Julie Durbin

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Director, Writing Center
• Coordinator, First-Year Writing
• English
• Humanities

Degrees Received

• Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies, Biola University, 2016.
• M.A. in the Rhetoric and Philosophy of Communication, Duquesne University, 2000.
• B.A. in Communication, Roberts Wesleyan College, 1998.

Courses Taught

• EDU 097 - Integrated Reading and Writing for College 
• ENG 100 - English Composition with Lab
• ENG 101 - English Composition
• ENG 102 - Academic Writing and the Research Process
• HUM 100 - Humanities Lab
• HUM 103 - Invitation to the Humanities
• EDU 343 - Meeting the Instructional Needs of PreK-4 English Language Learners

Selected Publications and Presentations

• "Becoming a Traditioning Community". Orality and Literacy Conference, Geneva College, April 2024.  
• "Who'll Rock that Cradle?" Review of The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister, by Olesya Khromeychuk. Current, 30 November 2022, http:// currentpub.com/2022/11/30 /review-wholl-rock-that-cradle/.
• "Sacred Power, Sacred Space: An Introduction to Christian Architecture and Worship (Jeanne Halgren Kilde)." Global Forum on Arts & Christian Faith, vol. 7, 2019.
• "Liturgical Worship: A Practice, not a Product." Free Methodist Liturgical Network, 25 September  2020, http://fmliturgy.com/worshiprenewal/.
• "It's a Gift: The Call to Create." AI in Academia Panel, Geneva College, 8 November 2023.
• "The Calling Problem, Settled." Spring Arbor University, Spring Arbor, MI, 4 December 2023.
• "The Power of a Story: Ethnic Myth and Conflict in Ukraine." Eastern Communication Association Convention, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000.
• "It Must Be in the Water: A Rhetorical Analysis of Seneca Falls and B.T. Roberts." Eastern Communication Association Convention, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000.
• "Kenneth Burke's Ethic of Poetry: Using Symbols to Heal the Breaches." Eastern Communication Association Convention, Charleston, WV, 1999.

Research Interests

• Culture
• Worship
• Ecclesiology
• Missiology
• Media Ecology

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Missiology
• International Council of Ethnodoxologists

Awards and Distinctions

•  Excellence in Part-Time Teaching Award - Geneva College, 2022