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2021 Call for Committee Nominations
Each year, members of the American Academy of Religion are invited to…
Read MoreAAR Board Statement in Response to Continued Violence Against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Board Offers Resources to Foster Understanding and Support Pedagogy that Centers Contributions…
Read MoreWorking Conditions for Graduate Students and Faculty in Religion Departments
This article is the second in a series that unpacks and contextualizes…
Read MoreStatement on Academic Freedom (2021 Reissue)
Approved by the AAR Board of Directors on March 12, 2021 Preamble…
Read MoreAAR Statement on Violence Against Asians and Asian Americans
AAR condemns rise in harassment and domestic acts of terror aimed at…
Read MoreTrauma-Informed Pedagogies in the Religious Studies Classroom: Editor’s Introduction
In a timely piece for Inside Higher Ed in June, 2020, Dr.…
Read MoreWhat is Trauma? What is a Trauma-Informed Approach?
“What’s wrong with you?” When one of my students is habitually distracted,…
Read MoreGender-Based Violence and Muslim Communities: Trauma Processing through Art
In my upper-level “Gender and Sexuality in Islam” course, we begin the…
Read MoreAddressing Race in the Classroom: A Trauma-Informed Communal Embodied Practice
In the classroom, topics of race/racism frequently arise, particularly in light of…
Read MoreWe Have to Tell the Truth: A Liberative Approach to Trauma-Informed Pedagogy
Starts and Fits Black skin taught me a lot about education, mainly…
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