David Joseph Wellman Curriculum VitaeDepartment of Religious StudiesDePaul University2333 N. Racine Ave.Chicago, IL 60614dwellman@depaul.edu(773)-325-4282

Education

2003 Union Theological Seminary, Ph.D., Christian Social Ethics

1990 Union Theological Seminary, M. Div.

1988 Columbia University, M. A., Religion

1985 Lewis and Clark College, B. A., International Affairs

1982 Université de Dijon, Certificat des Etudes Etrangers

Academic Appointments

2009-Present Associate Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University

2005-2009 Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University

2004-2005 Visiting Assistant Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, NY

2002-2004 Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Ethics, Drake University

1999 Assistant Lecturer, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

1991-1992 Instructor, The Giralda Centre, Seville, Spain

1990-1991 Instructor, The Giles School of English, Seville, Spain

Courses Taught

LSP 112 Pilgrimage and Popular Culture

REL 190 Interpreting Sacred Texts: Interpreting Sacred Texts with Queer Eyes

REL 201/CTH 246 Religion and Ethics: Western Christian Ethics

REL 298 Methods and Approaches to the Study of Religion

REL 320/PSC 349 Religion and Transnational Conflict Resolution

HON 350 Ecological Ethics: Building Sustainable Communities in theContext of Globalization

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

2008 “Sustainable Diplomacy and Global Security,” a conference held at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Relations, Providence, RI, May 2008, featuring scholars of International Relations who sought to refine the term I coined: Sustainable Diplomacy.

2007 “Paths to Sustainable Diplomacy,” a conference on international relations theory held in Nicosia, Cyprus, December, 2007, using my book, Sustainable Diplomacy, as a framework for discussion.

2007 Grant Recipient, University Research Council

2005 Institute for Nature and Culture Fellowship

Pre-DePaul Fellowships and Grants

2004-2005 Ella Baker Fellow (Antioch University)

Creative Activities

Books

2004 Sustainable Diplomacy: Ecology, Religion and Ethics in Muslim-Christian Relations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

2001 Sustainable Communities. New York/Geneva: World Council of Churches

Articles and Book Chapters (Peer Reviewed)

Forthcoming With Denis Malherbe, “Authority, Power and Agency in the Work of Building Sustainable Communities within the European Union,” Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Societas Ethica, “Climate Change, Sustainability and the Ethics of an Open Future,” Kontakt der Kontinenten, Soesterberg, Netherlands, Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, 2014

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2010 “The Promise of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism,” in Costas Constantinou and James Der Derian, eds, Sustainable Diplomacies. London: Palgrave Macmillan

2009 “Niebuhrian Realism and the Formation of U. S. Foreign Policy,” Political Theology, vol. 10.1, January, 2009, 11-29.

2008 “Vandana Shiva and the Politics of Ownership, Neocolonialism and Ecological Ethics,” Forum TTN, vol. 19, Roger J. Busch, ed., Munich: Utz Verlag, Nov., 2008, 53-60.

2007 “The Case for Ecological Realism: Grounding the Practice of Diplomacy in an Eco-Centric Worldview,” in Stefan Heuser, Hans Ulrich, eds. Political Practices and International Order: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Societas Ethica in Oxford, 2006. Societas Ethica vol. 4. Münster: Lit-Verlag, 2007, 142-155.

2006 “Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethic of Resistance in George W. Bush’s America: A Call to Progressive Christians in the United States,” Union Seminary Quarterly Review, vol. 60, no. 1-2, 2006, 69-77.

2006 “The Moral Realism of Hans Morgenthau and Reinhold Niebuhr in their Contemporary Relevance” in Georges O. Mazur, ed. The Twenty-Fifth Memorial Commemoration to the Life of Hans J. Morgenthau. New York: Semenenko Foundation, 2006, 101-124.

Conference Papers

2013 With Denis Malherbe, “Authority, Power and Agency in the Work of Building Transnational Sustainable Communities within the European Union,” presented at the conference, “Climate Change, Sustainability and the Ethics of an Open Future,” at the annual conference of Societas Ethica, Kontakt der Kontinenten, Soesterberg, Netherlands, August 24, 2013.

2008 “Resilience Theory, Social-Ecological Systems and Ethics Discourse.” Presented at

the Societas Ethica conference, “Ethics of Life Sciences,” University of Helsinki Science Station, Lammi, Finland, August 20-24, 2008.

2008 “The Promise of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism.” Presented at the conference, “Global Security and Sustainable Diplomacy,” Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 30, 2008.

