28:41 Harmony Between Science and Faith34:42 Education and Faith Discussions at Sattler Transcript This transcript has been auto generated and likely contains errors. Zack Johnson: 0:04 It is February 8th, 2024, and I’m here with Dr Nelson Chepkwony. Thank you so much for being here with me today. Nelson Chepkwony : 0:11 I am so excited. Zack Johnson: 0:12 Yeah, me, I am as well, and moving forward is okay if I call you Nelson throughout this, we can just have a conversation. So I usually love to just read through people’s bios. I was looking at your bio and I might need some help pronouncing a couple things, because you’re in the realm of microbiology, those are your passions and I am not, so I always need corrected. Are you ready to go? Yep, all right. Dr Nelson Chepkwony received his bachelor’s of science in biological sciences from Cornell University and his PhD in microbiology from Indiana University. Nelson has worked as a post-doctoral fellow and research scientist at okay, you’re going to have to say this from Canada and French. Nelson Chepkwony : 0:56 University of Montreal. Zack Johnson: 0:58 In Quebec, canada. That didn’t sound French to me, but there’s some accents on it. He has researched extensively how bacteria attach the surfaces and form biofilms, with a specific focus on the synthesis and properties of bacterial adhesives, or holdfast, and their adaptation to different ionic environments marine versus freshwater. His research aims in part to develop synthetic bioadhesives in order to eliminate biofouling and corrosion and improve adhesive uses on wet surfaces. Wow, yeah, anything you have to say about that, or explain that part of your bio to somebody who doesn’t know what I just read. Nelson Chepkwony : 1:42 Yeah, that is mouthful, but in just very layman terms is bacteria want to stick to service, so they produce a very specific glue. And my interest is actually how can we mimic that glue and be able to use it in medicine in binding things the way we usually use other glues? Usually most glue don’t work in wet surfaces, but the bacteria have engineered a way of doing it and it’s amazing that we can leverage that and people to synthesize the glue that can work in different environments. Zack Johnson: 2:17 Wow, I have a hunch that when you began your college studies that wasn’t one of your passions. So can you tell me a little bit about the journey to how you specialized throughout your studies and just sort of the path that your research took you on and how you chose to study that particular topic? Nelson Chepkwony : 2:41 Yeah, so I’ve been passionate about research since high school. But when I joined Cornell University for my biology program, my advisor, dr Rebecca Nelson, was doing studying Aflatoxin. Toxins are like toxins that are produced by some fungus that poison food. The Aflatoxin had an impact in Kenya sometime in 2003. It killed about 40 people. So when I saw our lab was studying how this toxin can be prevented, I was excited about research and that is how that was the gateway to research. So I worked with her studying how Aflatoxin is produced. It’s produced by this aspergillus flavors just fungus and then eventually that was for my own anesthesies. But eventually, when I was now after graduation, when I wanted to kind of focus, I look at the labs and I was also looking for something that had application. So when I look at bacteria how people use bacteria to produce different components I saw that those group in Indiana was studying how bacteria stick to surfaces and how we can not really mimic that bacteria to produce a synthetic glue. That is important. That’s how I end up now moving from studying the Aflatoxin to more friendly, because the water bacteria that I produce are friendly. You don’t have to worry about the toxins. So that’s how I was drawn now into the field of studying microbes and the interest was like how can we leverage bacteria to be our own allies? Most people think bacteria is some pathogenic that causes disease, but when I read actually the description in this Indiana website, we’re saying that actually we can make this as allies to help us develop new things like nuclear, new components. So that’s how I end up moving from studying the Aflatoxins to now to bacteria. Zack Johnson: 4:43 And what like as a young person. How many years did it take you to sort of develop that? To me it sounds like a very specific research topic, and my guess is […]

