John Walsh

Areas of Expertise

• Environmental Ethics
• Climate Change
• Peace and Social Justice Issues
• Non-violence and Social Change
• Middle East Politics (with a special interest in Iran)

Professional Background Highlights

• Chaplain and Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Redlands, (1998-present)
• Senior Minister, Myers Park Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC (1994-1998)
• Dean of the Chapel and Lecturer in Religious Studies, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT (1986-1994)
• Baptist Chaplain and Lecturer in Politics Department, Princeton University (1977-1986)
• Baptist Chaplain, Harvard University (1975-1977)
• Baptist Chaplain, University of California Berkeley (1973-1975)

Courses Offered at Redlands

• First Year Seminar: Moral Imagination
• First year Seminar: Non-Violence and Social Change
• First Year Seminar: Human Rights
• Religion and Ethics
• Environmental Ethics
• Jameson Colloquia (Religious Studies Seminar on Ethics and Society)
• Christian Scriptures
• The Historical Search for Jesus
• A Primer on Europe Today-Salzburg (May 2010)

Degrees Held

• Harvard Divinity School (Master of Theology Program in Ethics) 1975-1977
• Pacific School of Religion (Master of Divinity) 1972-1975
• San Francisco State University (Master of Arts Program in History) 1970-1972
• Southeast Missouri State University (B.A in History and Political Science (1970)

Previous Teaching Experience

• Visiting Professor in Ethics, Queens College, Charlotte, NC (1996-1998)
• Middlebury College, Lecturer in Religion and Ethics (1986-1994)
• Princeton University, Lecturer in Politics Department (1983-1986)
• Princeton Theological Seminary, Lecturer in Baptist Polity (1977-1986)
• Harvard Divinity School, Lecturer in Baptist Polity (1975-1977)

Awards, Honors and Grants

• Selected as Volunteer of the Year for San Bernardino County (by the SB County Board of Education)
• Selected by the Climate Project to be trained by former Vice President Gore as a Presenter of "An Inconvenient Truth"

Presentations

• Presented a Lecture entitled "The Greening of Religion" at the Oxford Union (2007)
• Have presented presentation on "An Inconvenient Truth" and Climate Change/Global Warming at over a hundred Churches, Universities, and Civic Clubs.
• Have appeared on radio and television news shows including: NPR, Nightline, ABC News, CNN News, CBS News, NBC News.

Professional Affiliations

• Member and Former Chair, City of Redlands Human Relations Commission
• Co-Chair, Yes on Measure J (Bond issue for a new high school in Redlands)
• Member and Former Chair, Citizens Community Oversight Committee for the Redlands United School District
• Member of the University IRB
• Member of the Institutional Biosafety Committee, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
• Member, Citizens Community Advisory Board, Redlands Community Hospital

John Walsh is the Advisor to all religious groups on campus and responsible for their support.