The Women Scholars and Professionals Podcast

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews Alexis Grant, PhD student in the field of public health at University of Illinois at Chicago. In this episode Grant shares her passion about equity as a foundation for her research to work toward change in policies to bring health care and resources to communities. Additionally, she offers thoughts about the CO...

“I just have this belief that God really cares about how we live our lives and how we love our neighbor — and that continues to direct my life.” — D.L. Mayfield Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews writer and activist D.L. Mayfield. In this conversation, we discuss the four main categories of Mayfield's recent book and unpack the ways Jesus might...

For our final episode in our Words of Hope series, we wanted to offer a brief podcast on a few ways to cope with overwhelming feelings of anxiety during this time. In this episode Women in the Academy and Professions associate and graduate level counselor Caroline Triscik offers several grounding exercises to cope with overwhelming feelings of anxiety. While these exercises offer a clinically base...

In these disorienting times, the Women in the Academy and Professions team wanted to offer some words of hope and peace to our community through brief episodes from each member of our team. In this episode Lindsay Bruk, Women in the Academy and Professions associate who focuses on our social media ministry shares her thoughts on finding hope these days, not just in the end of our suffering, but in...

In these disorienting times, the Women in the Academy and Professions team wanted to offer some words of hope and peace to our community through brief episodes from each member of our team. In this episode editor of The Well, Andrea Bridges and managing editor for The Well, Ann Boyd, share their thoughts on finding hope these days, both through the reminder of God’s presence with us in prayer, as...

In these disorienting times, the Women in the Academy and Professions team wanted to offer some words of hope and peace to our community through brief episodes from each member of our team. In this episode Karen Hice Guzmán, director of Women in the Academy and Professions, offers some hopeful words from Eugene Peterson and shares how they have brought her comfort in the midst of unsettling days....

In these disorienting times, the Women in the Academy and Professions team wanted to offer some words of hope and peace to our community through brief episodes from each member of our team. In this second episode listen in on clips from our recent virtual Bible study on parts of the book of Daniel led by Women in the Academy and Professions associate Jasmine Obeyesekere Fernando. Check out the cor...

In these disorienting times, the Women in the Academy and Professions team wanted to offer some words of hope and peace to our community through brief episodes from each member of our team. In this first episode Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik and her daughter--because of course many of us are working from home with our children nearby--offer a word of encouragement...

“I have this picture in mind of myself as a tiny, tiny person in the hands of God, and that his hands are vast and the world is vast, not in an overwhelming way, but in a ‘there’s actually still good in this world’ way.” — Grace P. Cho Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews writer and editor Grace P. Cho. In this conversation, Grace invites us into...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews educator and youth advocate, Donna Barber. In this conversation Donna shares how she clings to Jesus in the midst of pursuing justice and the way this spilled over into her book Bread for the Resistance: 40 Devotions for Justice People. In sharing her own journey in justice work, Donna guides us back to Christ...

"The particularity of our contexts shape both the way that we hear our callings and the way we respond to it.” — Kathleen Cahalan Listen in on an exclusive peek into our book club as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Jasmine Obeyesekere conducts the final online discussion with author and professor Kathleen Cahalan. Together, they discuss the challenge of discerning one's calling thro...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews author and therapist Aundi Kolber about her newly released book Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode — and into a Life of Connection and Joy. Together, they discuss how we can shift from a life of a “try harder” mentality and to learn to love ourselves — mind, soul,...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews counselor and author Sheila Wise Rowe about her newly released book Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience. Through her knowledge, wisdom, and experiences, Sheila walks the listener through the pain of being silenced, to lament, toward healing from racial trauma. For show notes or more information please...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik reviews a sampling of 2019's episodes! For show notes or more information please visit our article at The Well . If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women in the Academy and Professions, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at givetoiv.org/wap . Thank you for listening!

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions director Karen Guzmán interviews author and Biblical scholar Amanda W. Benckhuysen, discussing her new book The Gospel According to Eve: A History of Women's Interpretation in which she explores scholarship written by women over several centuries and considers its implications for Biblical interpretation. Amanda W. Benckhuysen (PhD, University of S...

"I had to look at what it was going to cost me personally, and what it was going to cost my family...And on the other side were little girls who needed to be saved and women who needed to be set free and know the truth. And they were worth more than what it was going to cost." -Rachael Denhollander Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews attorney, ed...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews Dr. Michelle Reyes who holds a Ph. D in German literature with a focus on folklore including women’s writing, storytelling, and feminist revisions. Currently living in Austin, TX, and ministering alongside her husband in an urban, multicultural church serving the disadvantaged, minority communities, Michelle sh...

“I think that true hope, that thing inside our spirits that we are clinging to and growing towards, with God’s help, is what we cling to in the deepest darkest times. It’s what keeps us going until the dawn, until spring.” — Catherine McNiel Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews Catherine McNiel. In this conversation, we discuss personal spiritual...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews Filipino American theologian Dr. Joyce del Rosario. In this conversation, we discuss her ministry to teen moms, plus thoughts around ethnicity, good food, and the process of recording the unique theological contributions of the Filipino community. For show notes or more information please visit our article at T...

In July at The Well, we had the opportunity to share excerpts from a book we enjoyed and learned from this year. We caught up with Phileena Heuertz, author of Mindful Silence: The Heart of Christian Contemplation, to chat about her journey from justice work to contemplation and the “mixed life” for this episode of the podcast. One of the reasons we were attracted to this book is the number of wome...

“So, awareness and response — I think this is where the Holy Spirit of God really works very powerfully for me, sort of awakening me, keeping me aware, keeping me open. There is always something new ahead — and I’m saying that as a 90-year-old woman. I’m hoping that life continues to open itself to me — and this is a work of God’s Spirit.” — Luci Shaw Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professi...

Each semester, InterVarsity's Women in the Academy and Professions hosts an online book club with content related to discipleship in our vocational lives. This spring semester book club was spent discussing the book Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women by Dr. Elaine Storkey. On this special episode, Women in the Academy and Professions' Jasmine Obeyesekere int...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions Associate Caroline Triscik interviews Dr. Elizabeth "Lisa" Sung. Sharing about her recent experiences as the evangelical scholar in residence at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake, Lisa brings hope for unity in the Church, as well as her thoughts on race, ethnicity, and gender related to her dissertation research. Lisa also shares her vision...

Listen in as Women in the Academy and Professions associate Caroline Triscik interviews author, poet, and English professor Susanna Childress. Susanna offers her thoughts on finding wonder and awe in the midst of everyday life in her roles in academia and as a mother and wife. Susanna also shares with us her intensely personal story of the loss of her third son late in the second trimester of preg...

For this special Holy Thursday episode, listen in as Stephanie Gehring performs a reading of her piece Wheat. For the written version of Wheat or information about the author please visit http://thewell.intervarsity.org/spiritual-formation/wheat If you'd like to support the work of InterVarsity's Women in the Academy and Professions, including future podcasts such as this episode, you can do so at...