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/our-ally-bacteria-episode-009/feed/ 0 Mothers in Lab Coats – Episode 008 https://sattler.edu/blog/mothers-in-lab-coats-episode-008/ https://sattler.edu/blog/mothers-in-lab-coats-episode-008/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:17:07 +0000 https://sattler.edu/?p=10316 Don’t miss a future episode. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts! In our first episode of 2024, Dr. Beth Bennett talks about pursuing her PhD and a career performing scientific research, all while raising children with her husband. They discuss why women should consider studying the sciences and the opportunities for careers in medicine. Through her research, Beth has traveled to many countries and worked in labs with people from all over the world. They also discuss Christian mistrust in scientific institutions and how to interact with it. Beth Bennett, PhD is the Assistant Professor of Biology at Sattler College. She received a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Maryland Baltimore, where she researched mRNA stability and the biophysics of RNA-protein interactions. She has since worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Phil Cole, first at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland, and then at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. There, her research interests have been in epigenetic pharmacology primarily involving acetyltransferase enzymes. Beth tries to show love to those around her wherever she finds herself. In graduate school, she was deeply involved in a student-led initiative to feed the homeless in Baltimore City. As a post-doc she was involved in international scholar fellowships both in Baltimore and Boston. In 2017, Beth married David Bennett III. They lived in Brighton, MA for the first nearly four years of marriage before moving to Wrightsville, PA to care for family responsibilities. Together they parent three young and vivacious children.  Learn more about studying human biology at Sattler College. Mentioned in this episode: Chapters: 0:04 – Exploring Biology and Opportunities in Boston9:58 – Biology Relationships and Career Options20:39 – Exploring Faith, Food, and Career Choices28:04 – Balancing Parenthood and Academic Pursuits45:15 – Announcement Transcript This transcript has been auto generated and likely contains errors. Zack Johnson: 0:04 Alright, it is January 24th 2024. You are the first interviewee on this year’s podcast. Congratulations, dr Bennett. So usually I read a bio and then we start a conversation. Can I call you Beth after the conversation, as opposed to Dr Bennett? But you do. Yes, you are a doctor. So Beth Zikoni was born to a family of school teachers in the foothills of the Pennsylvania mountains near the town of Shippensburg. From both of her parents she was taught a love of God, a love of the church and the joys of learning new things. From a father of Italian American heritage came an appreciation for travel, good stories, pasta and other intriguing foods we have lots to talk about. From a Swift chairman mother came a love of order, attention to detail and hearty work. This blend of attributes coalesced merely in the academic world, where each became useful in crafting a life far different than practiced in the Cumberland Valley. Beth received her bachelor’s of science in chemistry from Shippensburg University. She then moved to the University of Maryland, baltimore, where she received a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology while working in the lab of Dr Gerald Wilson. The emphasis of her research was mRNA stability and the biophysics of RNA protein interactions. After graduating, beth worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Dr Phil Cole, first at John Hopkins in Baltimore, maryland, and then at Harvard Medical School in Boston, massachusetts. There, her research interests have been in epigenic pharmacology, primarily involving. This is where I’m going to use your help, acida. Dr. Beth Bennett: 1:58 The CDO transferases. Zack Johnson: 1:59 There we go, and then enzymes One more time. Dr. Beth Bennett: 2:02 The CDO transferase enzymes. Zack Johnson: 2:03 Sorry, you can know my familiarity with that word. Beth tries to show love to those around here wherever she finds herself. In graduate school, she was deeply involved in a student-led initiative to feed the homeless in Baltimore City. As a postdoc, she was involved in international scholar fellowships both in Baltimore and Boston. In 2017, beth married David Bennett III. They lived in Brighton, massachusetts, for nearly the first four years of marriage before moving to Wrightsville, pennsylvania, to care for family responsibilities. Together, they parent three young and vivacious children. Thank you so much for being here today with us. Do you want to add or correct or subtract anything on your bio? First of all, since it’s fresh, that’s correct. All right, and after reading your bio, it’s