Stories + Insights

During the past year I have had the privilege of traveling both to Ghana and Uganda.  The trip to Uganda was for a summer service trip with students, while the […]

The Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago was a major academic event, with five days of presentations held in five different hotels. This year, I was particularly […]

A tour of two different costume houses was given the day before the actual conference started.  We toured a custom leather goods store and learned about the process and how […]

Christian college and university professors and others from around the world converged on Houston, Texas, from June 5-7, for the 43rd annual Christian Scholars Conference. The conference is interdisciplinary and […]

In late April, I attended the Kerygma Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. I arrived at my hotel at 1am, and at the conference at 8am, highly caffeinated but excited to soak […]

This past fall I (virtually) attended the American Public Health Association Conference. While I was unable to make it in person, I was still able to glean a lot of […]

I quickly glance at the conference program/schedule in my hand, then at the plaque on the wall in front of me, just double-checking I’m entering the correct conference room – […]

The 2023 joint conference of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion gathered in the gorgeous San Antonio Riverwalk area, November 17 – 21, 2023, […]

Workplace Bullying Prevention: Beyond ‘Bad Apples’ About 30% of employees in the US experience workplace bullying. This issue affects both individual well-being and organizational health. The standard narrative often points to ‘bad […]

A Meeting of the Minds and Brains This year, I, along with two Vanguard students, got to travel to our nation’s capital to present the data from our experiments performed […]