Current Research Projects

“Director of Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Theology and Ethics.” (2020-2022) Funder: Baylor OVPR. Principal Investigator: John White.

The postdoctoral researcher will pursue and produce academic scholarship related to thorny theological and ethical questions that relate to human excellence and flourishing in the contexts of sports, requiring thoughtful Christian perspectives and deliberation dedicated to realistic solutions.

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“Examining the Influence of Ethics of Care & Servant Leadership in Public Relations.” (2021-2022). Funder: Arthur W. Page Center. Awarded: $3,000. Principal Investigator: Marlene Neill.

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“Ethical Organizational Listening for Stakeholder Engagement and Responsibility”. (2020-2021). Funder: Arthur W. Page Center. Awarded: $4,500. Principal Investigator: Marlene Neill.

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“Creating Convivial Christian Community: What British Gospel Choirs Can Teac American Congregations.” (2019-2020). Funder: Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Amount: $16,500. Principal Investigator: Monique Ingalls.

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“Creating Convivial Community through British Gospel Choirs.” (2019). Funder: National Endowment for the Humanities. Amount: $6,000. Principal Investigator: Monique Ingalls.

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“2019 Sustainability Grant for the Faith and Sport Institute: High School Theology Institute” Funder: Lilly Endowment, Inc. Awarded: $300,000. Principal Investigators: John White.

Vision: FSI high school retreat provides a unique experience within a diverse community utilizing a seven-day mentor-guided retreat setting, in which empirical research is conducted, and followed by a year of mentoring that engages and forms religious teenagers to become discerning, virtuous leaders in sports, church, and beyond.

Purpose: FSI high school program is designed to assist junior and senior high school youth to: 1) theologically reflect on and morally deliberate about the positive and negative influences within sport and other life experiences; 2) understand and experience how worship and liturgy in church, spiritual disciplines practiced in sport, and authentic community can work together to nurture integrity and spiritual leadership; and 3) examine how the convictions and character they are developing can translate to and equip them for service and their future callings in the “race of life.”

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After the Game: Football, Money, and Morality. Book Project: John White.

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Black British Gospel Music from the Windrush Generation to Black Lives Matter. Book Project: Monique Ingalls, Dulcie McKenzie, and Pauline Muir.

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Oxford Handbook of Music and Christian Theology, Vol. 5, “Contexts.” Book Project: Monique Ingalls and Michael O’Connor.

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“Singing History: Reclaiming Spirituals and the Beloved Community.” (2020-2021). Funder: Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Principal Investigator: Stephanie Boddie.

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“Growing Leaders and Learners.” (2019-2021). Funder: Baylor University Christmas Ornament Fund. Principal Investigators: Stephanie Boddie and Anne Spence.