obvious that you’re familiar with biology. So I thought I’d just kick it off with the big question why did you decide to study biology? And maybe we can chat about why should other people study biology. It’s a big question. Dr. Beth Bennett: 3:12 Yeah, starting from a personal level, several reasons. One, it was practical. I was actually my other coming out of high school. My other career option that I seriously considered was actually photography and I just weighed the pros and cons making people look good on paper versus making them feel good in life and there’s some minor psychological benefits to making people feel like they look good but they’ll look good in life or actually have healthy life sort of one out. I had a cousin and a half that worked at Novartis and she gave me a lot of tips on. She’s a little bit closer to me in age than you might predict. She gave me a couple tips on her job. What she liked about it I really liked in high school. I really liked science, especially chemistry, and I remember shortly after, after maybe my junior year of high school, one of my friends actually got a summer internship at Fort Detrick during research and I remember just sitting there. I can still picture sitting on the curb outside at lunch and saying to myself that is what I want to do. But she was working at Fort Detrick, it was the military. I wasn’t going to compromise my ethics and work […]

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/mothers-in-lab-coats-episode-008/feed/ 0 Refugees and the Reformation w/ Dr. Hans Leaman – Episode 007 https://sattler.edu/blog/refugees-and-the-reformation-episode-007/ https://sattler.edu/blog/refugees-and-the-reformation-episode-007/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:26:44 +0000 https://sattler.edu/?p=10193 Lawyer and history professor? Hans Leaman shares his unexpected journey to Yale University, where he trained to be both a lawyer and a historian. During that time, he researched in Germany and provided attorney services pro bono for refugees in Washington, D.C. He and President Johnson discuss the best ways to welcome and help refugees, especially as the church. Now, as Sattler’s Associate Professor of History (among other roles), he shares his passion for studying humanities and tells President Johnson how he chooses course material and topics for his classes. Hans Leaman, JD, PhD received his A.B. from Princeton University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a Ph.D. from Yale University’s History Department and Renaissance Studies Program. He is the Academic Dean and Associate Professor of History at Sattler College. Learn more about studying Biblical and Religious Studies at Sattler College. Don’t miss a future episode. Subscribe wherever you get podcasts! Mentioned in this episode: Chapters: 0:05 Dr. Leaman’s Background and Interests9:27 From Undergraduate to Graduate Studies16:46 Refugee Work and Building Friendships33:29 Engaging With Trauma and Cultural Exchange38:09 Importance of Humanities Education and Reading47:55 Refugee Legal Needs and Writing Skills1:04:32 Entrustment Transcript This transcript has been auto generated and likely contains errors. Zack Johnson: 0:05 It is November 30th and I’m here with Dr Hans Lehmann. Is it okay if I just call you Hans? It’s okay, certainly. So I usually start by reading a bio and then I ask you if you have anything to add or subtract from what’s written on the bio online, and then we’ll go from there. Sound good? Sure, all right. Hans Lehmann received his AB from Princeton University, jd from Yale Law School and a PhD from Yale University’s History Department and Renaissance Studies Program. He comes most recently from the Max Planck Institute of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Getting in Germany. Good, where he worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Ethics, law and Politics Department. He also taught for two years at Yale University as a postdoctoral associate in the Integrated Humanities, developing Interdisciplinary Courses on Refugee Studies, religion and Human Rights and the History of Educational Thought. Prior to completing his PhD, he practiced law with an international firm in Washington DC. Before I keep going, anything to add or subtract from there. Hans Leaman: 1:18 Well, I hope there’s nothing to subtract. This is all truthful, but yeah, certainly I could add more about my life before and besides studying, right. Zack Johnson: 1:29 I’ll read what’s written next, but just quick AB. What does AB from Princeton stand for? Hans Leaman: 1:34 That’s just the same as BA, but they award it as a Latin degree, so it’s. Zack Johnson: 1:42 Got it, put it around and JD. Hans Leaman: 1:45 That