Christina Bucher named dean of faculty at Elizabethtown College.

Christina Bucher has been named dean of the faculty at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College. She is a 1975 graduate of Elizabethtown who has served as a member of the religious studies department faculty for nearly 20 years. She is a scholar of the Hebrew Bible and teaches in the field of biblical studies.

The Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion and Philosophy, Bucher served as chair of the Department of Religious Studies from 1995-2005. She also has edited the Church of the Brethren quarterly journal "Brethren Life and Thought" from 1991-1997, and is on the editorial board. Bucher has been active in the Society of Biblical Literature and is former chair of the society's "Study of Peace in Scripture" research group.

Source: 4/26/2006 Newsline
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