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Kirk VanGilder

Associate Professor

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202-250-2602 (videophone)

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About

B.S. (Sociology) - Ball State University (Muncie, IN), 1993

M. Div (Theology/Justice and Peace) - Iliff School of Theology (Denver, CO), 1997

Ph.D (Practical Theology/Missions) - Boston University School of Theology (Boston, MA), 2011

Currently Teaching

DST-795 Special Topics Credits: 1-3
HON-487 Proposal for University Honors Capstone Credits: 3
HON-488 University Honors Capstone Progress Credits: 1
HON-499 Independent Study Credits: 1-3
REL-201 World Religions Credits: 3
REL-430 Liberation Theologies Credits: 3
  • CAP-320 Field Experience (2009/02)(21)
  • GSR-150 Intro to Integrated Learning (2010/02)(17H)
  • GSR-210 Comparing Multicult Perspectiv (2011/02)(01H)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2010/01)(02)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2011/01)(02)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2012/01)(02)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2009/02)(02)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2012/02)(03H)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2009/01)(04)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2013/01)(06)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2014/01)(06)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2011/01)(08)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2013/01)(09)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2013/02)(09)
  • GSR-241 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2010/01)(05)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2011/02)(01)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2014/01)(02)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2013/02)(04)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2012/02)(06)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2014/02)(07)
  • REL-210 Religion and Literature (2013/01)(01)
  • REL-295 Special Topics (2014/02)(01)
  • REL-310 Native Amer Religion & Culture (2011/02)(01)
  • REL-355 Religion and Society (2011/01)(01)
  • REL-355 Religion and Society (2014/01)(01)
  • REL-395 Special Topics (2012/01)(01)
  • REL-495 Special Topics (2009/02)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2011/01)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2013/01)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2009/02)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2012/02)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2009/01)(02)
  • COM-235 Intergroup Dialogue (2017/02)(01)
  • GSR-101 First Year Seminar (2019/01)(01)
  • GSR-150 Intro to Integrated Learning (2019/02)(09S)
  • GSR-150 Intro to Integrated Learning (2016/02)(14A)
  • GSR-150 Intro to Integrated Learning (2017/02)(15AR)
  • GSR-210 Comparing Multicult Perspectiv (2018/01)(03)
  • GSR-210H HON Compar Multcult Persp City (2018/02)(01)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2015/01)(02)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2016/02)(02)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2015/02)(02H)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2016/01)(03)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2017/01)(04)
  • GSR-240 Ethical Evaluations and Action (2017/02)(04)
  • GSR-240H HON Eth Eval & Actions w/City (2019/02)(01)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2019/01)(04)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2015/01)(06)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2015/02)(07)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2017/01)(08)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2018/01)(08)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2016/01)(10)
  • PHI-499 Independent Study (2015/01)(03)
  • REL-201 World Religions (2016/01)(01)
  • REL-201 World Religions (2019/01)(01)
  • REL-210 Religion and Literature (2017/02)(01)
  • REL-295 Special Topics (2018/01)(01)
  • REL-295 Special Topics (2016/02)(01)
  • REL-310 Amer Indian Sprtlty & WrldView (2017/02)(01)
  • REL-355 Religion in American Society (2018/02)(01)
  • REL-395 Special Topics (2015/01)(01)
  • REL-410 Mysticisms (2015/02)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2017/01)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2018/01)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2015/02)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2016/02)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2019/02)(01)
  • SOC-101 Intro to Sociology (2018/02)(01)
  • HON-487 Proposal for Univ Hnrs Cpstne (2020/02)(01)
  • HON-487 Proposal for Univ Hnrs Cpstne (2020/02)(02)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2021/01)(06)
  • HON-488 Univ Honors Capstone Progress (2021/01)(02)
  • REL-355 Religion in American Society (2021/01)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2021/01)(01)
  • GSR-300 General Studies Capstone (2022/01)(1)
  • HON-488 Univ Honors Capstone Progress (2022/01)(2)
  • REL-201 World Religions (2021/02)(1)
