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Jeffrey W. Robbins is a Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Lebanon Valley College, where he also serves as the director of the American Studies program and the Undergraduate Research Symposium. He completed his Ph.D. at Syracuse University and holds an M.Div. from Texas Christian University. He is actively involved in the Westar Institute having serves as the Chair of Westar’s Seminar on God and the Human Future. Currently, as a Board Director (Academic), he is the Chair of Westar's Academic Council. , Robbins is the author or editor of eight books, most recently Radical Theology: A Theological Method for Change.

Nominee, American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2013

Darrell Woomer Diversity Program Endowment Grant, 2013–14

Edward H. Arnold and Jeanne Donlevy Arnold Program for Experiential Education Grant, 2012–13

Thomas Rhys Vickroy Teaching Award, Lebanon Valley College, 2006

HyPe Teaching Award, Lebanon Valley College, 2004

2014–present Director, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Lebanon Valley College

2012 – present Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Lebanon Valley College

2005–present Director, American Studies Program, Lebanon Valley College

2010–2014 Member, Lebanon Valley College Board of Trustees

2008–2012 Associate Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Lebanon Valley College

2002–2008 Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Lebanon Valley College

2005–2011 Director, College Colloquium, Lebanon Valley College

2001–2002 Lecturer of Theology, St. Bonaventure University

2000–2001 Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy, Le Moyne College

2000–2001 Part-time Instructor of Philosophy, Cayuga Community College

1999–2001 Part-time Instructor of Religion, Syracuse University

1997–1999 Teaching Assistant in Religion, Syracuse University

Steering Committee member, Westar Institute "Seminar on “God and the Human Future 2015 – 2020)

Co-Editor with Clayton Crockett, Creston Davis, and Slavoj Žižek. Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture Series (Columbia University)

External Scholar, "Siena Symposium on Living Philosophers." Siena College 2009–2010.

Steering Committee member, “Theology and the Political Consultation.” American Academy of Religion, 2007–2011.

Program Committee, with Clayton Crockett and B. Keith Putt. “The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion” at the "Postmodernism, Culture, and Religion Conference (Syracuse University, Spring 2011).

Co-Editor with Clayton Crockett. The Davies Group Book Series on “Contemporary Religious Thought.” 2001–2005.

Contributing Editor to the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory.