Professor Coblentz Bautch offers classes especially in the area of biblical studies, religion in antiquity, gender and religion, and classical languages. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Champion Award for Mission-Informed Teaching from St. Edward’s University, and a nominee for the American Academy of Religion Annual Teaching Award. Dr. Coblentz Bautch also teaches in the Honors Program and in the Doctorate in Leadership and Higher Education. Further, she has held the McCarthy Chair at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome and served as the Barnett Scholar of Jewish Studies, at Brite Divinity School. Her teaching repertoire ranges from introductory courses to upper level seminars and online courses. She has supervised the theses of students at the master’s level and for the Licentiate and has served as a reader of doctoral dissertations as well. Professor Coblentz Bautch has also served as an external reviewer for Religious Studies programs at institutions within the United States.

Professor Coblentz Bautch supports student research and encourages her students to aim high in developing–and meeting–their academic goals. To that end, Dr. Coblentz Bautch celebrates student successes and works to make further opportunities available for students. Professor Coblentz Bautch encourages students in Central Texas to share their research with others and to attend the St. Edward’s Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE), the Central Texas Colloquium on Religion Research Conference, and the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Annual Meeting. The Enoch Graduate Seminar and the Catholic Biblical Association also offer important opportunities for graduate students. As immediate Past President of Theta Alpha Kappa, Professor Coblentz Bautch supports the important work of honor societies which recognize student accomplishments.

In the area of Advanced Experiential Learning, Dr. Coblentz Bautch, along with colleague Dr. Georgia Seminet, led seventeen students on the Camino de Santiago in June.

Select Presentations and Workshops for Communities

“Recovering Stories of the Maccabean Matriarchs,” Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment

“Judaism before the Dead Sea Scrolls,” St. David’s Episcopal Church

“Reflections on Writing for the Paulist Biblical Commentary,” St. Austin’s Catholic Parish

“The Book of Revelation: Fitting Capstone to the Christian Canon,” The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

“What is the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Why Should Christians Care?” University United Methodist Church

“Messiahs of Israel: Bridgeways Interfaith Dialogue Workshop” (scholar/facilitator on the Parables of Enoch and Psalms of Solomon), Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

“Interpreting Scripture with the Rabbis,” University United Methodist Church

“The Christmas Story and Incredible Birth Accounts in the Ancient Mediterranean World,” Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church

“Outside the Canon: the Unusual Books of Enoch, the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Mary,” Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church

“Judge, Maiden, Warrior, Victim: Women in the Book of Judges,” for the Ninth Annual Tapestry of Jewish Learning, the Jewish Community Center of Austin

2007 Hoxie Thompson Lecturer Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (“Forced Migrations, the Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah”)

“The Dead Sea Scrolls,” St. Theresa’s Parish

“Jewish Women in the Second Temple Period,” Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest