Curriculum Vitae

Lesley A. Northup

Interim Dean of the Honors College

Associate Professor of Religion and Culture

Florida International University

DEGREES

· Ph.D. (Historical Theology), 1991, The Catholic University of America

· M.A. (Religious Studies/Liturgics), 1983, The Catholic University of America

· M.Div., (Liturgics) 1980, Episcopal Divinity School

· B.A. (Speech), 1970, University of Wisconsin, Madison

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

· contemporary American religion

· myth and ritual studies

· church and state

· Episcopal Church studies

· liturgical studies

· religion in Florida

· religion and broadcasting

· new religious movements

· women and religion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

· Interim Dean, The Honors College, Florida International University, 2006-

· Associate Dean, The Honors College, Florida International University, 2004-2006

· Faculty of Graduate School, Florida International University, 2008-

· Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Florida International University, 1993-

· Fellow, University Honors College, Florida International University, 2002-

· Associate, Women’s Studies Program, Florida International University

· Instructor, Freshman Experience Program, Florida International University

· Instructor in Religion, University of Maryland Honors Program, 1991-93

· Instructor, University of Maryland, Department of English, Professional Writing Program, 1987-93

· Instructor, University of Maryland/University College, Department of English, 1988-1990.

· Adjunct Instructor in Liturgics, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA, 1987.

· Lecturer in Liturgical History, Howard University Divinity School, Washington, DC, 1984.

BOOKS

· Religious Documents North America Annual 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001. Ed. Academic International Press.

· Ritualizing Women: Patterns and Practices. Pilgrim Press, 1997.

· Leaps and Boundaries: Liturgical Revision in the Twenty-first Century. Co-edited with Paul V. Marshall. Continuum/Morehouse, 1997.

· Women and Religious Ritual. Pastoral Press, November 1993.

· The 1892 Book of Common Prayer, Edwin Mellen Press, October 1993.

PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

· “The First Amendment, the Second Freedom, and the Third Millennium,” in Educating for Democracy in a Changing World: Understanding Freedom in Contemporary America, J. Slater, et al., eds., New York: Peter Lang, 2007.

· “The American Book of Common Prayer, 1979,” in The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer Worldwide, Oxford University Press, 2005.

· “Common Prayer in the Continuing Anglican Movement,” in The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer Worldwide, Oxford University Press, 2005.

· “Homosexuality and the Evolution of American Protestantism,” in Religion and Sexuality: Compromising Positions,” ed. C. K. Robertson, New York: Peter Lang, 2005.

· “Islam and the New World,” Diversity Exchange, Spring 2002.

· “Who Shapes Our Values? Religion and Public Life in Florida,” Forum, Summer 2000.

· “The Anglican Liturgical Contribution to Ritual Studies,” Anglican and Episcopal History, Vol. LXIX, No. 1, March 2000.

· “Good Theology, Bad Ritual: What Liturgics Can Learn from Ritual Studies,” in With Ever Joyful Hearts, ed. J. Neil Alexander, Church Publishing Inc., 1999.

· “Emerging Patterns in Women’s Ritualizing,” reprinted in Ritualtheorien: Inhaltsubersicht, ed. Andrea Belliger and David J. Krieger, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1998.

· “Liturgy,” in The Encyclopedia of Women and World Religions, Macmillan, 1998.

· “Bitten from Behind: Babies, Bishops, and Backlash,” Feminist Theology, January 1998.

· “Access without Excess,” chapter in Leaps and Boundaries, Morehouse Publishing,1997.

· “Narrative in Women’s Ritualizing,” Women and Language, 14:1 (Spring 1996).

· “Emerging Patterns in Women’s Ritualizing,” Journal of Ritual Studies 9:2, (Summer 1996), 109-36.

· “Gendered Forms of Address in Religious Institutions: A Case Study,” Feminist Theology, No.12, (May 1996), 61-82.

· “The Impact of Public Opinion on Nineteenth Century Liturgical Revision,” Anglican and Episcopal History 64:2 (June 1995).

· “Claiming Horizontal Space: Women’s Religious Rituals,” Studia Liturgica 25:1, Spring 1995).

· “Expanding the X-Axis: Women, Religious Ritual, and Culture,” in Women and Religious Ritual, Pastoral Press, 1993.

· “William Reed Huntington: First Presbyter of the Late 19^th Century,” Anglican and Episcopal History 62:2 (June 1993).

· “The Challenge of the Chaplaincy,” Military Chaplains’ Review, Spring 1990.

