Susan M. Shaw
Women Studies
Gilkey 200
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-3082
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
Education
Ph.D. 1987 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
Religious Education (minor in English from the University of Louisville)
MAIS 1996 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Women Studies and English
MA 1983 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
Religious Education
BA 1981 Berry College, Rome, GA
English (minor in journalism)
Visiting 1990 School of Theology at Claremont, Claremont, CA
Scholar Studies in Process Theology
Employment
2010- Director, School of Language, Culture, & Society
Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Oregon State University
2009-2010 Director and Professor, Women Studies
Director, Difference, Power, & Discrimination Program
Oregon State University
2007-2009 Director and Associate Professor, Women Studies
Director, Difference, Power, & Discrimination Program
Oregon State University
2004-2006 Associate Professor, Director, Women Studies
Oregon State University
2002-2004 Assistant Professor, Director, Women Studies
Oregon State University
2000-2002 Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Women Studies, Interim Director of the Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program
Oregon State University
1999-2000 Instructor in Women Studies, Interim Director of the
Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program
Oregon State University
1997-1999 Instructor and Acting Director, Women Studies Program
Oregon State University
1996-1997 Instructor, Women Studies
Oregon State University
1996 Program Manager, HIV Center,
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Portland, OR
1995 Program Manager, International Learning Program
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Portland, OR
1995 Adjunct Instructor, Women Studies
Oregon State University
1991-1995 Associate Professor, Religious Studies
George Fox College, Newberg, OR
1987-1991 Assistant Professor of Religion, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies
California Baptist College, Riverside, CA
1985-1987 Teaching Assistant
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
1985-1987 News Director
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY
Publications
Books
Shaw, S.M. They Didn’t Teach Me That in Sunday School: Women and Reflective Faith. Macon, GA: Smyth and Helwys Publishers, under contract.
Shaw, S.M. and Lee, J. Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings, 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, forthcoming.
Lee, J. and Shaw, S.M. Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
Shaw, S. M. God Speaks to Us, Too: Southern Baptist Women on Church, Home, and Society. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2008.
Xing, J., Li, J., Roper, L., Shaw, S.M. eds. Teaching for Change: The Difference, Power, and Discrimination Model. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007.
Carson, M., Lewis, T. and Shaw, S.M. Girls Rock! 50 Years of Women Making Music. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Shaw, S.M. 1999. Storytelling in Religious Education. Birmingham: Religious Education Press.
Refereed Publications
Shaw, S. M and Monnier, O’Dessa. “Southern Baptists, Feminism, and Women’s Studies,” American Baptist Quarterly, under review.
Shaw, S.M. “The Paradox of Submission: Southern Baptist Women and Male Headship.” Perspectives in Religious Studies. Winter 2012.
Shaw, S.M. “I Am Woman: Southern Baptists and Feminism.” Baptist History & Heritage. Spring 2010.
Shaw, S.M. “Gracious Submission: Southern Baptist Fundamentalists and Women.” NWSA Journal, Spring 2008.
Shaw, S.M. “Of Words and Women: Women in Southern Baptist Publications in the 1970s.” Baptist History & Heritage, Spring 2007.
Champeau, D.A. and Shaw, S.M. 2003. “Teaching about Interlocking Oppressions: The Case of Women and HIV.” Feminist Teacher. 14 (3).
Champeau, D.A. and Shaw, S.M. 2002. “Power, Empowerment, and Critical Consciousness in Community Collaboration: Lessons Learned from an HIV Awareness Media Campaign for Women.” Women and Health 36: 31-50.
Shaw, S.M. and Lewis, N.T. 1998. “Once There Was a Camelot: Women Doctoral Graduates of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982-1992, Talk about the Seminary, the Fundamentalist Takeover, and Their Lives Since SBTS.” Review and Expositor.
Reviews, Chapters, and Other Writings
Freehling-Burton, K. and Shaw, S.M. “Have Laptop, Will Major in Women’s Studies,” Ms Magazine, Fall 2010.