2007 “The Future of Sustainable Diplomacy: Refining the Praxis of Ecological Realism.”

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Presented at the conference, “Paths to Sustainable Diplomacy,” Dec. 10-11, 2007, Ledra Palace, Green Line, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2007 “Vandana Shiva and the Politics of Ownership, Neocolonialism and Ecological Ethics.” Presented at the Societas Ethica conference, “Philosophical Approaches to Ethics - Methods and Foundations,” Leysin, Switzerland, Aug. 22-26, 2007.

2006 “Reinhold Niebuhr’s Influence on the Formation of U. S. Foreign Policy.” Presented by invitation at the Niebuhr Society, American Academy of Religion November, 2006, Washington, D. C.

2006 “The Case for Ecological Realism: Grounding the Practice of Diplomacyin an Eco-Centric Worldview.” Presented at the Societas Ethica conference, “Political Ethics and International Order,” Wadham College, Oxford University, August, 2006.

2006 “Reflections on Tree Farming with My Father.” Presented at the conference, “Faith and the Environment,” at a joint gathering of the Boards of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the Yale Divinity School, New Haven, April 20-21, 2006.

2005 “Defining Sustainable Diplomacy: Ecology, Religion and Ethics in the Promotion of Conflict Resolution,” The Chicago Interfaith Gathering, panel discussion: “Religion, Ecology and the Quest for a Just Peace,” DePaul University, Chicago, November 2005.

2004 “Religion and Human Rights in the 21st Century,” a Jewish-Christian Dialogue presented with Danielle Celermajer of Columbia University’s Center for Human Rights. Presented at Auburn Seminary, New York, October 2004.

2000 “Ecological Location and Muslim-Christian Dialogue: Identifying Tools for Exploring the Modern Landscape of Moroccan-Spanish Relations.” Presented at the American Academy of Religion, Nashville, TN, November, 2000.

1999 “Defining Sustainable Community – A Basis for Conversation: Larry Rasmussen’s Earth Community, Earth Ethics and James Cone’s “Whose Earth is it Anyway?” Presented at the conference “Earth Ethics and the Ecumenical Community,” Celigny (Vaud), Switzerland, April, 1999.

1993 “What Makes a Prosperous Society?” Presented at the conference “Beyond Consumerism: The Future of Our Global Economy,” Columbia University, New York, November 1993.

Other Scholarly Presentations, Lectures, and Panel Discussions

2013 “Building Sustainable Communities in a Globalized World,” A four part lecture series presented at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, April, 2013.

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2012 “Who is Your Chev-ruta/Learning Companion?: Being Invited to Read Our Sacred Texts Together Across Boundaries of Difference.” Presented at Temple Beth El, Santa Cruz, CA, May 4, 2012.

2012 “Transgressing + Interrupting = Coming Out.” Presented at First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, CA, May 6, 2012.

2011 “Ordinary/Extraordinary.” Presented at Kairos United Church of Christ, Milwaukee, OR, December 26, 2011.

Membership in Professional Organizations

2006-Present Societas Ethica

2004-Present Society of Christian Ethics

1993-Present American Academy of Religion

Service to DePaul

Service to the University

2010-2011 Sustainability Initiatives Task Force

2006-2009 Ethics Across the Curriculum Committee

Service to College of LAS

2012-2013 Committee on Internationalization and Globalization

2011 Respondent to lecture by Donald Mitchell of Perdue University, “Ecology and Interreligious Dialogue: Green Monasticism,” at the conference, “Catholic Spirituality: A Global Communion,” World Catholicism Week, April 11, 2011,

2010-2013 Design and development of Study Abroad Program, Vincentian Heritage Bicycle Pilgrimage

2005-2011 Peace, Conflict Resolution & Social Justice Committee

2008-Present Advisory Board, Institute for Nature and Culture

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2008 “Love and Committed Relationships,” a panel presentation given to Tom Judge’s Marriage and Commitment class, DePaul University, Fall quarter, 2008.

2008 “Religulous,” a panel discussion of Religious Studies faculty and students, Fall quarter, 2008

2007 “Marriage and Commitment,” a panel presentation given to Tom Judge’s Marriage and Commitment class, DePaul University, Fall quarter, 2007.

2006 “Love and Marriage in Same-Sex Relationships,” a presentation given to Tom Judge’s Love and Marriage class, DePaul University, Fall quarter, 2006.

2006 “Reading the Bible with Queer Eyes,” a presentation given to SPECTRUM, DePaul University, Winter Quarter, 2006.

