Alumni collaborate with British institutions
Derrick and Paula Preusz Lemons are pictured with their children, Nathaniel and Zachary, during a recent trip to the United Kingdom. While there, Derrick collaborated with the faculty of prestigious universities there and Paula gave a talk at Kings College in London about her educational research.
Derrick was there two weeks and was involved in giving some talks and meeting with faculty at the University of Edinburgh, Durham University, University of Cambridge and Oxford University.
“My collaborators and I are looking at how to make theology useful to anthropologists in their work,” Derrick said. “Theologians for several decades have been very interested in anthropology, so there’s a lot in their field that has sprung up – theological anthropology and comparative anthropology. A lot of what I’m trying to develop is to make theology accessible to anthropologists.”
Derrick’s trip was funded by a three year John Templeton Foundation grant and also includes collaborations with faculty from Harvard University, Emory University and Wheaton College. Derrick and Paula are both on faculty at the University of Georgia. During the latter part of the trip, Paula brought over their children, Nathaniel and Zachary, to be introduced to Scotland and England.
Derrick and Paula are 1994 SWU graduates.