Dr. Geoffrey Bateman, associate dean for student support and experiential learning and associate professor in the Department of Peace and Justice Studies at Regis University, will give a presentation to faculty and staff on how to rekindle the joy in work.
Dr. Bateman’s visit to campus is supported by a grant from the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE), a program administered by the Council for Independent Colleges. The grant awarded to St. Lawrence University focuses on helping faculty and staff support students in developing their sense of purpose and meaning.
About NetVUE
NetVUE serves to support students as they explore and discern their personal sense of vocation (passion, purpose, calling, identity) during their college experience. A critical tenet of the work NetVUE does to support students is a strong focus on professional development experiences for faculty and staff to reflect on their own sense of professional purpose and identity—which then fosters their ability to support students engaged in their own reflections on purpose and identity.
About Bateman
His most recent scholarship focuses on the intersection of vocation, queerness, and social justice. In 2017, he participated in NetVUE’s inaugural multidisciplinary faculty seminar on “Teaching Vocational Exploration,” which opened up new horizons in his own vocational journey as a scholar and resulted in the publication of “Queer Callings: LGBTQ Literature and Vocation.” This past year, he participated in NetVUE’s Scholarly Resources Project’s most recent volume on vocation and the common good. His forthcoming essay, “Queer Vocation and the Uncommon Good,” argues for a transformed understanding of the common good to affirm queer and other forms of particularity in the common worlds we share. He is currently at work on a book-length study of queer nonviolence and explores the role of LGBTQ+ writers, activists, and movements in shaping our understanding of the philosophies and practices of nonviolent resistance.
For the past five years, he served as Associate Dean for Student Support and Experiential Learning at Regis College, overseeing student retention and persistence efforts, service-learning, academic internships, and travel learning within the college. In addition to serving as one of the faculty advisors for the Queer Student Alliance, he also leads Brave Space Trainings as part of the work of Regis’s Queer Resource Alliance.