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‘religious studies’

junior faculty spotlight: adeana mcnicholl

jan. 10, 2022—the cft highlights the work of our junior faculty teaching fellows. in this post, adeana mcnicholl, religious studies, talks about some of the lessons she has gained from the fellowship. i am an assistant professor of buddhist traditions in the religious studies department. my research focuses on buddhism in ancient south asia and buddhism in...

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teaching innovations at vanderbilt: chelsea yarborough, cross-disciplinary examples, and online covenant building

apr. 20, 2020—by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. something i’ve noticed in my time as a student is the false dichotomy sometimes constructed between disciplines. the most obvious example of this is...

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technological tools and methods for teaching premodern japanese materials: bryan lowe

nov. 28, 2017—a blog series by bryan lowe, assistant professor of religious studies, religious traditions of japan and korea     at the association of asian studies annual meeting this past march, i organized a roundtable entitled: “digital pedagogy for the analog past: technological tools and methods for teaching premodern japanese materials.” the idea was to have...

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