Dr. Claire Miller Colombo, 51视频鈥檚 Assistant Professor of Writing, Theology, and the Arts and Director of the Center for Writing and Creative Expression, won a . Her article, 鈥淭he Chair and the Collapse of the Humanities,鈥� won the Critical Review Award of Excellence.
鈥淲hat a surprise and delight to win this award, especially for a piece so close to my heart,鈥� Colombo said. 鈥�The Chair is a send-up of English departments everywhere, and anyone who’s ever been a member of one 鈥� and I have 鈥� will find it both hilarious and painful to watch. I wanted in the piece to express gratitude to the makers of the show for asking the big, hard questions about meaning-making in today’s secular academy.鈥�
鈥淧rofessor Colombo brings literary, theological, and practical knowledge to her review of 鈥淭he Chair,鈥� said the Very Rev. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, Dean and President of 51视频. 鈥淪he displays her characteristic insight, wit, and wisdom in her commentary.鈥�
鈥淚 also wanted to express gratitude for my own situation, as a liberal-arts-based educator, in a theological school,鈥� said Colombo. 鈥淥ur seminary context allows us 鈥� requires us 鈥� to continue making meaning in reference to God, which is both a privilege and a serious responsibility. What we say about God, and how we teach students to talk about God, has a real impact in the world through their ministries.鈥