Shaw, S. M., Amico, R., and Champeau, D. 2009. “Infusing Diversity in the Sciences and Professional Disciplines,” Diversity & Democracy 12.
Freehling-Burton, K. and Shaw, S. M. Baptist Preacher Girl, One act play based onGod Speaks to Us, Too: Southern Baptist Women on Church, Home, and Soceity by Susan M. Shaw. University Theatre, Withycombe Hall, April 7-10, 2007, Corvallis, OR, directed by Gieselle Blair.
Shaw, S.M., and Popkin, A. 2007. "Teaching Teachers to Transgress: Facilitating the DPD Seminar," Teaching for Change: The Difference, Power, and Discrimination Model. ed. Xing, J., Shaw, S.M., Roper, L., Li, J. Lexington Book.
Lockhart, J. and Shaw, S.M. 2007. "Writing for Change," Teaching for Change: The Difference, Power, and Discrimination Model. ed. Xing, J., Shaw, S.M., Roper, L., Li, J. Lexington Book.
Lockhart J., and Shaw, S.M. 2005. “The Power of Words.” Montgomery, AL: Teaching Tolerance. http://www.tolerance.org.
Shaw, S.M. 2004. “A Model for Diversity in the Curriculum: Oregon State University’s Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program.” Reaching Through Teaching 16. Invited article.
Shaw, S.M. 2003. “Feminist Interpretation: Did Men and Women Experience the Holocaust Differently? Yes. Recognition of the Significant Differences in Perceptions of Men and Women Assist in Understanding the Complexities of the Holocaust.” In The Holocaust, 1933-1945. History in Dispute, vol 11. ed. Tandy McConnell. Detroit: Gale/Thomson, 67-70.
Shaw, S.M. 2002 “Review of Ministering with the Earth.” Worldviews 6.
Lockhart, J. and Shaw, S.M. 2002. (reprint) “Diversity Exercises.” In Freshman Seminar: Achieving Success. Ed. Susan VerDuin, Chris Fries, and Jim Gadzinski. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt.
Lockhart, J. and Shaw, S.M. 2002. Writing for Change: Raising Awareness of Difference, Power, and Discrimination. Montgomery, AL: Teaching Tolerance. http://tolerance.org/teach/expand/wfc/index.html.
Shaw, S.M. 2000. “Media.” In American Decades, 1990-1999. Ed. Tandy McConnell. Columbia, SC: BCL-Manly.
Champeau, D.A. Shaw, S.M., Brumfield, L., and Perrigan, M. 1999. “Strategies, Successes, and Barriers in the Development and Implementation of an HIV Awareness Campaign Designed for Women.” In Proceedings of the HIV Prevention in Rural Communities: Sharing Successful Strategies Conference. Bloomington, IN: Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention.
Shaw, S.M. 1999. “SCUM Manifesto.” In The Sixties in America. Ed. Carl Singleton. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.
Presentations
Refereed Professional Presentations
Shaw, S.M. “Southern Baptists, Roman Catholics, and the Study of Women in Theological Education,” American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, November 2013.
Duncan, P., Shirazi, M., Lee, J., Driskill, Q., and Shaw, S.M. “Empowering (Academic) Encounters.” National Women’s Studies Association, Cincinnati, November 2013.
Campbell-Reed, E., Flowers, E., Seat, K., and Shaw, S.M. “The Future of Feminism in American Evangelicalism: Southern Baptist Battles as a Case Study,” National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, November 2012.
Payne, A. and Shaw, S.M. “The Introductory Course: Commonalities, Differences, and Possibilities,” National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, November 2012.
Shaw, S.M. “Conflict and Contradiction: Southern Baptists and Engagement with Feminism,” American Society of Church History, Chicago, January 2012.
Dubyak, E., Snyder, R., and Shaw, S.M. “Gender, Race, and Glee in the Classroom,” Northwest Women’s Studies Association, Spokane, WA, April 2011.
Shaw, S.M., Champeau, D.D., Amico, R., and Ocampo, A. “Developing a Faculty Summer Seminar for Diversifying the Curriculum,” Association of American Colleges and Universities, Diversity & Learning Conference, Houston, TX, October 2010.
