Nancy Lynne Westfield is Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.  In this audio blog, Westfield discusses three possible roles for senior scholars at an academic institution. There may be more, but the roles of gatekeeper, historian, and elder are common and visible and may offer a framework for scholars to think about their later years at a school.

Nancy Lynne Westfield is Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. In this audio blog, Westfield discusses three possible roles for senior scholars at an academic institution. There may be more, but the roles of gatekeeper, historian, and elder are common and visible and may offer a framework for scholars to think about their later years at a school.

Nancy Lynne Westfield is Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.&nbsp; In this audio blog, Westfield discusses three possible roles for senior scholars at an academic institution. There may be more, but the roles of gatekeeper, historian, and elder are common and visible and may offer a framework for scholars to think about their later years at a school.&nbsp;

Senior Scholar as Historian, Gatekeeper, Elder

Each episode is a reading by Nancy Lynne Westfield of an original blog post. All the readings explore the complexity of the teaching life through imaginative storytelling, at times – bold commentary, and always encouragement for the art of teaching to be liberative and joyful.&nbsp; Sound Engineer: Paul Utterback Original Music: Paul O. Myhre&nbsp;

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Each episode is a reading by Nancy Lynne Westfield of an original blog post. All the readings explore the complexity of the teaching life through imaginative storytelling, at times – bold commentary, and always encouragement for the art of teaching to be liberative and joyful.  Sound Engineer: Paul Utterback Original Music: Paul O. Myhre 

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