  • HON-487 Proposal for Univ Hnrs Cpstne (2021/02)(1)
  • HON-487 Proposal for Univ Hnrs Cpstne (2021/02)(01)
  • REL-201 World Religions (2021/02)(01)
  • REL-360 Interfaith Intersections (2022/01)(1)
  • VEE-150 Bilingual Research (2022/02)(01)
  • HON-487 Proposal for Univ Hnrs Cpstne (2022/02)(01)
  • REL-210 Religion and Literature (2023/01)(01)
  • HON-488 Univ Honors Capstone Progress (2023/01)(02)
  • REL-355 Religion in American Society (2023/02)(01)
  • HON-487 Proposal for Univ Hnrs Cpstne (2023/02)(01)
  • REL-499 Independent Study (2023/02)(01)
  • REL-201 World Religions (2024/01)(01)
  • HON-488 Univ Honors Capstone Progress (2024/01)(04)
  • HON-499 Independent Study (2024/01)(01)
  • HON-487 Proposal for University Honors Capstone (2024/02)(01)
  • DST-795 Special Topics: Cultural Perspective of the American Deaf Community (2024/02)(03)
  • Advising Load 2009/01: Total:1 Undergraduate:1
  • Advising Load 2009/02: Total:1 Undergraduate:1
  • Advising Load 2023/01: Total:73 Undergraduate: 73
  • Advising Load 2022/02: Total:61 Undergraduate:61
  • Advising Load 2022/01: Total:59 Undergraduate:59 Masters:0
  • Advising Load 2021/02: Total:29 Undergraduate:29
  • Advising Load 2024/01: Total:72 Undergraduate:72
  • Advising Load 2023/02: Total:72 Undergraduate:72
  • 2017 Student Affairs and Academic Support Dedicated Faculty Award
  • 2017 Kappa Gamma Faculty/Staff of the Year
  • 2017 Institutional Diversity and Equity Champion
  • 2017 Advisor鈥檚 Award; Buff and Blue Student Newspaper
  • 2015 Institutional Diversity Champion
  • 2014 The Kathryn 鈥淜itty鈥� Baldridge Award for Excellence in Teaching General Studies
  • 2012 Diversity Trailblazer Award
  • 2011 Diversity Trailblazer Award
  • Making Sadza with Deaf Zimbabwean Women: A Missiological Reorientation of Practical Theological Method
  • Innovations in Deaf Studies: The Role of Deaf Scholars
  • It鈥檚 a Small World: Inquiries into Deaf International Spaces
  • Speaking Out: Gifts of Ministering Undeterred by Disabilities
  • Disability and Religious Diversity: Cross-Cultural and Interreligious Perspectives
  • Learning While Teaching: Disability and Religion in the Classroom
  • Deaf America鈥檚 Encounter with Methodism: A Brief Look at a Culture and a Church
  • Deaf, Ministries with the
  • Harkness, Georgia
  • Shaw, Anna Howard
  • Biblical traditions, References to Deaf in
  • Charles-Michel de L鈥櫭塸茅e
  • Christianity
  • Education of the Deaf
  • Laurent Clerc
  • A Student鈥檚 Perspective on the Accessible Classroom
  • World Religions and Disability: An Introduction
  • The Church and Deaf People: A Study of Identity, Communication and Relationships with Special Reference to the Ecclesiology of J眉rgen Moltmann
  • Personal Transformation: An Executive鈥檚 Story of Struggle and Spiritual Awaken and 鈥淎fter the Fall"
  • Exploring the Contours of Deaf-Same: Kinship Bonds and Mutuality in United Methodist Short- Term Missions
  • Interfaith Diversity and Experiences at Gallaudet
  • Discovering new content for curriculum
  • Universal Design in Teaching
  • Negotiating Disclosure at 杏吧原创
  • The Church and People with Disabilities: Awareness, Accessibility, and Advocacy
  • The Strange Ritual of the Gallaudet Rat Funeral
  • Making Sadza with Deaf Zimbabwean Women
  • The Status of People with Disabilities in the Profession: An Invitation to Conversation
  • Embodying Christ
  • Being in Missions
  • A Journey to the Promised Land: Examining Quasi-Religious Metaphors in Deaf Cultures in Relation to 杏吧原创
  • Experiences of Disability and the Teaching of Religion: A Roundtable Discussion
  • The World is My Parish: Deaf Connecting with Deaf Through International Service
  • Prison Chaplains Consultation
  • Witness Speaker
  • Chaplain and Keynote Speaker
  • First We Must Listen: Living in a Multicultural Society
  • Diversity, Disability, & Inclusion in Our Field: Re-Centering PJSA鈥檚 Mission for Inclusive Peace & Justice.
  • Response to Rev. Mpho Tutu Van Furth
  • Unlikely Friends: How God Uses Boundary-Crossing Friendships to Transform the World
  • <span style="font-size:12pt;">HEART-GIVE, Ubuntu, and Forgiveness.</span><span style="font-size:medium;"></span>
  • <p style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.85);">Imaginative Gameplay and Deaf Spirituality</p>
  • <p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Deaf Liberation: Interfaith Engagement and the Nones</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Responding to the Claggett Statement on its 40th Anniversary</span></p>
  • Trevor DeRosch-HIstory (Honors Capstone) 2011/01-2011/02
  • Sabine Castro-Honors Program (Honors Capstone) 2020/02-2021/02
  • Kobe Schroder-Honors Program (Honors Capstone) 2022/01-2022/02
  • Samantha Michaelson-Honors (Honors Capstone ) 2023/02
  • Jonathan Summers-Honors (Honors Capstone) 2023/02
  • Faculty-Student Affairs Committee: Chair 2018/01-2019/02
  • Faculty-Student Affairs Committee: Chair 2017/01-2017/02
  • Faculty Senate: Member 2014/02-2016/02
  • Faculty-Student Affairs Committee: Member 2016/01-2016/02
  • General Education Redesign Team 2018/03-2019/02
