Call for Nominations – ISSRNC Board of Directors

It’s time once again for a change of leadership on the ISSRNC Board, and several members are rotating off this spring 2021. So it’s time to ask our members for nominations and recommendations. Maybe you’d like to have more input into how the ISSRNC has organized conferences or reached out to members? The ISSRNC continues to evolve and you can be part of that development.

The ISSRNC was established in 2005 to promote “critical, interdisciplinary inquiry into the relationships among human beings and their diverse cultures, environments, and religious beliefs and practices.”

From the start, through our peer-reviewed Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (JSRNC) and at regular conferences, the Society has created a habitat for scholars designed to nourish the interdisciplinary opportunities, insights, and collaborative projects required for rigorous and exciting explorations of the evolving connections and transformations between environments and the religious dimensions of human cultures. The Journal has provided a wonderful opportunity to publish and exchange our research and, let’s face it – the conferences have always been rich, thought provoking and, let me dare to say it: fun.

Here’s where you come in.

Healthy scholarship, like any flourishing ecosystem, requires fresh ideas and an ongoing commitment to diversity. Our membership is home to a full spectrum of academic disciplines: from ethnobotany and theology to anthropology and zoology – to anyone working at the nexus of religion, nature, and culture who finds their own silo of expertise too constraining. As a result, the excitement, enthusiasm, and effervescence that characterize our conferences have become a hallmark of our society and its collegiality.

You knew that already, but it’s a great reminder – and a nudge – for you to put forward nominations for positions on the Board. If you’d like to nominate yourself, please include a paragraph or two describing your background, your passions, and what sort of projects you’d like to see happen as a member of the Board.

Please send in your nominations to Amanda Baugh at . Nominations are due by February 28, 2021.

You can learn more about our current Board members and Board responsibilities.