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January 01, 1970

Molly Bassett

About Molly Bassett

Dr. Molly Bassett is an Associate Professor and Chair in Religious Studies at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on concepts of deity and the creation of god-bodies in Aztec and modern Nahua religions. She published The Fate of Earthly Things in 2015. Molly has been involved with the Wabash Center since 2011, when she joined a pre-tenure workshop. Her research in the 2014-2015 Study of Teaching and Learning Colloquy led to a publication on crafting multiple-choice exams that test for critical thinking, and in 2016 she joined the editorial board of Teaching Theology and Religion. Molly has been on the steering committee for the Teaching Religion unit of the AAR since 2012, and she began co-chairing the unit in 2015. Most recently, she received a small project grant from Wabash to explore the applied liberal arts in the study of religions. She lives in Atlanta with her spouse, Mike, two children, Jennings and Dory, and two dogs, Chance and Owen. When they’re not walking the dogs, you can find them playing cars on the kitchen floor, reading the Belly Button Book, or riding bikes.

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  1. I appreciate the reflection on how complicated our students are, an element I think can be overlooked when one is looking too closely at teaching materials and not as much at the students. It’s an important reminder.

    The prezi is great. I have been intimidated by the time it takes to put one together. Yours is elegant in its structure and including the course design draft with the syllabus is a nice touch. We are under pressure to put concrete course objectives in our syllabus, too, and yours are clear and a great model for thinking about how to incorporate those goals for students. Thank you for sharing this!

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