Teaching the first day of class could be a chore, but it’s become one of my favorites. This year marks my tenth of full-time teaching. Since most of my job is now administrative, I primarily teach introductory courses—often to first-years who (as I discovered once again this past week) have never taken a philosophy or theology course before entering my classroom.
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David Henreckson
David Henreckson (Ph.D. Princeton University; M.T.S. University of Notre Dame) is an assistant professor and Director of the Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning at Whitworth University.