· “The Woman as Presider: Images Drawn from Life,” Worship 58:6, November 1983.

· “Exclusive Language in Armed Forces Rites,” Military Chaplains’ Review, Winter, 1983.

· “Exclusive Language in Armed Forces Hymnody,” Military Chaplains’ Review, Winter, 1982.

REVIEW ESSAYS

· "Myth-placed Priorities: Religion and the Study of Myth," Religious Studies Review, 32:1 (January 2006).

· “Sacramental Liturgy,” in Review of Books and Religion, 12:3 (November 1983).

BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS

· Donald Gray. The 1927-28 Prayer Book Crisis. Joint Liturgical Studies No. 60, Ritual, Royal Commissions, and Reply to the Royal Letters of Business, London: The Alcuin Club and the Group for Renewal of Worship, 2005 and No. 61: The Cul-de-Sac of the ‘Deposited Book’…until Further Order Be Taken. London: The Alcuin Club and the Group for Renewal of Worship, 2006, in Anglican and Episcopal History, 76:4 (December 2007).

· Frank Senn, The People’s Work: A Social History of the Liturgy, in Anglican and Episcopal History, 76:3 (September 2007).

· David H. Brown, Santeria Enthroned: Art, Ritual and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion in Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe 80, April 2006.

· William A. Dyrness, Reformed Theology and Visual Culture : The Protestant Imagination from Calvin to Edwards in Anglican and Episcopal History, 2006.

· Mark Hill, ed., Religious Liberty and Human Rights in Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work. 2003.

· Judith Maltby, Prayer Book and People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England in Anglican and Episcopal History, LXIX: 1 (March 2000).

· Michael Moriarty, The Liturgical Revolution, in Anglican and Episcopal History, LXVII: 3 (September 1998).

· Byron Stuhlman, Occasions of Grace, in Anglican and Episcopal History, XVI: 3 (September 1997).

· Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Buddhism through American Women’s Eyes, in The Tibet Journal XXII: 3 (Autumn 1997).

· Paul V. Marshall, Prayer Book Parallels, in Anglican and Episcopal History LXIV: 4 (December 1995).

· Film: “That They All May Be One: Muhlenberg, Huntington, Brent,” in Anglican and Episcopal History, LXII:2 (June 1993).

· J. Neil Alexander, ed., Time and Community, in Anglican Theological Review, LXXIV: 2 (Summer 1992).

· Howard Galley, The Ceremonies of the Eucharist, in Anglican Theological Review LXXIII: 1 (Spring 1991).

· Thomas Shannon, Surrogate Motherhood, in Anglican Theological Review LXXI: 4 (Fall 1989).

MANUSCRIPT AND PROGRAM REVIEWS

· Phyllis Tickle, The Night Offices, Oxford University Press, 2005, pocket edition.

· Phyllis Tickle, The Night Offices, Oxford University Press, 2005.

· Proposed conference papers in religion and the media, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2004, 2005.

· Stein and Stein, Anthropology of Religion, Allyn & Bacon, 2002.

· Honor the Womb That Bore You: The Female in Mythology and Religion, Addison Wesley Longman. 2001

· Women in the Sacred Traditions, Kievitt and Glasgow, Oxford University Press. 2001

· ProQuest Arts & Humanities Internet Resource, 2000

GRANTS

· U.S. Department of Education, Title V, $25,000 Mentoring Grant for the FIU Honors College, 2006-7

· Project SHINE, $2000 for integrating service learning into RS courses, Fall 2001.

· FIU Academy for the Art of Teaching, $1000 for developing a model for adapting religious studies courses to online technology, summer-fall 2001.

· FIU College of Arts and Sciences, $2000 for developing charitable giving for CAS and Academic Affairs Division, summer 2001

· FIU iNet award. ($2000 plus laptop) for integrating computer technology into courses. 2000

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

· Respondent, American Academy of Religion, November 2007. Ritual Studies Group. Topic: Rituals of Women Pagans.

· Panelist, President’s Showcase Seminar, Florida Bar Association Annual Conference, June 2007. Topic: “Criminal Justice and Our Constitutions.”

· Presenter, American Academy of Religion, November 2003. Paper: “The Ongoing Christian Myth: On The Necessity of Myth in Religious Studies”

· Panelist, Southern American Studies Association, February 2003. Roundtable: “Religion in Florida: Making the Florida On-Line Encyclopedia a Reality.”

