2025 Featured Speakers

Plenary Session 1: Know Who Your Students Are and Where They Are Going.

Plenary Session 2: The Outrageous Idea of Christian Teaching.

Dr. Perry Glanzer (B.A., Rice University; M.A., Baylor University; Ph.D., University of Southern California) serves as Professor of Educational Foundations at Baylor University and a Resident Scholar with Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion. His first published book, The Quest for Russia’s Soul (Baylor University Press, 2002), examined post-Soviet moral education using original research undertaken in seventeen different Russian and Ukrainian cities. Since that time, he has coauthored with Todd Ream three additional books: The Idea of a Christian College: A Reexamination for Today’s University (Cascade, 2013), Christianity and Moral Identity in Higher Education (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2009), and Christianity and Scholarship in Higher Education (Jossey-Bass, 2007). His primarily scholarly interests pertain to moral education and religion and education, and he has published over fifty journal articles and book chapters on these topics. Author’s Amazon Page

Plenary Session 3: Developing a Future-Proof Skillset for Transformational Teaching.

Dr. Chris Thompson (B.A., University of Tennessee; M.Div., currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) serves as Associate Vice-President for Academic Administration at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS). His personal mission statement is to equip global leaders and learners who help others know, believe, and rest in the gospel. Chris oversees the following offices at SEBTS: Instructional Design, Registrar’s Office, Student Success, Writing Center, and Equip Network, Certificate Services, and Undergraduate and Graduate Course Scheduling. He is passionate about leadership development and serves as the program coordinator for the M.A. Ministry Leadership degree and teaches various leadership courses on both the undergraduate and graduate level. Chris previously served as associate publisher at B&H Academic Publishing in Nashville, Tennessee where oversaw print and digital acquisitions, marketing strategy, content editing, and cover design.