I. Personal Information GAIL R. O DAY Dean and Professor of New Testament and Preaching at Wake Forest s School of Divinity Address: 409 Westchester Drive Candler School of Theology Decatur, GA 30030 Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 Telephone: (404) 377-6546 (404) 727-4169 E-mail: goday@emory.edu II. Education Colgate University 2008 D.D. (honoris causa) Emory University 1983 Ph.D. Harvard Divinity School 1979 M.T.S. Brown University 1976 B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) III. Professional Experience Emory University, Candler School of Theology Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs, 2008- Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs, 2004-2008 Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, 2003-2004 A.H. Shatford Professor of New Testament and Preaching, 1997-Present A.H. Shatford Associate Professor of New Testament and Preaching, 1994-97 Associate Professor of Biblical Preaching, 1990-1994 Assistant Professor of Biblical Preaching, 1987-1990 Eden Theological Seminary Assistant Professor of New Testament, 1983-1987 Hamilton College Instructor, Religion Department, 1982-1983
IV. Leadership and Administration at Emory University Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs, Candler School of Theology: Leadership Accomplishments Strategic Planning: Vision and Implementation Directed Candler s strategic planning process Designed five-year plan (2005-2010) in conversation with core constituencies Established budget priorities for the strategic plan and annual budget review Led implementation of key initiatives of the plan that include --curriculum for core degree programs --student-focused advising system --design and use of new building for classrooms and faculty offices --external review and assessment of lifelong learning, student services, and admissions Faculty Development Directed faculty searches and tenure and promotion reviews that have increased the ethnic, gender, and international diversity of the faculty Created governance opportunities for new generation of faculty leaders Secured an external grant for faculty-wide conversations about teaching Increased opportunities for internal funding sources of faculty research Led annual faculty retreats on school s educational goals Fundraising and Alumni Relations Secured (as lead writer or key team member) over $20,000,000 in institutional grants in past six years for educational program initiatives --support for international students --new doctoral program in religious practices and practical theology -- in-service learning --summer programs for rising high school seniors --instruction in critical thinking Member of team that developed campaign case statement (campaign launch, fall 2008) Speak regularly to alumni groups and other Candler constituencies about the school s ongoing work and vision for the future Regular Responsibilities as Chief Academic Officer Oversight of degree programs (M.Div, M.T.S., Th.M., Th.D.) o Curriculum implementation and course planning o Curriculum assessment and review o Review of academic performance of 500 students o Development and revision of catalogue and student handbook 2
o Contracts for adjunct faculty o Advising program Faculty development for 50 full-time faculty o Faculty tenure and promotion reviews o Resources for support of research and writing o Faculty searches o Oversight of faculty handbook Direct reports: Director of Academic Administration and Registrar, Program directors (Women s Studies, Black Church Studies, Contextual [in-service] Education, Youth Theological Initiative ), Department and Committee Chairs Consultation and planning for school budget with Dean and Director of Finance and Administration Interpretation of curriculum and degree requirements for students Student academic and conduct codes Selected Committees: University: Advisory Committee, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2009-10 Provost s Working Group, Mellon grant proposal on the future of the humanities, 2009 Emory University Strategic Plan Implementation Committee, 2004-present Faculty Advisory Committee, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Cradle of Christianity Exhibit, 2005-07 Curriculum and Policy Committee, Graduate Division of Religion, 1999-present Provost s Office Faculty Distinction Committee, 2006-07 President s Advisory Committee (advisory committee to the University President, reviews all University tenure and promotion files), 2000-03 Honorary Degrees Selection Committee, 1997-99 University Priorities Committee (advisory committee to the University Provost), 1994-97 Candler School of Theology: Personnel and Academic Policy Committee (advisory committee to the Dean, tenure and promotion review committee), 1989-90, 1993-1996, 2000-01, 2003-09 New Testament Ph.D. Program, Graduate Division of Religion, 1999-2004 Biblical Studies Area, Candler School of Theology, 1993-1996 Curriculum Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1996-98 V. Professional Leadership outside Emory University (selected) Early Christianity and Its Literature (Society of Biblical Literature book series), General Editor, 2009- Association of Theological Schools, Chief Academic Officers Society, Steering Committee, 2005-2009 Journal of Biblical Literature, General Editor, 1999-2006 3
Society of Biblical Literature, Executive Council, 1999-2003 Society of Biblical Literature, Research and Publications Committee, 1998-2004 Society of Biblical Literature Symposium Series, Editor, 1994-99 The New Interpreter s Bible, Editorial Board, 1994-2002 Society of Biblical Literature Section on Johannine Literature, Co-Chair, 1996-99 Ordained Minister, United Church of Christ VI. Selected Publications A. Books Theological Bible Commentary. Co-edited with D. Petersen. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009. Scripture and Traditions: Essays on Early Judaism and Christianity in Honor of Carl R. Holladay. Co-edited with P. Gray. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. The Discipleship Study Bible. Co-edited with B. Birch, B. Blount, T. Long, S. Towner. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2008. Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary: A Guide. Co-authored with C. Hackett. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007. John. Westminster Bible Companion. Co-authored with S. Hylen. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. The Word Disclosed: Preaching the Gospel of John. Revised and expanded edition. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2002. The Oxford Access Bible. Co-edited with D. Petersen. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. John. The New Interpreter s Bible, Volume IX. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. Listening to the Word: Studies in Honor of Fred B. Craddock. Co-edited with T. G. Long. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993. Revelation in the Fourth Gospel: Narrative Mode and Theological Claim. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986. B. Articles Jesus Made Real in Music: La Pasion Segun San Marcos and Luke Timothy Johnson s Experience/Interpretation Model, Pages 127-145 in Between Experience and Interpretation: Engaging the Writings of the New Testament. Ed. O. Wesley Allen and Mary Foskett. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2008 4
