Glenna S. Jackson Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy,  Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio

An active Fellow of the Jesus Seminar, Glenna Jackson is involved in a variety of Westar projects. Her most recent sabbatical was spent teaching at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe and her current research on New Testament parables parallels with African cultures takes her to the Continent of Africa every summer. She is the author of a new monograph, "Have Mercy On Me": The Story of the Canaanite Woman in Matthew 15.21-28 and several articles on women in the first century as well as the Gospel of Matthew. Prior to earning a Ph.D., Glenna raised four children, had a private teaching studio for piano, organ, and harpsichord, and served as a director of Christian education and organist/handbell director at churches in Wisconsin and California.
 

Books

• "Have Mercy On Me": The Story of the Canaanite Woman in Matthew 15.21-28, 2002
• Integrative Studies Reader: Otterbein College, Editor, 2002
• Remedial Christianity: What Every Believer Should Know about the Faith, but Probably Doesn't (Paul Alan Laughlin with Glenna S. Jackson), 2000

Academic Credentials

• B.A., University of Dubuque
• Ph.D., Marquette University

Special Study

• Research parable parallels in rural Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, 2000–
• Britain and Ireland School of Feminist Theology
• Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
• Westminster Choir College (music)
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison (women's studies and music)
• The University of California-Los Angeles (religion)

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Otterbein College, 1998–
• New Testament Teaching Staff, Ohio Valley Course of Study School, 2002–
• Assistant Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Otterbein College, 1993–1998
• Lecturer, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Otterbein College, 1992–1993
• New Testament Teaching Staff, North Central Jurisdictional Course of Study School, 1990

Professional Service

• Dean, West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church Lay Ministry Academy, 2002–
• Chair, Synoptic Gospels Section, International Society of Biblical
• Literature, 2001–
• Editor, Proceedings for Eastern Great Lakes and Midwest Biblical
• Societies, 2000–

Awards and Honors

• Special Mission Recognition: The Women's Division, General Board of
• Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church, 2001
• External Examiner for Africa University Faculty of Theology, 2001–
• Templeton Science and Religion Course Development Award, 2001)
• External Examiner for University of Pretoria Faculty of Theology, South
• Africa, 2000
• Visiting Scholar at Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe, 2000)
• Research Fellow at University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2000
• Templeton Science and Religion Course Prize Competition Winner, 1999
• Scholar in Residence, Westar Institute, 1997

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