Alissa Wilkinson
212.659.7200 x3178 | awilkinson@tkc.edu
Instructor, The King's College in New York City
Editor, Fieldnotes
Education
- M.F.A., Creative Writing, Seattle Pacific University
(expected August 2013)
Concentration: Creative Nonfiction - M.A., Humanities and Social Thought, New York University
(January 2010)
Concentration: 20th century intellectual history, art, and religion
Thesis: Art, Faith, and Fear: Evangelicals and Modernist Art-Making (Advisor: Thomas de Zengotita) - B.S., Information Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(May 2005)
Concentration: communications and computer science
Current Topics of Interest
- U.S. intellectual and cultural history, especially the intersection of evangelical art and politics
- Francis Schaeffer's cultural theology
- Public theology (and art)
- The postmodern condition and American evangelicalism
- Criticism as literature
Representative Courses Taught
- Postmodern Theory & Culture
- Cultural Criticism
- Christian Anthropology of Culture
- History of Christianity in the Visual Arts
- Creative Nonfiction
- Research Writing
- Introduction to the Essay
Academic Conference Presentations
- Panel Organizer, The Expansive Legacy of Francis Schaeffer
Presenter, Making Art for Jesus: Schaeffer's Continuing Influence on the Art-and-Faith Community
(Upcoming) Presented at the U.S. Intellectual History Conference, New York City, 1-2 November 2012 - Blue, White, and Red: Kuyper and Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy
(Upcoming) Plenary lecture at the Paris Neo-Calvinism Conference, Paris, 23-24 August 2012 - Building Bookstores in the Bunker: Francis Schaeffer, American Evangelicals, and the Birth of a Subculture
Paper presented at the U.S. Intellectual History Conference, New York City, 17-18 November 2011 - A Bible Commentary for the Rest of Us: Authority, Technology, and YouVersion
Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic Popular American Culture Conference, Philadelphia, 3-4 November 2011
Publications
Interviews
- "Alissa Wilkinson: Every Square Inch" - December 2010
Christianity Today's "Who's Next" feature - "Makoto Fujimura - The Art of the Four Holy Gospels" - 4 November 2010
Documentary film about illuminated manuscript commissioned by Crossway to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible - "ESN Interview: Alissa Wilkinson" - 7 June 2010
InterVarsity's Emerging Scholars Network - "On Reading Well" - 18 March 2010
International Arts Movement's "IAM Conversations" podcast
Workshops and Lectures
- The Editor's Eye on Effective Writing
- Writing In and Around Evangelicalism
- Food is Stranger Than It Used To Be: Wendell Berry Meets the World
- Breaking In: Writing for Magazines
- Learning to Read Well
- Writing for Non-Writers
Workshops and lectures have been presented at The North Shores Writer's Retreat, International Arts Movement Encounter, and CCO Jubilee.
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