2003 Union Theological Seminary, Ph.D., Christian Social Ethics Present Associate Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University

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1 David Joseph Wellman Department of Religious Studies DePaul University 2333 N. Racine Ave. Chicago, IL (312) Curriculum Vitae Education 2003 Union Theological Seminary, Ph.D., Christian Social Ethics 1990 Union Theological Seminary, M. Div Columbia University, M. A., Religion 1985 Lewis and Clark College, B. A., International Affairs 1982 Université de Dijon, Certificat d'études Étrangères Academic Appointments 2009-Present Associate Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University Visiting Assistant Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, NY Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Ethics, Drake University 1999 Assistant Lecturer, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY Courses Taught LSP 112 REL 190 Pilgrimage and Popular Culture: Abrahamic Paris - Building Bridges Among Jews, Christians, Muslims in the City of Light Interpreting Sacred Texts: Interpreting Sacred Texts with Queer Eyes

2 REL 201/CTH 246 REL 298 REL 320/PSC 349 Religion and Ethics1: Western Christian Ethics Methods and Approaches to the Study of Religion Religion and Transnational Conflict Resolution Grants, Fellowships, and Honors 2008 Sustainable Diplomacy and Global Security, a workshop held at Brown University s Watson Institute for International Relations, Providence, RI, May 2008, featuring scholars of International Relations who sought to refine the term I coined: Sustainable Diplomacy Paths to Sustainable Diplomacy, a conference on international relations theory held in Nicosia, Cyprus, December, 2007, using my book, Sustainable Diplomacy, as a framework for discussion Grant Recipient, University Research Council 2005 Institute for Nature and Culture Fellowship Pre-DePaul Fellowships and Grants Ella Baker Fellow (Antioch University) Creative Activities Books 2004 Sustainable Diplomacy: Ecology, Religion and Ethics in Muslim-Christian Relations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2001 Sustainable Communities. New York/Geneva: World Council of Churches 2

3 Refereed Articles and Book Chapters 2018/19 "Transgressive Silence: Ecology, Religion and the Power of Humility in the Practice of Diplomacy" in Cook, Thomas and Sophia Dingli, eds., Listening to/for Politics, London: Routledge 2018/2019 (Anticipated) "The Anthropocene and the Future of Diplomacy: Religion, Ecology and Transnational Relations in the Age of Human Responsibility," in Celia Deane-Drummond, Sigurd Bergman and Markus Vogt, eds., Religion in the Anthropocene. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2017, "Religion and Diplomacy" in Costas Constantinou, Pauline Kerr and Paul Sharpe, eds, SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy, London: SAGE Publications, 2016, The Promise of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism, in Costas Constantinou and James Der Derian, eds, Sustainable Diplomacies. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, Niebuhrian Realism and the Formation of U. S. Foreign Policy, Political Theology, vol. 10.1, January, 2009, Vandana Shiva and the Politics of Ownership, Neocolonialism and Ecological Ethics, Forum TTN, vol. 19, Roger J. Busch, ed., Munich: Utz Verlag, Nov., 2008, The Case for Ecological Realism: Grounding the Practice of Diplomacy in an Eco-Centric Worldview, in Stefan Heuser, Hans Ulrich, eds. Political Practices and International Order: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Societas Ethica in Oxford, Societas Ethica vol. 4. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 2007, Dietrich Bonhoeffer s Ethic of Resistance in George W. Bush s America: A Call to Progressive Christians in the United States, Union Seminary Quarterly Review, vol. 60, no. 1-2, 2006, The Moral Realism of Hans Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr in their Contemporary Relevance in Georges O. Mazur, ed. The Twenty-Fifth Memorial Commemoration to the Life of Hans J. Morgenthau. New York: Semenenko Foundation, 2006,