2005 “Christian Faith and Same-Sex Marriage,” a presentation given in Christopher Robinson’s class on Marriage, DePaul University, Fall Quarter, 2005.

Service to the Department of Religious Studies

2010-2011 Coordinator, Seven Days with the Monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery, October 2010 and October 2011.

2009-2011 Director, Center for Interreligious Engagement

Events Presented During Directorship:

2011 “Religion, Death and Dying: How Hinduism, Judaism and Christianity Deal with the Inevitable,” June 6, 2011

2011 “Interreligious Engagement and Meditation: An Introduction to Meditation Practices,” May, 23, 2011.

2011 “Complex Identities: Latina Narratives at the Crossroads of Scholarship and Faith,” May 4, 2011

2011 “God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World, An Evening with Stephen Prothero,” May 6, 2011

2011 “Rediscovering Mind: Rescuing Science from Parascience: A Conversation with Marilynne Robinson, February 15, 2011

2011 “Meditation and Interreligious Engagement: Chanting with Sufis and Benedictines,”February 8, 2011

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2010 “Meditation and Psychotherpy: A Buddhist-Protestant Conversation, October 9, 2010

2010 Screening and Discussion Panel on the film, Little Town of Bethlehem, September 27, 2010

2010 “Interreligious Dialogues Among DePaul Students: Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Unitarian Reflections on Service Learning in Chicago,” May 11, 2010

2010 “Meditation and Interreligious Engagement: A Buddhist-Hindu Conversation, May 9, 2010

2010 “Meditation and Interreligious Engagement: A Sufi-Catholic Conversation,” May 27, 2010

2010 “Can a Jew Marry a Muslim? / Can a Christian Marry a Jew? / Can a Muslim Marry a Buddhist? : A Panel on Interfaith Marriage, Feb 23, 2010

2009 “Meditation and Interreligious Engagement: A Buddhist-Catholic Conversation,”November 10, 2009

2009 “A Panel on Race and Religion,” November 3, 2009

2009 “A Screening of the film Kundun, and a Conversation with David Gitomer,”October 26, 2009

2008-2009 Representative for Dept. of Religious Studies, Majors Fair

2007-Present Committee of the Center for Interreligious Engagement

2007 Ad Hoc Committee on Search Procedures

2007 Ad Hoc Committee on Appointing a Departmental Chair

2006-2008 Future Directions Committee

Service to the Professional Community

2013 Outside Reader, doctoral dissertation of Laura Sherman, Milltown Institute, National University of Ireland, Dublin

2010-Present Outside Reader, doctoral dissertation of Lisa Anderson, Union Theological Seminary, NY

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2006 Primary Reader, doctoral dissertation of Ann Herpel, Union Theological Seminary, NY

Service to the Community

2013 “Building Sustainable Communities in a Globalized World,” A four part lecture series presented at Lakeside Presbyterian Church, Chicago, IL, April, 2013.

2012 “Who is Your Chev-ruta/Learning Companion?: Being Invited to Read Our Sacred Texts Together Across Boundaries of Difference.” a lecture presented at Temple Beth El, Santa Cruz, CA, May 4, 2012.

2012 “Transgressing + Interrupting = Coming Out.” a lecture presented at First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, CA, May 6, 2012.

2011 “Ordinary/Extraordinary.” a lecture presented at Kairos United Church of Christ, Milwaukee, OR, December 26, 2011.

Current Research and Professional Activities

I am currently writing the first chapter of a new book manuscript, entitled Sustainable Diplomacyand the Future of Foreign Policy. The first chapter is a synopsis and analysis of ten books by leading scholars in the field of Religion and Diplomacy. I will have completed a draft of this chapter by August 14th, 2014, as an article I am submitting for publication comprises the core of this chapter. I do not currently have a contract for this book.

I am currently researching and writing a book chapter for the SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy, entitled “Religion and Diplomacy,” which will be published in London by SAGE and edited by Costas Constantinou (University of Cyprus), Pauline Kerr (Australian National University) and Paul Shape (University of Minnesota). It is due in August of 2014 and I expect it should be published some time in 2015 or early 2016.

I am at the beginning stages of laying the groundwork for an edited volume, whose working title is Sacred Texts Through Queer Eyes: A Compendium of LGBTQ Interpretations of Global and Indigenous Religious Traditions. I have begun to identify and assemble my editorial board for this project, which will include queer scholars of religion from Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism, as well as many representatives of Indigenous traditions. This project stands at its beginning, and I am currently in the process of preparing a proposal for respective publishers.

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