Shaw, S.M., Champeau, D.A., and Amico, R. “Engaging the Sciences and Professional Disciplines: Moving Teaching about Diversity beyond the Liberal Arts,” Association of American Colleges and Universities Diversity & Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 2008
Freehling-Burton, K. and Shaw, S.M. “’Baptist Preacher Girl’: Research to Stage.” National Women’s Studies Association, Cincinnati, June 2008.
Friedman, E., St. Germaine, T., and Shaw, S. M. “Standards for Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure in Women Studies.” National Women’s Studies Association, Program Administration and Development Pre-Conference. Chicago, June 2007.
Shaw, S.M., Amico, R., Champeau, D.A., and Sue, R. “Facilitating Curricular Change: Negotiating Institutional Structures and Teaching Faculty to Transform Courses.” National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, San Francisco, June 2007.
Shaw, S.M. “Gracious Submission: Southern Baptist Women and Male Headship.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 2007.
Shaw, S.M., Lee, J., Warner, R., and Helle, A. “Crossing Borders: Integrating the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Study of Women.” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 2007.
Amico, R., Shaw, S.M., and Champeau, D., “Curriculum Transformation: Alternative Approaches to Change,” Association American of Colleges and Universities Network for Academic Renewal Conference, Diversity and Learning: A Defining Moment, Philadelphia, October 2006
Shaw, S.M., Baker, C., Lee, J. “Form, Function, and Feminism: Institutionalizing Women’s Studies,” National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, CA, June 2006.
Baker, C, and Shaw, S.M. “Effective Website Design for Women’s Studies Programs,” National Women’s Studies Association, Oakland, CA, June 2006.
Shaw, S.M. “Loud: Rock ‘n’ Roll and Women’s Empowerment,” Women’s and Gender Studies Conference, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, March 2006.
Shaw, S.M. “We’ve a Story to Tell: Southern Baptist Women in Ministry and Identity, 1964-2004,” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 2006.
Shaw, S.M. and Lee, J., “Teaching about Difference, Power, and Discrimination in the Arts and Humanities,” Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, January 2006.
Shaw, S.M., and Baker, C. “The Challenges Faced by Non-Tenured Directors of Women's Studies Programs,” National Women’s Studies Association Program Administrators and Directors Pre-Conference, Orlando, June 2005.
Amico, R., Shaw, S.M., and Champeau, D.A. “Curriculum Transformation: Alternative Approaches to Change,” National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, New York, June 2005.
Shaw, S.M., Champeau, D.A., Harmon, R., and McNamara, M. “Connecting Communities: Collaborative Projects in International Settings,” National Women’s Studies Association, Milwaukee, June 2004.
Shaw, S.M. “The Challenge of Fundamentalism to Women’s Rights: A Case Study of the Southern Baptist Convention,” Oxford Roundtable on Women’s Rights, Oxford, U.K., March 2004.
Shaw, S.M. Breaux, N., Carson, M., and Lewis, T., “Making Women’s Studies Accessible: Research, Writing, and Rock ‘n’ Roll,” National Women’s Studies Association, New Orleans, June 2003.
Shaw, S.M. and Lockhart, J., “Writing for Change: Teaching about Difference, Power, and Discrimination,” Association of American Colleges and Universities Diversity and Learning Conference, St. Louis, October 2002.
Shaw, S.M., Champeau, D.A., Li, J. Roberts, L., and Filan, T. “Beyond Diversity: Teaching about Difference, Power, and Discrimination,” Washington Center of Evergreen State College, Tacoma, February 2002.
Shaw, S.M., Clow, T., and Farrow, R. “womenstudies.edu: Teaching Introductory Women’s Studies on the Web,” National Women’s Studies Association, Minneapolis, June 2001.
Shaw, S.M. Champeau, D.A., Lee, J., and Gonzales-Berry, E., “Beyond Diversity: Teaching about Difference, Power, and Discrimination in the Baccalaureate Core,” National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Seattle, June 2001.