The Citation of Scripture as a Key to Characterization in Acts, Pages 207-221 in Scripture and Traditions: Essays on Early Judaism and Christianity in Honor of Carl R. Holladay. ed. Patrick Gray and Gail R. O Day (Leiden: Brill, 2008). I Have Called You Friends, Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics (April, 2008) 20-27 The Paraclete as Friend, Pages 61-72 in Preaching John s Gospel: The World It Imagines, ed. David Fleer and Dave Bland (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2008) Friendship as the Theological Center of the Gospel of John, Pages 33-42 in Preaching John s Gospel: The World It Imagines, ed. David Fleer and Dave Bland (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2008) Today this word is fulfilled in your hearing: A Scriptural Hermeneutic for Biblical Authority, Pages 357-364 in Word and World 26 (2006). Editorial Reflections on the 125 th Anniversary of the Journal of Biblical Literature, JBL 125 (2006) 153-165. The Love of God Incarnate: The Life of Jesus in the Gospel of John, Pages 158-167 in Life in Abundance: Studies of John s Gospel in Tribute to Raymond E. Brown, SS.. Ed. John R. Donahue. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2005. Teaching and Preaching the Book of Revelation, Pages 246-253 in Word and World 25 (2005). Jesus as Friend in the Gospel of John, Pages 144-157 in Interpretation 58 (2004). Reprinted pages 75-92 in Transcending Boundaries: Contemporary Readings of the New Testament. Ed R.M. Chennattu and M.L. Coloe. Rome: Libreria Ateneo Salesiano, 2005. `There the [?] Will Gather Together (Luke 17:37): Bird-Watching as Exegetical Activity, Pages 288-303 in Literary Encounters with the Reign of God. Ed. S. H. Ringe and H.C. P. Kim. New York/London: T&T Clark, 2004. I have said these things to you : The Unsettled Place of Jesus Discourses in Literary Approaches to the Fourth Gospel, Pages 143-154 in Word, Theology, and Community in John. Ed. J. Painter, R. A. Culpepper and F. Segovia. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2002. The Gospel of John: Reading the Incarnate Words, Pages 25-34 in Jesus in Johannine Tradition. Ed. R. T. Fortna and T. Thatcher. Louisville: WJK Press, 2001. Surprised by Faith: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman, Pages 114-125 in A Feminist Companion to Matthew. Ed. A-J Levine with M. Blickenstaff. Feminist Companion 5
to the New Testament and Early Christianity 1. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Repr. Listening/Journal of Religion and Culture 24 (1989) 290-301. Johannine Literature, Pages 70-85 in The New Testament Today. Ed., M.A. Powell. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1999. A Reader s Guide to the Books of the Bible, Pages 17-23 in The Oxford Access Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. The Word Become Flesh: Story and Theology in the Gospel of John, Pages 67-78 in What is John? Vol. II. Literary and Social Readings of the Fourth Gospel, SBL Symposium Series 7. Ed. F. Segovia. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1998. John, Acts, 1,2,3 John, Pages 381-393, 394-402, 466-467 in Women s Bible Commentary: Expanded Edition. Ed. C. Newsom and S. Ringe. Louisville, Westminster John Knox, 1998 [originally published, 1992]. John 6:15-21: Jesus Walking on Water as Narrative Embodiment of Johannine Christology, Pages 149-160 in Critical Readings of John 6. Ed. R.A. Culpepper. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1997. Probing an inclusive scripture, The Christian Century Vol. 113, No. 21 (1996) 692-694. Toward a Narrative Critical Study of John, Interpretation XLIX (1995) 341-346. Reprinted pages 181-187 in Gospel Interpretation: Narrative-Critical and Social Scientific Approaches. Ed. J. D. Kingsbury. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1997. Glad Tidings, The Anchor Bible Dictionary, Volume 2 (New York: Doubleday, 1992) 1030-1031. John 7:53-8:11: A Study in Misreading, Journal of Biblical Literature 111 (1992) 631-640. I Have Overcome the World (John 16:33): Narrative Time in John 13-17, Semeia 53 (1991) 153-166. Jeremiah 9:22-23 and 1 Corinthians 1:26-31: A Study in Intertextuality, Journal of Biblical Literature 109 (1990) 259-267. Narrative Mode and Theological Claim: A Study in the Fourth Gospel, Journal of Biblical Literature 105 (1986) 657-668. 6
Singing Woman s Song: A Hermeneutic of Liberation, Currents in Theology and Mission 12 (1985) 203-10. Reprinted in McKendree Pastoral Review, vol. I, no.2 (1991). VII. Research and Writing Grants 1991-92 Sabbatical grant, The Lilly Endowment, Inc. 1998-99 Sabbatical grant, Faculty Fellowship, Association of Theological Schools VIII. Selected Lectureships Eden Theological Seminary (Schmiechen Lectures); Lutheran Theological Seminary; Harvard University Divinity School (McDonald Lecture); St. Mary s Seminary and University; University of Toledo; Wingate University; Wake Forest University Divinity School; Emory and Henry College; Columbia Theological Seminary (Baccalaureate Address); Brown University (Baccalaureate Address); Georgetown University (Mason Lecture); Colgate University (Baccalaureate Address); Wake Forest University School of Divinity (Trible Lecture) IX. Recent International Study and Travel Faculty/student travel seminar to Egypt, Georgia State University (2004) Faculty/student travel seminar to Turkey, Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University (2006) Faculty study trip to Germany, Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning, Emory University (2007) Visiting Faculty at Russia United Methodist Seminary, Moscow (Spring 2008) X. Professional Societies Society of Biblical Literature Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas Academy of Homiletics 3/19/10 7