· Presenter, American Academy of Religion, November 2000. Paper: “Wise as Serpents: Women Televangelists.”

· Presenter, American Academy of Religion, November 2000. Paper: “The St. Patrick’s Day Massacre: Rites and Rights.”

· Presenter, American Psychological Association, August 1996. Paper: Babies, Big Institutions, and Backlash.

· Presenter, North American Academy of Liturgy, January 1996. Paper: The Historical Evolution of Women’s Worship.

· Presenter, F.I.U. 13^th Annual Women’s History Month Conference, March 1995. Paper: Women’s Ritualizing: A New Genre?

· Respondent, North American Academy of Liturgy, January 1995. Topic: Anglican Ordination Rites: Agenda for Revision.

· Presenter, Florida Women’s Studies Conference, October 1994. Paper: Sanctifying Horizontal Space

· Presenter, National Commission on the Status of Women: Consultation on Violence, Episcopal Church Headquarters, October 1993. Paper: Women, Violence, and the Lectionary

· Presenter, National Commission on the Status of Women: Consultation on Violence,, Episcopal Church Headquarters, October 1993. Paper: Women, Violence, the Church, and the Military.

· Presenter, American Academy of Religion, November 1992. Paper: Educating in Religion at the Naval War College

· Respondent, American Academy of Religion, November 1992. Topic: Ritual Definition, Social Control: Religion and the Family

· Presenter, American Psychological Association, 1992. Paper: The Power of Naming: Forms of Address for Clergy.

· Special Session Presenter, North American Academy of Liturgy, 1992. Topic: The 1892 Book of Common Prayer.

· Presenter, American Psychological Association, 1984. Paper: The Woman as Presider.

INVITED LECTURES, SEMINARS, PANELS, AND WORKSHOPS

· Guest lecture, University of Miami Law School, “Evolution, the Law, and Religion,” Spring 2007.

· Instructor, Florida State Univ. study abroad in Greece (Gender and Religion), Spring 2002

· Panelist, Temple Israel “Faith in the City” interfaith celebration, 2001

· Panelist, Women in Higher Education Teleconference, “Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices, Women’s Solutions” March 27-29, 2000

· Guest Speaker, Florida Institute of Technology. Topic: Religion in Florida. Feb. 2000

· Guest Lecturer, F.I.U. Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship Studies. Topic: The Religious Context of Urban Living. October 1999.

· Moderator, panel on “Transforming the Feminine,” 16^th Annual Women’s History Month Conference, FIU, March 1999.

· Master Scholar, Florida Humanities Council. Course: Myth and Ritual: The Search for Meaning. 1998-99.

· Guest Speaker, Florida Institute of Technology. Topic: Myth and Ritual. April 1998.

· Invited lecture, Florida Humanities Council Board of Directors. Topic: The State of Religion in the State of Florida. June 1997.

· Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music. Topic: Women’s Ritualizing. Fall 1995.

· Guest Speaker, Women’s Preservation Society, Miami, FL. Topic: Alternative Reproduction, Clergywomen, and the Church. February 1994.

· Guest Lecturer, USN CHC Hospital Ministry Indoctrination Course, NMC, Bethesda.

Topic: Gender Inclusivity. May 1991.

· Guest Lecturer, Christ Episcopal Church (DC). Topic: Major Figures in Contemporary Church History. March 1990.

· Workshop Presenter, Diocesan Commission on Liturgy conference. Topic: Liturgical History and Change. April 1988.

· Guest Lecturer, American University. Topic: Women and Religion. April 1988.

· Conference Leader and Lecturer, The Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross, 1985. Conference title: “Prejudice: Coming to Grips...”.

· Workshop presenter, Montgomery County Women’s Fair. Topic: Religion and Sexist Language. March 1984

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND COURSE DESIGN

Florida International University: Religious Studies

· New Religions in America

· The Power of Myth

· Religion: Analysis and Interpretation

· Religion in America

· Religion and Television

· Religion: Interpretation and Analysis

· Church and State

· Women and Religion

· Teaching Religious Studies

· Online: courses in Classical Mythology, Introduction to Religion

Florida International University: The Honors College

· Ideas of Origins, Origins of Ideas: First-year Honors interdisciplinary course

Religion Curriculum, University Honors Program, University of Maryland

· Developed, proposed, defended, and implemented multi-course sequence in Religious Studies at major state university.

