Meetings

Date: Thursday, February 4, 2016 Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (Formerly The Taste of Home Cafe) Speaker: Dr. Allen Barton – Postdoctoral Research Associate – UGA Center for Family Research Topic: “Marriage, Gratitude, and the Gospel” Abstract: In a recently published study, my colleagues and I found spouses’ sense of feeling gratitude and appreciation from […]

Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 Time: 12:15 to 1:15 pm Location: Tate Room 473 (Formerly The Taste of Home Cafe) Speaker: Dr. Rae Mellichamp, Emeritus Professor of Management Science at the University of Alabama. Topic: “Lessons from Someone Who Has Been Around the Block a Few Times” Details: I’ve spent 50+ years of my life in the university as an

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2015 Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Location: Tate Reception Hall Speaker: Dr. Simon Aderibigbe, Associate Professor in Religion and Professor in the African Studies Institute Topic: “Contextualizing My African and American Christian Experience” Details: Dr. Aderibigbe will explore the advent, development, and contemporary status of Christianity in Africa as well as his experiences of

Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Time: 12:15 to 1:15 pm Location: Tate Reception Hall Speaker: Dr. John Drake, Associate Professor in the College of Ecology Topic: “Who Has a Worldview?” Details: Dr. Drake is interested in the concept of worldview and how this relates to knowledge of different kinds, especially: scholarly, religious, and personal. He will explore

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2015 Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Location: Tate Reception Hall Speaker: UGA Law Professor Randy Beck – Justice Thomas O. Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law Topic: “What Can Christian Theology Offer to the World of Law?”  Details: Prof. Beck’s presentation argues that Christian theology offers a model of perfect retributive justice that can help

Date: September 2, 2015 Time: 12:15 to 1:15 pm Location: Tate Reception Hall Speaker: Dr. Brian N. Williams – UGA Assoc. Professor of Public Policy and Administration Topic: The State of Community-Police Relations: Perspectives in Black and White with Resulting Implications in Red. Details: Dr. Williams’ expertise and research is in areas such as law

  Our annual CFF kickoff gathering will be held on Saturday evening, August 22, from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at Green Acres Baptist Church Fellowship Hall (2085 S Barnett Shoals Rd., Athens, GA 30605). This is a great time to reconnect with colleagues, meet those that you don’t know, hear about plans for the semester, and

Our last meeting of the school year is over and there are no meetings planned for the summer. However, check back here in July for information about our fall kickoff event in mid August. If you are new to UGA and have a question about the Christian Faculty Forum (or you’ve been around and just

Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 (Reading Day) Time: 8:30-9:30 AM Location: Tate Reception Hall Speaker: Dr. Phillip Thompson, Executive Director, Aquinas School of Theology, Emory University Topic: Christian Pilgrims in an Age of Google Details:  This talk will do two things. The first is to examine the state of our communications culture. While admitting some positive

Date: April 1 Time: 12:15-1:15 Location: Tate Reception Hall Speaker: Dr. Tina Harris, UGA Professor of Communication Studies Topic: A Religious Framework as a Lens for Understanding the Intersection of Genetics, Health, and Disease  Details: At times research and faith intersect. Dr. Harris has done a study where such an intersection of faith and her research has occurred.