March 2013: In this Issue
From the Editor
The Beginning of Spring and Enticing Annual Meeting Plans
AAR Membership
Enrich Your Professional Life
Annual Meeting News
2012 Annual Meeting News
2012 Annual Meeting Satisfaction and Registration Survey
Chicago Annual Meeting Photo Gallery
Sustainability Success with
Native
Energy
Employment Center 2012 Statistics Reveal Employment Trends in the Field
2012 Leadership Workshop Report: More Time, Less Budget: The Role of the Department Chair in a New Economic Context
Thank You to Outgoing Program Unit Chairs
2012 Annual Business Meeting Minutes
2013 Annual Meeting News
2013 Annual Meetings Deadlines
2013 Annual Meetings Sustainability Initiatives
Annual Meetings Employment Center 2013
Where to Stay in Baltimore
Things to Do in Baltimore:
Drinking
Eating — In Alphabetical Order
Eating — Listed by Restaurant Type
Shopping
Thinking
Viewing
Plenary Speakers in Baltimore
Workshop Information:
Religion and Ecology Workshop on "Mapping the Field of Religion and Ecology: Theories, Methods, and Future Directions"
Religion and Media Workshop on "Persuasion's Power: How Religion Makes Its Publics"
Rethinking Islamic Studies Workshop on "Teaching Islamic Studies: Key Topics and Best Practices"
Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline (SORAAD) Workshop: Methodologies and the Analytical Study of Religion
Theological Education Workshop: Teaching Theology in a Global and Transnational World
New Program Units
Future Annual Meetings Sites and Dates
Features
In the Public Interest:
Public, Compared to What?
Not for Women Only:
Sandwiched but Not Smashed: Connection, Loss, and Responsibility in the Middle Years
From the Student Desk:
How Being a Manual Laborer Helped Me Write a Better PhD Dissertation
"From the Student Desk" Editor Solicitation
News
A Conversation with the President
AAR Officer Election Results
2012-2013 Research Grant Winners
Awards and Grants Solicitations
Ray L. Hart Service Award
Excellence in Teaching Award
Individual and Collaborative Research Grants
International Dissertation Research Grants
Regional Development Grants
Introducing New Religion, Culture, and History Editor
The Book Corner
Call for Officer Nominations
Spotlight on Teaching Editor Solicitation
Call for Committees of the Board and Working Group Nominations
Committee, Task Force, and Jury Members
Board of Directors
Regional Coordinators
Committees of the Board
Audit Committee
Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Nominations Committee
Planning Committee
Program Committee
Working Groups
Committees
Academic Relations
American Lectures in the History of Religion
Employment Services Advisory
Graduate Student
International Connections
Public Understanding of Religion
Publications
Regions
Status of LGBTIQ Persons in the Profession
Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession
Status of Women in the Profession
Teaching and Learning
Theological Education
Task Forces/Juries
AAR–SBL Joint Task Force on Labor Policy
Excellence in the Study of Religion Book Awards and Best 1st Book in the History of Religions Juries
Graduate Student Awards Jury
Religion and the Arts Award Jury
Research Grants Jury
Outgoing Committee, Task Force, and Jury Members
Regions Corner
Eastern International
Mid-Atlantic
Midwest
New England-Maritimes
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain-Great Plains
Southeast
Southwest
Upper Midwest
Western
Briefs
In Memoriam: C. Alan Anderson, 1930–2012
Charles W. Fox Named President of Tillich Society
Spotlight on Theological Education
Environmental Justice and Interreligious Ecotheology
Earth-honoring Faith: A Decade Project, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico
Where Sustainability and Social Justice Meet in Theological Education
Teaching toward Ecojustice: Integrating Womanist Justice and Environmental Concern in the Classroom
Of Disability and the Garden State
Practicing Ahimsa: Nonviolence toward Humans, Animals, and Earth
On Beauty and Sustainability