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Emily Kahm

Emily Kahm

Bergendoff Teaching Fellow in Religion; incoming Assistant Professor of Theology

Augustana College / College of St. Mary

Emily Kahm is currently a Bergendoff teaching fellow in Religion at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and begins as Assistant Professor of Theology at the College of St. Mary in Omaha, Nebraska in Fall of 2019. Her research focuses on religious education, sexuality education, and pedagogies oriented towards young adults.

Published Articles

Article

Finding Flourishing: Teaching Self-Care as Course Content

Emily Kahm

No. 49 · Spring 2019

Kahm argues that teaching self-care, self-awareness, and stress-coping as explicit classroom content embodies the “radical hospitality” of Rooted and Open and supports vocational formation against a consumerist culture, then offers concrete classroom techniques — a one-to-five energy check-in, ninety-second silence exercises, and full-day spiritual practices — that can be adapted across disciplines at NECU institutions.

Emily Kahm

Published Articles

Finding Flourishing: Teaching Self-Care as Course Content