Davina C. Lopez currently serves as Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. Her research and teaching interests include Pauline studies, the Greek, Jewish, and Roman imperial contexts of the New Testament writings, and art and performance as critical modes of interpreting biblical texts and traditions. She also has interests and training in the interdependence of visual and literary cultures as well as the study of gender and sexuality. education. PhD, New Testament Studies, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York MPhil, New Testament Studies, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York Cert., Sexuality, Culture, & Society, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands MA, Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York BA, Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA teaching. A member of Eckerd's Letters Collegium, Prof. Lopez teaches courses in biblical studies that emphasize the relationship between ancient and modern worlds, methodology in biblical interpretation, and the continuing relevance of the Bible as a significant site for articulations of power relationships, community identity-construction, and meaning-making. Her courses frequently explore readings at the intersections of contemporary politics of identity, structures of (in)justice, and ancient (non-)biblical texts, as well as representations of religions and ancient worlds in (post)modern media. A 2007-08 Fellow in the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion’s Workshop for Pre-Tenure Faculty, Prof. Lopez is interested in pedagogical innovation towards critical thinking about religion as well as religious literacy in our global context. She also enthusiastically supports Eckerd’s general education program. View current course information here. publications. --Apostle to the Conquered: Reimagining Paul’s Mission (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008). --"Before Your Very Eyes: Roman Imperial Ideology, Gender Constructs, and Paul’s Inter-
 Nationalism," 116-62 in Mapping Gender in Ancient Religious Discourses, ed. Todd Penner and Caroline Vander Stichele (Leiden: Brill, 2007). --New Testament and Roman Empire: Shifting Paradigms for Interpretation, ed. with Brigitte Kahl and Hal Taussig (USQR 59:3-4, 2005). --"Paul, Gentiles, and Gender Paradigms," in New Testament and Roman Empire: Shifting Paradigms for Interpretation, ed. with Brigitte Kahl and Hal Taussig (USQR 59:3-4, 2005). --"Epilogue: Beyond the Threshold," in New Testament and Roman Empire: Shifting Paradigms for Interpretation, ed. with Brigitte Kahl and Hal Taussig (USQR 59:3-4, 2005). --"The Queer Task Before Us," in Constellation: Journal of the Center for Progressive Christianity
 (2004). --"Psalm 22: An Exposition and Interpretation," in Cincinnati Judaica Review (1995). --Book Reviews for Review of Biblical Literature, Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Bryn Mawr
 Classical Review, Teaching Theology and Religion (2002 - the present). in the field. American Academy of Religion (AAR) Job Placement Task Force (appointed), 2007 - the present Steering Committee, Rethinking the Field Consultation, 2005 - the present Graduate Student Committee (liaison to Board), 2005 - 2007 Student Director on Board of Directors (elected), 2005 - 2007 Co-convener, Women’s Caucus for Religious Studies, 1999-2001 New Testament & Roman Empire Consultation Series, Union Theological Seminary Director, New Testament & Roman Empire: Resistance and Reimagination, 2007-08 Planner and Panelist, God and Empire: An Evening with John Dominic Crossan, 2007 Moderator, New Testament & Roman Empire: Early Christians, The Poor, & The Multitude, 2005 Coordinator, New Testament & Roman Empire: Shifting Paradigms for Interpretation, 2004 Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) People's History Project, Working Group on Galatians, 2004 - the present Paul and Politics Group, 2003 - the present full cv. available on requestmailto:lopezdc@eckerd.edu?subject=courses.htmlhttp://www.amazon.com/Apostle-Conquered-Reimaging-Critical-Contexts/dp/0800662814/ref=si3_rdr_bb_productmailto:lopezdc@eckerd.edu?subject=CV%20Requestshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3
About Prof. Lopez.
Augustus of Prima Porta, copy at the Ringling Estate, Sarasota, Florida.