Dr. George Yancey, professor of sociology, explains in a lecture on You Tube, that evangelical Christians, more than any other group, are likely to encounter bias in being hired as a faculty member. Recorded April 26 on the UNT campus.
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Lecture on Anti-Christian Bias
PROFile: Fred Hamilton
Fred Hamilton, professor of music in the Jazz Studies Division here at NT, is known as a guitarist and bassist. His albums include Afternoon of the Soul, Peace In Time, and The Calcutta Sessions.
Hamilton not only displays a passion and commitment to music; he is also committed to his Christian faith. His personal website includes a Spirituality Section where he invites users to consider a relationship with Christ.He writes about what it meant for him in becoming a Christian:
“For the first time, I felt complete. I also knew that I had nothing to do with it. I had done nothing for God to save me. No amount of cleaning up or chanting or meditating or whatever could make me pure enough for a relationship with God.”
He is the newest members of our Steering Committee, is a native Coloradan, and is married to Laureen. They have four adult kids.
What I Say The First Day
Dr. Sam Matteson, physics, wrote in this week’s Ministry Minute:”On the first day of class I introduce myself as a Christ-follower.”
For those faculty considering ways to bring up their faith while introducing themselves, Matteson recommends:
- “Remember that this is a personal statement. Use your own words and avoid sounding like canned institutional propaganda or like a liturgical recitation. Your words should be about you; you are explaining that faith is personal but not private. Your words and demeanor should reflect what is important to your life as a scholar and educator.
- “Be wise. I find it prudent to write out what I wish to say and to stick to the script, for several reasons: (1) so I can have a wise brother or sister vet my remarks before hand and advise me on the tone, content and length; (2) so I can honor my students’ time and steward well my responsibility as an instructor by being concise and on point; (3) and so that if a student—or anyone else for that matter—complains (and I have had five complaints in 25 years), I can defuse the issue by providing exactly what I said.”
Dr. Jim Tour’s Lecture on Feb 22
Yesterday, more than 100 from the UNT and TWU community attended the lecture given by Dr. Jim Tour (Chemistry, Rice University) on “Nanotechnology and Jesus Christ.”
Tour explained developments in the past 10 years in the field of nanotechnology, including the creation of the “Z-car” as the world’s first nano-car [pictured above]. Tour is among the top 10 most-cited chemists in the field of nanotechnology.
He also talked about his Christian faith: “I’m not here to preach to you today. And I’m not a philosopher or theologian, so if you bring up different people or theories, I probably haven’t even heard of them. I’m here to tell you my story.” He then began by narrating events starting with his high school and early college years.
During the Q&A at the conclusion of his lecture, Tour discussed ranging from changing an academic major, to creation-evolution, and to questions about particular advances in conductivity of his nano materials.
Tour gave a similar lecture as part of the Veritas Forum series at Georgia Tech, and you can watch the recording here.
Additional information about Tour is available at his website.
We wish to thank UNT’s Multicultural Center and their tremendous staff for assistance in making this presentation possible.
Nanotechnology And Jesus Christ
Friday, Feb 22 — Noon at UNT
Jim Tour, professor of chemistry at Rice University, will speak:
- Noon on Friday, Feb 22
- UNT Business Leadership Building — Room 155.
Tour is among the top ten most cited, most published chemists in the world. [Source: Thomson Reuters]
Tour has been a professor at Rice since 1999 and has over 450 research publications. In 2012 he won the ACS Nano Lectureship Award from the American Chemical Society. More on Tour can be found at his website.
