JoT

The Journal on Teaching (JoT) is an annual peer-reviewed journal from the The Wabash Center. Each issue is theme driven and includes various forms of media—such as articles, poetry, visual art, videos of performing arts, and music—in service to critical reflection on teaching. As we aim to expand the traditional boundaries of scholarly writing, we remain focused on the scholarship of teaching in the fields of religious and theological studies, in both undergraduate and graduate educational contexts.

The theme for next issue of JoT is “Perseverance.” This issue turns toward the tenacity required of educators, not only in their professional lives but also in the broader work of teaching, learning, and community building. Perseverance is often celebrated as heroic endurance, but in practice it is entangled with our foibles, our mistakes, our persistence in the face of failure, and our experiences of tanking. We want to explore perseverance in all its complexity. How does one determine when to quit? How does perseverance involve forgiving the self and others? How do we discern between perseverance and committing to what we need to give up? We invite reflections on the interplay of failure and resilience in pedagogy, scholarship, and institutional life. This theme calls us to consider perseverance not only as a moral or spiritual virtue but also as a pragmatic and relational practice. What does perseverance look like in the classroom when students falter or disengage? How is perseverance tested within inequitable academic structures, or when institutions themselves resist change? What can we learn from the persistence of those who continue to teach, write, and create in the midst of ongoing struggle?

 

Future Themed Issues:

• 2027 - "Perseverance - Vol. 8."
• 2028 - "Black - Vol. 9"
• 2029 - "Dreams/Visions/Nightmares - Vol. 10"
• 2030 - "Where Are You From?: Immigrant Pedagogies - Vol. 11"

Learn more about the Writing/Contributing process. 

Learn more about our Collaborative Peer-Review Process.

 

The Wabash Center Journal on Teaching is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal on teaching in the fields of theological and religious studies in higher education.

The journal is edited by The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion (which is fully funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.), and is published through arrangements with ALTA Serials.

 

Teaching Theology and Religion

The Wabash Center has edited the Wiley-Blackwell journal, Teaching Theology & Religion (TTR ) since 1997, and will complete that work with the October 2019 issue (22:4). The manuscripts to be published in TTR through that date are already in the editorial review process.