Student Profile

Claire Bischoff

Course of Study:

Person, Community, and Religious Life

Year of Entry:

2004

Education:

Degree Institution City State Graduation Year
PhD Candidate Emory University Atlanta GA
M.A. Luther Seminary St. Paul MN 2004
B.A. St. Olaf College Northfield MN 2001

Teaching Experience:

Course Title School Role Professor
Curriculum Development Murray Institute, University of St. Thomas Adjunct Professor
Women, Religion, and Ethnography Emory College, Emory University Teaching Assistant Joyce Flueckiger
Doctrine of God--Women's Voices Past and Present Candler School of Theology, Emory University Teaching Associate Joy McDougall
Modernity, Meaning, and Youth Ministry Candler School of Theology, Emory University Teaching Associate Mary Elizabeth Moore
Religious Education Praxis--Theology and Education Candler School of Theology, Emory University Teaching Assistant Ted Brelsford
Prophetic Pioneers in Religious Education Candler School of Theology, Emory University Teaching Assistant Mary Elizabeth Moore

Publications:

???Saving Religion,??? in From the Pews in the Back: Young Women and Catholicism, eds. Jennifer Owens and Catherine Dugan, Liturgical Press, forthcoming 2009.
"On Holy Ground: Helping Youth Find the Sacred in Their Lives," in Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World, eds. Mary Elizabeth Moore and Almeda Wright, Chalice Press, 2008.
"Christian Practices and Feminist Theological Formation: Doing Saving Work," with Joy McDougall, in Contextualizing Theological Education: Dynamics of Integrative Ecclesial and Academic Practices of Teaching and Learning, eds. Theodore Brelsford and P. Alice Rogers, Pilgrim Press, 2008.
???Cultivating a Spirit for Justice and Peace: Teaching through Oral History,??? with Mary Elizabeth Moore, Religious Education, Volume 102, Issue 2 March 2007, pages 151-171.
My Red Couch and Other Stories on Seeking a Feminist Faith, co-editor and contributor, Pilgrim Press, 2005.

Conference Presentations:

Format Presentation Title Conference Name Conference Date
Paper presentation with Jennifer Ayres Tinkering Toward God: Theological Reflection and the Cultural Context of Young Adults American Academy of Religion Midwest Region April 2009
Paper presentation (Body) Image Is Everything: Reflections on Female Faith Identity from the Stories of Gender Project American Academy of Religion Upper Midwest Region March 2009
Paper presentation "I Can Relate": Television Watching and Discussion as a Practice of Religious Education Religious Education Association November 2008
Paper presentation with Mary Elizabeth Moore Intersections, Parallels, and Integrations: Oral History Pedagogy and Research American Academy of Religion November 2006
Paper presentation Narrative Identity and Pedagogy???Analysis of the Stories of Gender Project Religious Education Association November 2006
Paper presentation with Mary Elizabeth Moore Cultivating a Spirit for Justice and Peace: Teaching through Oral History Religious Education Association November 2005

Work Experience:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Freelance Editor Good Ground Press St. Paul MN 2008
Research Assistant Wisdom of Youth, Mary Elizabeth Moore, principal investigator Atlanta GA 2007
Research Coordinator Youth Theological Initiative, Candler School of Theology Atlanta GA 2006
Coordinator of Religious Formation for Children and Youth Holy Spirit Catholic Parish St. Paul MN 2001-2004
Religious Studies Teacher Holy Spirit Middle School St. Paul MN 2001-2002

School Community Involvement:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Team Member Lumen Christi Catholic Community St. Paul MN 2008-present
Member Medlock Area Neighborhood Association Atlanta GA 2004-2006