Perpetrating deanery (4)

by Gideon Strauss

Being the Academic Dean of the Institute for Christian Studies is my dream job. I get to work on our school’s academic strategy and develop curriculum, I get to co-create a hospitable academic home for our senior members (a.k.a. faculty) and junior members (a.k.a. students), and I also get to teach! Today I get to teach Lead From Where You Are online. Lead From Where You Are is a hybrid course in our new MA (Phil) in Educational Leadership program, and one of the best things about it is the pioneer cohort of students with whom I get to work.

Gideon Strauss is the Academic Dean of the Institute for Christian Studies.

Perpetrating deanery (3)

by Gideon Strauss

I was so excited about starting to teach my course on Black Panther, Afrofuturism, and the Ethics of Liberation this morning! While the readings and viewings for this course are in themselves exciting—we’ll be watching the Black Panther movie and reading some Black Panther comics, we’ll read Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, we’ll read Steve Biko and Rick Turner, we’ll explore afrofuturism—I am even more excited about the work that we—the students and I—will be doing on understanding ourselves and how we’ll practice citizenship and activism in interaction with what we view and read.

Gideon Strauss is the Academic Dean of the Institute for Christian Studies.

Perpetrating deanery (2)

by Gideon Strauss

This week’s episode of ICS’s podcast, Critical Faith, features the voices of friends who came to our Open House in December talking about their hopes for the future of our school. “Having philosophers who understand the claims of Christianity that apply philosophically.” “People are looking for figuring out how what they do everyday makes meaning in the world.” “I hope that the Institute will continue to be a hearth for the Christian community.” “I hope that there will be many more students who will be able to see the wonderful things they can learn and experience as a student here.”

Gideon Strauss is the Academic Dean of the Institute for Christian Studies.

Perpetrating deanery (1)

by Gideon Strauss 

It is the first week of the Winter term and midway into my first year as Academic Dean of the Institute for Christian Studies. A good time to start regular blog posts on what it is like to perpetrate deanery at our unique graduate school. I’m excited about Winter 2019! By the end of this term ICS will have articulated a clear academic strategy, the pioneer cohort of our MA (Phil) in Educational Leadership will be deep into their adventurous program, our curriculum for 2019-2020 will be ready, and we’ll have recruited a fresh intake of students for Spring 2019!

Gideon Strauss is the Academic Dean of the Institute for Christian Studies.