Augsburg Fortress

Barbara J. MacHaffie

  • Home: 417 Sixth Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750
  • Work: Department of History, Political Science and Religion,
    Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio 45750
  • Telephone: (w) 740 376 4653 (h) 740 373 0463
  • Fax: 740 376 4923
  • Email: machaffb@marietta.edu
  • Birthdate: November 29, 1949

DEGREES

  • Ph.D. University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland 1977
  • B.D. University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland 1974
  • B.A. The College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio 1971

HONORS

  • Student Senate Professor of the Year , Marietta College 1992, 1999, 2001
  • Harness Fellow, Marietta College 1994-1997
  • Outstanding Faculty Member, Continuing Education, Marietta College 1988
  • Postgraduate Fellowship, Scottish Education Department 1974
  • Victoria Jubilee Prize, University of Edinburgh 1974
  • Waterbeck Divinity Prize, University of Edinburgh 1973
  • Practical Theology and Ethics Prize, University of Edinburgh 1973
  • Ettles Prize in Ecclesiastical History, University of Edinburgh 1972
  • Gundaker Fellowship, Rotary International 1971
  • Paul D. Twinem Bible Award, College of Wooster, 1971
  • Phi Beta Kappa, College of Wooster 1970

Ph.D. AREA OF STUDY

  • History of Christianity in nineteenth-century Britain; dissertation title: The People and the Book: A Study of the Popularization of Biblical Criticism in Britain, 1860-1914

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Division Coordinator, Arts and Humanities, Marietta College 2004-present
  • Molly C. Putnam and Israel Ward Andrews Associate Professor of History and Religion, Marietta College 1988-present
  • Associate Professor of History and Religion, Marietta College 1993-1998
  • Assistant Professor of History and Religion, Marietta College 1987-1993
  • Chair, Department of History, Political Science and Religion, Marietta College 1993-1998
  • Director, Freshman Year Program, Marietta College 1987-1988
  • Lecturer in Religion, Marietta College Continuing Education Program 1983-1987
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Cleveland State University 1981-1983
  • Assistant to the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Cleveland State University 1982-1983
  • Lecturer , introductory course in Church History, Princeton Theological Seminary 1980
  • Reference Librarian, Princeton Theological Seminary 1979-1980
  • Bibliographer for Board of Microtext, Princeton Theological Seminary 1977-1978

PAPER AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

  • "The Woman's Bible" and "The Best Show We've Ever Had: Anna Howard Shaw as Pastor and Suffragist" Thomas O. Staley Visiting Scholar, Greensboro College February 15-17, 2000
  • "Literal and Figurative Culture Shock: The First Year Experience Seminar" National Freshman Year Conference, University of South Carolina February 24, 1997
  • "Women and Reform in Nineteenth-Century America: Anna Howard Shaw" Calista Olds Lecturer, Defiance College October 1996
  • "A Scottish Biblicist in the Buckeye State: George Adam Smith's Influence on American Christianity", Ohio Academy of History, Ohio Wesleyan College, April 27, 1996
  • "George Adam Smith as Christian Socialist", American Academy of Religion Spring Regional Meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina March 17, 1990
  • "Women in American Presbyterian Life," College of Wooster, September 20, 1989
  • "A New Heaven and a New Earth: Women Committed to Change in American Christianity" Waynesburg College, April 14, 1988
  • "The University 101 Model at Four Private Liberal Arts Colleges: Growing Up at Marietta" National Conference on the First Year Experience, University of South Carolina February 23, 1988
  • "Something Old, Something New: Women's Perspectives on Biblical Tradition", Calista Olds Lecturer, Defiance College November 13, 1986
  • "New Wine in Old Bottles: Adapting the First Year Experience Program" International Conference on the First Year Experience Newcastle, England July 9, 1986
  • "College 101 for Night OWLS: An Evening Freshman Experience Course for Older Women" National Conference for the Freshman Year, University of South Carolina February 1986
  • Workshop on Historiography of Women and the Christian Tradition, National Consultation on Christian Education, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Montreat, North Carolina, April 10, 1984
  • "Theology in University, Church and Society" Colloquium celebrating the quatercentenary of the University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh July 5, 1983
  • "Old Testament Criticism in the Schools in Nineteenth-century England", Spring Meeting of American Society of Church History, April, 1983
  • "Four Victorian Biographies: William Wilberforce, Horace Bushnell, Anna Howard Shaw and William Robertson Smith," Institute of Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary July 1981
  • "Monument Facts and Higher Critical Fancies: Archaeology and Higher Criticism in Nineteenth-century Britain", Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Princeton Theological Seminary, May 1980
  • Member of Board of Directors, Presbyterian Historical Society 1980-1986

PUBLICATIONS

  • CDROM, Fortress Press, 2002 -including texts of Her Story and Readings in Her Story, new chapter introductions, updated bibliography, web links, study questions and guide to writing research papers in women and religion
  • "Old Testament Criticism and the Education of Victorian Children" in Scottish Christianity in the Modern World: Essays in Honor of A. C. Cheyne (Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2001).
  • "George Adam Smith" in Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville: Abingdon,1999).
  • "Anna Howard Shaw" and "Amanda Berry Smith" in Women in World History (Waterford, Conn.: Yorkin Publications, 1995).
  • Readings in Her Story: Women in Christian Tradition (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992).
  • "Kathryn Bushnell," "Mary Lyon," "Anne Dutton," "Anna Howard Shaw" and "Elizabeth Cady Stanton" in the Dictionary of American Christianity. (Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press, 1990).
  • Her Story: Women in Christian Tradition (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1986).
  • "Theological Education: The Changing Scene in the U.S.A.," New College Bulletin (September, 1983).
  • "Monument Facts and Higher Critical Fancies: Archaeology and the Popularization of Old Testament Criticism," Church History (Fall, 1981).
  • Bibliographies in nineteenth-century studies on "Women and the Church" and "Biblical Criticism" published on microfiche by Scholars Press for the American Theological Library Association Board of Microtext

June 2005