Interview with Mike Waggoner

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Mike Waggoner, Editor of Religion & Education

This is the thirty-second audio interview in a series that Routledge is conducting with the editors of some of its key Education journals.

The interview page has been split into sections which can be quickly accessed by selecting any of the links below:

• Introduction
• Mike Waggoner answers the questions
• More about the Editor
• Suggested Reading and Related Articles

Introduction

These interviews are aimed at students, educational researchers, academics and visitors to the Education Arena website who are interested in particular journals and would like to find out more.

Each interview provides information about the Editor(s) in question and details about the creation of their journal, its purpose and scope within the wider sphere of educational research. Each Editor is also asked to offer advice, hints and tips to prospective authors who may be hoping to submit papers to their journal.

This thirty-second interview is with Mike Waggoner, Editor of Religion & Education. Religion & Education is a journal of analysis and comment with the purpose of advancing public understanding and dialogue on issues at the intersections of religion and education. These issues emerge in various venues: public or private education at elementary, secondary, or higher education institutions; non-school or community organizations and settings; and formal or informal organizations or groups with religion or spirituality as an integral part of their work. This journal does not address the work of formal religious institutions including churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples. Rather, it focuses on the beliefs and values arising from all traditions as they come into contact with educational work in the public square.

 

Mike Waggoner answers the questions

This interview took place at the Taylor & Francis offices in Philadelphia on 1st September, 2011

We also provide a transcription of this interview to overcome accessibility problems if you have hearing difficulties (or for those of you who may just prefer to read the interview).

More about Mike Waggoner

Michael D. Waggoner is Professor of Education at the University of Northern Iowa where he has chaired the Graduate Program in Postsecondary Education since 1989.  For thirteen years he served as Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling, and Postsecondary Education.  His scholarly interests are in the areas of religion and spirituality in education.  He is in his 11th year serving as Editor of Religion & Education, a peer-reviewed journal, and is also Book Series Editor for Routledge Research in Religion and Education.  Dr. Waggoner was recently elected to Chair the American Educational Research Association’s Religion & Education Special Interest Group (2012-14).  His most recent book was published in 2011 by Routledge:  Sacred and Secular Tensions in Higher Education:  Connecting Parallel Universities.

 

Suggested Reading and Related Articles

Mike Waggoner recommends the following articles from Religion & Education to be of particular interest:

A Clash of Opposing Worldviews: How One Professor Teaches the Intelligent Design/Evolution Controversy
Volume 33, Issue 3, 2006
By Nash, R.

University Student Affairs Staff and Their Spiritual Discussions with Students
Volume 37, Issue 2, 2010
By Burchell, J.A., Lee, J.J., Olson, S.M.

Integrating Religious and Professional Identities:  Christian Faculty at Public Institutions of Higher Education
By Craft, C.M., Foubert, J.D., Lane, J.J.
Volume 38, Issue 2, 2011 

How School Law Scholars Teach about Religion in Public Schools:  An Analysis of Graduate and Undergraduate Textbooks
By Eckes, S. E.
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2010

REDCo:  A European Research Project on Religion in Education  
By Weisse, W.
Volume 37, Issue 3, 2010

Asking Sacred Questions: Understanding Religion’s Impact on Teacher Belief and Action
By White, K.
Volume 37, Issue 1, 2010

 

For further related reading, please visit www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjme20/current and browse the latest published research, and preview forthcoming articles.