Ann K. Wetherilt

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Emmanuel College

400 The Fenway

Boston, MA 02115

(617) 735-9882

wetheri@emmanuel.edu

 

Education:            1989-93       Union Theological Seminary        New York, NY

                             Ph. D., Systematic Theology

        • 1992 Recipient, Daniel Day Williams award
        • 1989-93 Union Fellow

 

                                    1987-89       Episcopal Divinity School             Cambridge, MA

                             MA, Theology

·         1989 Recipient of Bishop Matsumoto Prize

 

                                    1978-82       Seattle University                        Seattle, WA

                             BA, Psychology

 

 

Languages:          French, Spanish (reading knowledge)

 

 

Employment:       1994-Present          Emmanuel College            Boston, MA

·         1994-2000 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

·         2000-present Associate Professor of Religious Studies

·         1995-2000 Department Chair

 

1993-1998             Northeastern University     Boston, MA

·         Adjunct instructor, Department of Philosophy and Religion

 

1988-1993             EDS, UTS                         NY & Cambridge

·         Graduate teaching assistant, peer advisor, instructor

 

1982-87                 Jubilee Women’s Center     Seattle, WA

·         Co-Founder, Director of non-profit transitional residence for homeless women

 

1968-1978             Fernie/Cranbrook              B.C., Canada

·         Elementary school teacher; learning disability specialist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publications                             2004 (Forthcoming, with Margaret C. Huff) Religion: A Search for Meaning, San

                                      Francisco: McGraw-Hill.

                                       1994 That They May be Many: Voices of Women, Echoes of

                                      God. New York: Continuum Press.

                                      1999 Review essay of Sharon Welch, Sweet Dreams in

                                      America. Union Seminary Quarterly Review, V.53, #3/4, pp.

                                      236-240.

                                      1997 Review of Bonneau et al, AIDS and Faith. American

                                      Catholic Issues On-Line.

1993 Review of Dorothee Sölle, The Window of Vulnerability. Union Seminary Quarterly Review,

V47, #1/2,

pp. 136-143.

 

Presentations                1999 “Sex, Lies and the Global Economy.” Panel discussion,

                                      American Academy of Religion annual meeting, Boston, MA.

                                      1998 “Liberating Postmodernism: Oxymoron or Necessary

Tension?” Paper presented at American Academy of Religion, Orlando, FL.

1995 “The Work of the Scholar: Individual Property or

Community Responsibility?” Paper presented at American

Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, PA.

1993 “Out of the Silence.” Paper presented at American

Academy of Religion, Washington, D.C.

 

Publishers’ Reviews      2002 Religion and Gender: New Perspectives, by Ursula King

and Tina Beattie, for Routledge.

                                                1999 Exploring Religious Meaning, for Prentice-Hall.

                                      1995 Understanding the Bible, for Mayfield.

1994 Open Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy, for Wadsworth.

 

Professional                  American Academy of Religion (1989-present)

Memberships                 New England/Maritimes American Academy of Religion

o       Board member 1993-present

o       Program chair, 1998-99

o       Vice President, 1999-2000

o       President, 2000-2001

Society for Values in Higher Education (elected 1994)

Feminist Ethics Consultation (1989-present)

National Association of Women in Catholic Higher Education (1995-present)

 

 

Community                    1999-present Member, “Faith and the Environment”

Activities                       committee, St. John’s Episcopal Church.

                                      1998-2000 Parish representative, Greater Boston

                                      Interfaith Organization.

                                      1996-2000 Tutor, Cooperative Economics for Women

                                      1994-Present Volunteer, Pets and People Foundation.