April Hoelke Simpson is Assistant Professor of Religion at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. She also serves at the college as the Director of Faithways Leadership Academy, a program for current high school students, and the Director of the Christian Scholars Program, a faith community for GC students that emphasizes vocation, holistic growth, belonging, and service. Dr. Simpson’s research and teaching specialization is in the Gospels; her article “Spiraling Shame and Honor Restored? The Marcan Passion and Resurrection” considers the construction of Jesus’s honor in Mark, and she is currently working on a book project related to women in Mark.

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