Champeau, D.A. and Shaw, S.M., “Power, Empowerment, and Critical Consciousness in Community Health Collaborations,” Conference on Gender and Culture, Oregon State University, April 2001
Shaw, S.M. and Lee, J. “Feminism, Post-feminism, and Resistance in the Classroom: Teaching Introductory Women’s Studies at the Millennium,” National Women’s Studies Association, Boston, June 2000.
Shaw, S.M. Champeau, D.A., Brumfield, L., and Perrigan, M. “Transforming Women’s Awareness of HIV Risk through Community Mobilization and Grassroots Media Campaigns,” Women Transforming the Public, University of California at Santa Barbara, April 1999
Champeau, D.A., Shaw, S.M., Brumfield, L., and Perrigan, M., “Strategies, Successes, and Barriers in the Development and Implementation of an HIV Media Campaign Designed for Women,” HIV Prevention in Rural Communities: Sharing Successful Strategies, Indianapolis, March 1999
Shaw, S.M. and Lewis, N.T., “’Every Woman Who Will Make Herself Male Will Enter the Kingdom of Heaven’: Women’s Voices and Silences in Theological Education,” Women’s Studies Conference, Valdosta State University, March 1998
Lewis, N.T. and Shaw, S.M., “Once There Was a Camelot: Effects of the Southern Baptist Controversy on Women Doctoral Students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982-1992,” Association of Professors of Religious Education, Oakland, November 1997
Shaw, S.M. and Salveson, C., “Beyond Safer Sex: Implications of the HIV Epidemic for Women,” National Women’s Studies Association, St. Louis, June 1997
Shaw, S.M. “Building Alliances Across Race, Class, and Gender Lines,” Religious Education Association of the United States and Canada, Chicago, November 1994
Invited Scholarly Presentations
Shaw, S.M. “The Maleness of God and Other Patriarchal Theological Traditions Examined through a Feminist Lens,” Webinar for Utah State University, October 2013.
Shaw, S.M. “Southern Baptists’ Engagement with Feminism,” Baptist Studies Conference, University of Mary-Hardin Baylor, October 2012.
Shaw, S.M. “The Maleness of God and Other Patriarchal Theological Traditions Examined through a Feminist Lens,” Utah State University, January 2012.
Shaw, S.M. Marie NeSmith Fowler Lecture, “Living Like Weasels,” Samford University, February 2011
Shaw, S.M. “They Didn’t Teach Me That in Sunday School: Feminism and the Bible,” Utah State University, January 2011
Shaw, S. M. “They Didn’t Teach Me That in Graduate School: HelpingFaculty Transform Courses around Issues of Difference, Power, and Privilege,” and
“’This Course Changed My Life’: The Power of the Personal in Assessing the Impact of Diversity Education for Faculty and Students,” Invited Scholar, University of British Columbia, March 2010.
Shaw, S.M. “No Doormats Here: Contradictions and Complexities among Southern Baptist Women,” Berry College, November 2009.
Shaw, S.M. “Diversity Matters: Why Attention to Diversity is Good for Our Campus and Our Students,” Utah State University, November 2009.
Shaw, S.M. Women’s Studies Resident, West Virginia University, November 2008, “Girls and Guitars: Women, Feminism, and Rock ‘n’ Roll,” public lecture, classroom guest lectures, informal meetings.
Shaw, S. M. “Transitions: Remembering the Past, Envisioning the Future,” 20th Anniversary Celebration, Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry, Richmond, September 2008.
Shaw, S.M. “I am Woman: Southern Baptist Women Negotiate the Terrain of Feminism,” Meredith College, November 2007.
Shaw, S.M. “We’ve a Story to Tell: The Perils, Pitfalls, and Occasional Rewards of Being a Southern Baptist Woman in Ministry in the Last Four Decades,” Berry College, January 2005.
Shaw, S.M. “Girls Rock!” Berry College, April 2004.
Shaw, S.M., others, “Successful Diversity Curricular Transformation Models,” Stepping Up to the Plate: Best Practices in Diversity Education, Kennesaw State University, April 2003