UnchartED

8: Navigating with Humility and Gratitude on the Teaching Journey

For the final episode of the first season, Abbey and Mark welcome legendary professor and podcaster Dr. Rex Gurney one more time before he retires: the unique journey that brought him to Jessup, moving students along on the learning continuum, encouraging student reflection, not having all the answers, favorite Jessup Think episodes and the historical figures we'd like to have dinner with.

7: Publishing, Poetry, and the Power of Collaboration

Abbey and Mark talk with author and professor Dr. Libby Backfish about the connections between teaching and scholarship, carving out time to focus on writing, the essential nature of scholarly collaboration, doing more with less, and a Psalm for times of stress and overwhelm.

6: Embracing Cognitive Friction: LLMs and the Writing Process

Abbey and Mark talk with Dr. Cameron Wilson, Director of the Digital Humanities program at Jessup. They discuss the "why" of writing as a discipline of the mind, the dangers of offloading cognitive and emotional work to LLMs, practical and beneficial ways to use LLMs for both students and faculty, Mark and Cameron's future tombstones and Mark's prank calls.

5: Navigating Faith Integration

Abbey and Mark demystify the topic of faith integration in Christian Higher Ed and discuss Jessup's Gospel Worldview framework, and practical applications for a holistic approach for integrating faith in both in-person and online classrooms. Mentioned in the episode: * Derek Schuurman "Approaches to Christian Education: From Elusive Towards a Larger and Deeper Approach" [https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2877&context=pro_rege] * Integration of Faith and Learning at Jessup [https://jessup.edu/about/faith-and-learning/] * Jessup IFL Faculty Guide [https://jessup.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IFL_FacultyGuide_Final.pdf]

4: Walking at the Speed of Love: Disability Theology and Accessibility in the Classroom

Abbey and Mark welcome Ruben Alvarado, director of the DMin Program at Multnomah Biblical Seminary to discuss disability theology, the gift of limitation and embodied differences and how that frames our desire to make our classrooms inclusive and accessible to everyone. Mentioned in show: www.cast.org