Kelley Coblentz Bautch, PhD, is Professor of Religious and Theological Studies at St. Edward’s University as well as Department Chair. Her research interests include the history and religions of Israel during the Persian, Hellenistic and Roman periods, pseudepigraphical and apocalyptic texts, textual criticism, and the interpretation of Scripture. The publications of Dr. Coblentz Bautch take up ascent and descent traditions in antiquity, Enochic literature, representations of gender in antiquity, otherworldly beings in Jewish imagination, and 1 Maccabees. Dr. Coblentz Bautch is an active member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA), and the Enoch Seminar. Her current leadership roles include serving on the Program Committee for SBL’s Annual Meeting and as Vice-Director of the Enoch Seminar. She is also immediate Past President of the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies and Theta Alpha Kappa, the National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology. Peers have recognized her scholarship, teaching and advising by means of juried awards.