stands for Latin II, juris Doctor, so a doctor of law. Zack Johnson: 1:52 Yeah, we want to lack Latin acronyms. That sounds good and then I’ll keep going here. Hans is especially interested in the role that religion plays in the community, formation and integration of immigrant groups. His exam in courts construal of religious persecution and religious freedom in refugee law and human rights law, and he wrote his dissertation on consolation literature that Reformation era Lutheran and Anabaptist passives wrote to encourage their confessional brethren when they faced exile on account of religious nonconformity. As an attorney he also worked pro bono on behalf of contemporary refugees and asylum seekers in Washington DC and Connecticut. He grew up in Lancaster, county Pennsylvania, and is always grateful to return for the fresh produce, Hemsings and sunsets over the farmland. That resonated with me because my wife is now from Lancaster and I also work with it. Thank you so much for being here, Hans. Thanks for inviting me. Yeah, well, I thought we could just start by me asking you about your life a little bit and how you can probably add before, during and after the bio there. I’d love to hear just where you’re from, some of even why you chose to go to some of the places you went, and how did you land here at Sattler and you’re kind of all over the map. So there’s a lot to talk about Sure sure? Hans Leaman: 3:16 Yeah, well, I would say that when I ended up focusing in for my studies in college and graduate school had a lot to do with where I did grow up, so in Lancaster, county Pennsylvania. It’s a place that was settled by a lot of folks with Anabaptist background coming there from Switzerland or Germany in the 1700s because William Penn had made Pennsylvania a colony that was going to respect religious freedom for the residents there and then they could practice their faith, which was unpopular in Europe, freely. And many of the my ancestors were many of the Mennonites, or some of them German Reformed, who might have come for other reasons to Pennsylvania, but the Mennonites brought with them a book that told the stories of their martyrs from the early period of the Anabaptist movements, when quite a few went to the stake on account of their nonconformity of their religious beliefs, and they were usually given opportunities to renounce those beliefs but said they were remain true to their faith, their conscience, whether death comes or not. And what’s the name of that? Yeah, that book is called the Martyr’s Mirror or the Bloody Theater of the Defenseless Christians it was the longer title and my parents had a copy of that when I was young in our house and at a very young age I think I was in first grade when I was paging through and it happens to have some illustrations, so I didn’t understand all the text for sure and probably didn’t read a whole lot of it, but I could look at the pictures and they captivated me. I had pictures. It ties the Anabaptist martyrs to […]

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/episode-006/feed/ 0 Spreading the Scriptures: The Reformation and Today https://sattler.edu/blog/spreading-the-scriptures-the-reformation-and-today/ https://sattler.edu/blog/spreading-the-scriptures-the-reformation-and-today/#respond Fri, 05 Aug 2022 17:21:00 +0000 https://sattler.edu/spreading-the-scriptures-the-reformation-and-today/ Some of Sattler College's Reformation History students created a webpage, expounding on some of the primary sources they explored in the class. Check it out!

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/spreading-the-scriptures-the-reformation-and-today/feed/ 0 Sattler Values: Love https://sattler.edu/blog/sattler-values-love/ https://sattler.edu/blog/sattler-values-love/#respond Fri, 15 Jul 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://sattler.edu/sattler-values-love/ Sattler College values Love. When one searches for images that best describe Love, they might come across I Cor. 13. They see Love gets in the way and bears burdens.

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]]> https://sattler.edu/blog/sattler-values-love/feed/ 0 Life and Careers With a Human Biology Degree https://sattler.edu/blog/life-and-careers-with-a-human-biology-degree/ https://sattler.edu/blog/life-and-careers-with-a-human-biology-degree/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:30:00 +0000 https://sattler.edu/life-and-careers-with-a-human-biology-degree/ The limits of the Almighty’s creativity are boundless, but in this post I will explore some of the career options and life opportunities available to those achieving a degree in Human Biology.

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