4 Conference Papers 2017 "A Response to David Gushee's Paper, 'What America's White Evangelicals Just Did: A Christian Ethical Analysis of the Evils Involved in the Election of Donald Trump,'" presented at the conference "Giving an Account of Evil," at the annual conference of Societas Ethica, Volos, Greece, August "The Law and the Creation of Interreligious Space: The Gifts and Challenges of France s Laïcité in the Work of Building Bridges Across Boundaries of Religio- Cultural Difference in the European Union," presented at the conference "Ethics and Law," at the annual conference of Societas Ethica, Bad Boll, Stuttgart, Germany, Aug "Diplomacia y Religión: Pensar y Hacer La Política International en Un Mundo Post-Secular," an invited paper presented at the workshop, "Política, Diplomacia y Diálogo en Un Mundo Post-Secular: Tendiendo Puentes Entre Culturas Seculares y Religiosas, Univerdidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao, Spain, February 24, The Religious Dimension of Relations Among Nation States in the Anthropocene: Interreligious Engagement and the Language of Creation in Track One and Track Two Diplomacy, presented at the conference, Religion in the Anthropocene: Challenges, Idolatries, Transformations, at the bi-annual conference of the European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment, Munich, Germany, May 14-17, "Engaging Islam as a Post-Christian Europe: The Ethics of Diplomacy, Peacebuilding and Reconciliation in the Foreign and Domestic Policies of a Religiously Diverse European Union," presented at the conference, "The Ethics of War and Peace," at the annual conference of Societas Ethica, Maribor, Slovenia, August 22, With Denis Malherbe, Authority, Power and Agency in the Work of Building Transnational Sustainable Communities within the European Union, presented at the conference, Climate Change, Sustainability and the Ethics of an Open Future, at the annual conference of Societas Ethica, Kontakt der Kontinenten, Soesterberg, Netherlands, August 24, Resilience Theory, Social-Ecological Systems and Ethics Discourse. Presented at the Societas Ethica conference, Ethics of Life Sciences, University of Helsinki Science Station, Lammi, Finland, August 20-24, The Promise of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism. Presented at the conference, Global Security and Sustainable Diplomacy, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 30,

5 2007 The Future of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism. An invited keynote lecture presented at the conference, Paths to Sustainable Diplomacy, Dec , 2007, Ledra Palace, Green Line, Nicosia, Cyprus Vandana Shiva and the Politics of Ownership, Neocolonialism and Ecological Ethics. Presented at the Societas Ethica conference, Philosophical Approaches to Ethics - Methods and Foundations, Leysin, Switzerland, Aug , Reinhold Niebuhr s Influence on the Formation of U. S. Foreign Policy. Presented by invitation at the Niebuhr Society, American Academy of Religion November, 2006, Washington, D. C The Case for Ecological Realism: Grounding the Practice of Diplomacy in an Eco-Centric Worldview. Presented at the Societas Ethica conference, Political Ethics and International Order, Wadham College, Oxford University, August, Reflections on Tree Farming with My Father. Presented at the conference, Faith and the Environment, at a joint gathering of the Boards of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Yale Divinity School, New Haven, April 20-21, Defining Sustainable Diplomacy: Ecology, Religion and Ethics in the Promotion of Conflict Resolution, The Chicago Interfaith Gathering, panel discussion: Religion, Ecology and the Quest for a Just Peace, DePaul University, Chicago, November Religion and Human Rights in the 21 st Century, a Jewish-Christian Dialogue presented with Danielle Celermajer of Columbia University s Center for Human Rights. Presented at Auburn Seminary, New York, October Ecological Location and Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Identifying Tools for Exploring the Modern Landscape of Moroccan-Spanish Relations. Presented at the American Academy of Religion, Nashville, TN, November, Defining Sustainable Community A Basis for Conversation: Larry Rasmussen s Earth Community, Earth Ethics and James Cone s Whose Earth is it Anyway? Presented at the conference Earth Ethics and the Ecumenical Community, Celigny (Vaud), Switzerland, April, What Makes a Prosperous Society? Presented at the conference Beyond Consumerism: The Future of Our Global Economy, Columbia University, New York, November

6 Other Scholarly Presentations, Lectures, and Panel Discussions 2013 Building Sustainable Communities in a Globalized World, A four-part lecture series presented at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, April, Who is Your Chev-ruta/Learning Companion?: Being Invited to Read Our Sacred Texts Together Across Boundaries of Difference. Presented at Temple Beth El, Santa Cruz, CA, May 4, Transgressing + Interrupting = Coming Out. Presented at First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, CA, May 6, Ordinary/Extraordinary. Presented at Kairos United Church of Christ, Milwaukee, OR, December 26, Membership in Professional Organizations 2015-present European International Studies Association 2015-present European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment 2015-present International Studies Association 2006-present Societas Ethica 2004-present Society of Christian Ethics 1993-present American Academy of Religion 6