Scholarship
The Center for Faculty Development (CFD) seeks help the Faculty at Union University achieve scholarship, pursue traditional advancement within your discipline, and conduct and disseminate their scholarship.
Initiatives
Fall and Winter Workshops
At the beginning of the fall and spring semesters faculty participate in an extended development opportunity that includes either departmental and interdepartmental dialogue on current topics or concurrent sessions offered by faculty colleagues and campus leaders.
In the Academy
Multiple sessions are offered each semester for all faculty regarding important aspects of professional advancement, grant opportunities, and research leave opportunities.
Faculty Dialogue Groups
Believing that iron sharpens iron, faculty facilitate discussions over lunch on selected books or topics of interest in teaching, scholarship, and the Christian faith and practice.
Definitions and Expectations for Union Faculty (.pdf)
This is the inaugural edition of Scholarship Definitions and Expectations for Union Faculty to all departments and faculty. This is a document that represents years of hard work by departments and schools to articulate the kinds of scholarship that best express the knowledge and methods of inquiry in each academic discipline.
Journals
Recent and Forthcoming Books
- Faithful Faculty: Vocational Flourishing in Christian Higher Education.
Edited by Donny Mathis & Jacob Shatzer. B&H Academic (May 2026).
Union Contributor(s): Jacob Shatzer (Editor; Chapter 4: Faithful Learning: The Double-Edged Sword of Theology and the Disciplines); Phil Davignon (Chapter 6: Faithful Scholarship); Rebekah Whitaker (Chapter 3: Graduate School and Work to Higher Ed (with Martin Jones)).
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- Vitamin C and Cancer: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Synergies. Lunawati L. Bennett. Nova Science Publishers: Hauppauge, NY (May 2026). Book Website |
- What is Critical Theory: A Concise Christian Analysis.
Bradley G. Green. Crossway (March 2026).
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Recent Scholarship
- PRESENTATION - "Redox Biology, Micronutrients, and Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Chronic Disease: Implications for Clinical Nutrition Practice" by Lunawati L. Bennett (August 2026)
- AWARD/RECOGNITION - "Teacher of the Year-UUCOP Class of 2028" by Lunawati L. Bennett (May 2026)
- ARTICLE - "Dreaming the Door Unsealed: The ark of an American-Ukrainian friendship across borders, tables, and war." by Joy Moore (May 2026)
