In Focus

In Focus articles are thoughtful and practical writings addressing the unique challenges and joys of women in the academy and professions. Topics include those dealing with the academy, professions, relationships, singleness, career decisions, and child-bearing and child-raising in the context of study and work.

In Focus
November 03, 2010
By Halee Gray Scott
Great Expectations

Data indicates happiness is declining for women worldwide, even in the face of greater opportunity and freedom. Halee Gray Scott suggests how Christian women might respond.

In Focus
October 22, 2010
By Christine Jeske
Do I Measure Up?

Chrissy Jeske recognizes the pressures of being “measured,” whether for grad school, jobs, or in relationships.

In Focus
September 20, 2010
By Margot Starbuck
Keepin' It Real

Author Margot Starbuck challenges women in leadership to set others free from false ideas of beauty by "keeping it real" themselves.

In Focus
August 27, 2010
By Naomi Haynes
Of Acts Ongoing

An anthropologist of religion describes her experience with new believers in Zambia and how, as in the book of Acts, conversion brings a reexamination of culture.

In Focus
August 05, 2010
By Susanna Childress
The Commuting Life

Susanna Childress describes her experience dividing life between a teaching position in Indiana and a home in Michigan.

In Focus
July 11, 2010
By Marcia Bosscher
Good Brothers: Suitable Accommodations

Professor Nick Balster's modifications to a university teaching lab help graduate women with young children stay active and engaged in their research programs.

In Focus
May 10, 2010
By Halee Gray Scott
The Stair-Runner

Halee Gray Scott finds her calling making connections between the colonnade and the cathedral.

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