Amanda Eckelkamp Batten
6644 Springfield Village Lane
Clemmons, NC 27012
(919) 389-6387
[email protected]
EDUCATION
EMORY UNIVERSITY, CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, Atlanta, Georgia
MASTER OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES (M.T.S.), BIBLICAL STUDIES , MAY 2010
M.T.S. THESIS: The Book of Job in Conversation: A Comparative Study of the Prologue of the
Masoretic Text, the Septuagint, and the Testament of Job.
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY , Buies Creek, North Carolina
BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.), RELIGION, MAY 2008 (CUM LAUDE)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, BUIES CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA
APRIL 2010 - PRESENT
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR
Teach Introduction to Christianity and Church History through both online and traditional teaching
platforms. Provide innovative learning material to guide students with their learning experience and as
a supplement to their required readings; implement and grade quizzes, tests, essays, wiki projects, and
Discussion Board posts; facilitate engaging theological discussions between students via the Discussion
Board or in-class sessions; and complete additional instructor requirements such as administrative
duties, email correspondence with students, and in-person student-instructor conferences.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
JUNE 2009 - AUGUST 2009
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Researched, compiled, and edited Qumran and Daniel annotated bibliographies for the Oxford
Bibliographies Online under Dr. Carol A. Newsom.
CANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
SEPTEMBER 2008 - DECEMBER 2008
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
Researched, edited, and compiled an annotated bibliography on Cultural Anthropology and Narrative for
the former Dr. Nancy Eiesland’s PhD seminar with the Graduate Division of Religion.
WORK EXPERIENCE
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, BUIES CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER 2013 - PRESENT
ONLINE EDUCATION STUDENT ADVISER
Advise all new Associate of Arts online students on course scheduling, best practices for learning
through a strictly online platform, and address any student inquiries with the initiation of the Associates
of Arts Online Program in Spring 2014; register students for their requested courses; communicate with
students routinely via written and/or verbal correspondence throughout each semester; and complete
degree audits for each student at the end of a term.
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, BUIES CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA
JULY 2013 - PRESENT
RELIGION LEAD FACULTY
Assist in coordinating the Online Education course schedule for Religion courses; act as a liaison
between the Department of Religion and Online Education; responsible for updating the Extended
Campus Education Resource Site with any new policy or course changes; regularly communicate with all
Online Education Religion instructors; and troubleshoot any questions for the Online Education Religion
instructors.
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, BUIES CREEK, NORTH CAROLINA
AUGUST 2011 – PRESENT
ONLINE EDUCATION FACULTY MENTOR AND TRAINER
Responsible for researching and responding to all instructor Blackboard queries; assigning instructor
Blackboard training to the respective Blackboard trainer; Basic Blackboard training all humanities
instructors for the university; coordinating all DECIDE (Development Evaluation for Course Instructional
Design Elements) reviews amongst the DECIDE reviewers; conducting in-depth preliminary DECIDE
reviews for all applicable humanities courses for the university; conducting official DECIDE reviews on all
applicable courses for the university as a member of the DECIDE committee; work in close contact with
all humanities instructors following a DECIDE review to implement DECIDE revisions; and award DECIDE
Quality Certification to all DECIDE certified courses for the university.
LITERARY ACTIVITIES
EDITING
LOPEZ, KATHRYN M., DONALD N. PENNY, W. GLENN JONAS JR., AND ADAM C. ENGLISH. CHRISTIANITY: A BIBLICAL,
HISTORICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL GUIDE FOR STUDENTS. MACON: MERCER UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010 Edited sections of the Old and New Testament (2008)
PRESENTATIONS
THE JOURNEY OF JOB’S WIFE THROUGH HISTORY, CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY (2008).
AWARDS / HONORS
B. DONALD KEYSER CHURCH HISTORY AWARD
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, 2008
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
SIGMA TAU DELTA NATIONAL ENGLISH HONOR SOCIETY
THETA ALPHA KAPPA RELIGIOUS HONOR SOCIETY
SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE
FOREIGN STUDY ABROAD
GREAT PREACHERS OF GREAT BRITAIN STUDY TOUR, MAY 2006
REFORMATION AND ANABAPTIST GERMANY STUDY TOUR, MAY 2007
LANGUAGES
BIBLICAL HEBREW AND GREEK
FRENCH