Baylor in the News – July 25-31, 2021
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WACO, Texas (Aug. 1, 2021) – Baylor University researchers and faculty experts were featured in national and local media stories as they shared their thoughts and expertise on scriptural gender roles, an archeological mystery around ancient canines in Israel, reality TV families and the biblical theology of the body and sport.
July 25, 2021
The New Yorker: The Unmaking of Biblical Womanhood
Beth Allison Barr, Ph.D., professor of history and author of “The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth,” uses historical analysis to challenge contemporary claims of scriptural gender roles.
July 26, 2021
Inside Higher Ed: The Future of the Campus Tour
Ross VanDyke, senior director of undergraduate admissions, is quoted in this article about universities resuming campus tours.
July 29, 2021
KWTX-TV: BU students with close ties to middle school that burned have a new mission
VIDEO: A group of Baylor students called Engineers With A Mission is on a new mission to help students affected by the devastating fire at G.W. Carver Middle School. The Baylor students have a special bond with the Carver students, making regular trips to the school for activities with the middle schoolers to pique their interest in engineering.
KWBU-FM: Business Review - Fear-Based Marketing
AUDIO: Meredith David, Ph.D., associate professor of marketing, shares when fear-based marketing can be an effective messaging tool.
July 30, 2021
Baylor Connections: Alex Yokochi, Ph.D.
AUDIO: Olympic competition is rarified air reached by few athletes in the world—among them, a Baylor professor. In this Baylor Connections, Alex Yokochi, Ph.D., professor of mechanical engineering and a swimmer for his native Portugal in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 games, shares his Olympic journey, training regimen and memories, and examines similarities between high-level athletic competition and academics.
The Washington Post: TLC has canceled the Duggars again, but that doesn’t mean people can count them out for good
Greg Garrett, Ph.D., professor of English, theologian and cultural critic at Baylor University, is quoted in this article about the reality TV phenomenon of the Duggar family.
Forbes: Managing Up In A Virtual Workplace
Marlene Neill, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism, public relations and new media, is quoted in this article about the challenges for employees and managers to continue to build and manage relationships from behind a screen.
Christianity Today: Before Simone Biles Becomes Christians’ Next Sports Metaphor
AUDIO: Brian Gamel, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Baylor’s Faith and Sports Institute, takes part in this discussion with Christianity Today’s Tim Dalrymple, Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen
discuss Paul’s athletic metaphors, a biblical theology of the body and sport, and what it means to actually support athletes in your church.
The New Yorker Radio Hour: The Making of Biblical Womanhood
AUDIO: Beth Allison Barr, Ph.D., professor of history, is interviewed about her new book, “The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth,” which traces the history of female submission as a Biblical order.
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