· Courses included Religion in America, Religion and Culture, World Religions

Naval War College, Non-resident Program, Washington, DC

· Adapted and developed course on War and Religion

· Assisted in adaptation of course on Foundations of Ethics

· Course in development: Women and the Military

Howard University, Divinity School, Washington, DC

· Developed, proposed, and team-taught course on liturgical history and principles

EDITORIAL

· Co-editor, Religion Section, Florida Online Encyclopedia, 2003-

· Forum, the periodical of the Florida Humanities Council. Topic: Religion in Florida.Guest Editor, Summer 2000.

· CALCE Center, University of Maryland, editorial consultant, 1991-present.

· The World & I, copyeditor, 1989-1992

· Greenwich Financial Press, Vice President and Production Manager, 1974-79

BOARDS

· Board of Editors, Anglican and Episcopal History, 2007-

· Board of Directors, Florida Humanities Council, 2004-7

· Board of Directors, Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, 2005-6

· Advisory Committee, ACLU Religious Freedom Project, Miami ACLU, 2005-6

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

· National Collegiate Honors Council

· Florida Humanities Council

· American Academy of Religion

· North American Academy of Liturgy

· Societas Liturgica

· The Historical Society (Anglican and Episcopal History)

SERVICE

University/ Colleges

· Invocations, Commencement ceremonies

· University Access and Equity Committee (Presidential appointment)

· Co-chair, GLBTA subcommittee, 2001

· Provost’s Committees

· University Academic Conduct Review Board Hearing Chair

· University Student Grievance Committee Hearing Chair

· FIPSE Grant Review Committee, 2001

· Graduate Program Director Screening Committee for Dean of Graduate School, 2001

· Faculty Senate, 2002-

· Steering Committee, 2003-

· Ad Hoc Committee on Invocations, Chair, 2003

· University Athletic Council, 2002-

· University Honors College, 2001-4

· Advisory Council

· Scholarship Committee

· Curriculum Review Board

· Curriculum Technology Subcommittee

· Recruitment Committee, 2002

· Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Misconduct, Chair, 2003

· Admissions Committee

· Student Awards Committee, 2002

· Academy for the Art of Teaching

· Advisory Board

· Graduate Committee, 2000-

· Awards Committee, 2000-

· College of Arts and Sciences

· United Way coordinator, 1999-2002

· Curriculum Committee, 1994-96

· SACS Self-study Graduate Committee, 1998-00

· Invocation Presenter, Faculty Convocation 1999; Graduations 2000/2001; Honors College Convocation 2001/2002

· United Faculty of Florida Steward, 2001-2

· Co-founder, South Florida Religion and Theological Studies Cooperative

· Martin Luther King Breakfast Panelist, 2000

· Instrumental in bringing Archbishop Desmond Tutu to FIU, 1999

· Instructor, Freshman Experience Program

· Mentor, Mentoring Partnerships Program

Department

· Graduate Program Director, 1997-2002

· Webmaster, 1999-2002

· Summer Advisor, 1996

· Search Committee Chair, 1994

· Coordinator, Evaluation of Chair, 1994

Community

· Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade, Community Grant Selection Panel, 2002

· Television: WPBT—Viewpoint (regular panelist); WLRN—Asian-American Focus (two programs); WLRN—ACLU—Freedom’s Watchdog (frequent panelist); FIU in View

· Radio: “Radioactivity,” WMNF, Tampa, January 2005,Topic: Religion, Christian Dominionism, and the Bush Administration

· MiamIntelligence, public lectures: “Theology in Stone,” 2004; “Inventing Tradition,” 2005.

· Dade County School Board, hearing panelist and television interviewee on ethics in public schools

· Religious Services Coordinator, So. Florida Olympic Village, 1996

· Associate clergy, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Coconut Grove

· Media consultant: Miami Herald, Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Channel 7 News, PBS, MSNBC, Channel 4 news

· Guest Speaker (High Schools): Carol City Senior High; Ransom Everglades

· Guest Lecturer: area churches

AWARDS AND HONORS

· F.I.U. Outstanding Service Award, 2004

· Outstanding Honors Fellow, 2003

· State of Florida Teaching Incentive Program Award, 1997

· F.I.U. Teaching Excellence Award, 1997, 2001

· Archival materials requested for Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship

· Florida Humanities Council Master Scholar, 1997-

· Outstanding Religious News Story, Association of Religion Writers, 1988

CONTACT

Home: 1298 NE 95 Street Office: The Honors College

Miami, FL 33138 Florida International University

(305) 758-0803 University Park

Miami, FL 33199

(305) 348-2956

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