It's a long way from the research carrel to the classroom. No matter your personality, your prior experience, or the specifics of your situation, the transition from graduate studies to teaching involves a set of challenges for which no one is ever fully prepared. In this practical guide Michael Kibbe, author of From Topic to Thesis, provides a helpful companion for the journey.
With plenty of personal examples and tested advice, Kibbe covers preparation for teaching, best practices in the classroom, self-evaluation, and the discovery of your mission and method. He also reflects on the spiritual lives of professors, including social media practices, Sabbath, and relationships. From Research to Teaching is the concise, accessible resource every new and aspiring professor needs.
<p>Michael Kibbe is associate professor of Bible and academic dean at Great Northern University in Spokane, WA. He received his PhD in New Testament from Wheaton College, and taught previously at Wheaton College and Moody Bible Institute. His other books include <em>From Topic to Thesis, From Research to Teaching</em>, and <em>Godly Fear or Ungodly Failure: Hebrews 12 and the Sinai Theophanies</em>. He and his wife, Annie, live in Spokane with their three children.</p>
<p>Gary M. Burge (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is dean of the faculty and professor of New Testament at Calvin Theological Seminary. He previously taught for twenty-five years at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Among his many published books are <em>The New Testament in Seven Sentences</em>, <em>Theology Questions Everyone Asks</em> (with coeditor David Lauber), <em>A Week in the Life of a Roman Centurion</em>, <em>Mapping Your Academic Career</em>, <em>The New Testament in Antiquity</em>(coauthored with Gene Green), and the award-winning <em>Whose Land? Whose Promise? What Christians Are Not Being Told About Israel and the Palestinians</em>.</p>