  • Honorary Degrees and Faculty Emeriti Committee 2015/01-2017/02
  • Memorial Service Officiant for Kevin Peacock Family 2021/01-2021/01
  • Memorial Service Participant - Roberto Maldonado Family 2021/02-2021/02
  • Honors Council 2021/01
  • Visual-Centric Teaching and Learning Project 2022/01-2022/01
  • Status of Persons with Disabilities in the Profession Committee: American Academy of Religion 2012/02-2019/01
  • Steering Committee, Religion and Disability Studies Group: American Academy of Religion 2009/02-2016/01
  • President: United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2015/03-2017/03
  • Moderator: Deaf ELM 2014/03-2017/03
  • Member: Deaf ELM 2013/03
  • Vice President: United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2013/03-2015/03
  • Member: The United Methodist Committee on Ministry with Deaf, Late Deafened, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf Blind Persons, The United Methodist Church 2000/02-2008/02
  • Petitions Chairperson: United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 1999/03-2007/03
  • Member: The United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 1996/03
  • Member: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church 1995/03-1999/03
  • The National Committee on Deaf Ministry: The United Methodist Church 1995/03-1999/03
  • Boston University School of Theology Panel for First Year Professional Development: Boston University School of Theology 2020/01-2020/01
  • International Service Mission to Kaaga School for the Deaf (Meru, Kenya) and Njia Special School (Maua, Kenya): United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 1997/03-1997/03
  • Volunteers in Mission Program (Culebra, Puerto Rico): Campus Ministries of the Baltimore-Washington Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church 1998/03-1998/03
  • International Service Mission trip Kaaga School for the deaf (Meru, Kenya), Njia Special School (Maua, Kenya) and Deaf Ministries of the Zimbabwe Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church: United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 1999/03-1999/03
  • International Service Mission Trip Kaaga School for the deaf (Meru, Kenya), Njia Special School (Maua, Kenya) and Deaf Ministries of the Zimbabwe Annual Conference of The United Methodist ChurchGazanfer Bilge School for the Deaf (Karamursel, Turkey): The United Methodist Campus Ministry at 杏吧原创 2000/02-2000/02
  • International Service Mission Trip Kaaga School for the Deaf (Meru, Kenya) and Njia Special School (Maua, Kenya): United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2001/03-2001/03
  • International Service Mission Trip, Africa University (Mutare, Zimbabwe) : Africa University 2003/02-2003/02
  • International Service Mission trip to Deaf Ministries of the Zimbabwe Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church (Mutare, Zimbabwe): United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2003/03-2003/03
  • International Service Mission trip to Deaf Ministries of the Zimbabwe Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church (Mutare, Zimbabwe): United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2005/03-2005/03
  • International Service Mission Trip Kaaga School for the Deaf (Meru, Kenya) and Njia Special School (Maua, Kenya): United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2012/03-2012/03
  • International Service Mission Trip to Deaf Ministries of the Zimbabwe Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church (Mutare, Zimbabwe) and Kaaga School for the Deaf (Meru, Kenya) and Njia Special School (Maua, Kenya): United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2015/03-2015/03
  • International Service Mission trip to Deaf Ministries of the Zimbabwe Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church (Mutare, Zimbabwe): United Methodist Congress of the Deaf 2017/03-2017/03
  • Consultant and Interviewee 2019/02-2019/02
  • International Mission Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe, the Deaf Ministries of the Zimbabwe East Annual Conference of The united Methodist Church, Nzeve Deaf Centre, Mutare, Zimbabwe: Deaf Ministries of The United Methodist Church 2022/02-2022/03
  • Attended Spring 2021 Professional Development Events 2020/02-2020/02
  • Attended Fall 2021 Professional Development Week events 2021/01-2021/01
  • Attended Spring 2022 Professional Development events 2021/02-2021/02
  • Attended Fall 2022 Professional Development events 2022/01-2022/01
  • Attended Spring 2020 Professional Development events 2019/02-2019/02
  • Completed all Mandatory FERPA, Title IX, and EEO workplace training 2019/02-2022/01
  • Bilingual Approach Seminar 1 and 2 2019/03-2020/01
  • Microcredentials and Badges Workshop 2022/01-2022/01
  • EDI Diversity training 2019/03-2019/03
  • 杏吧原创 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Certification Program: Washington, District of Columbia 2023/01
  • Society of Biblical Literature: June 2016-January 2017
  • American Academy of Religion: June 2005-Ongoing
  • American Society of Missiology: June 2011-Ongoing

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