Speaking on “The Habit of Curriculum” that is intertwined in peoples lives in their homes, church, schooling and even temple service will be Associate Academic Vice President Jennifer Lane. She will be giving her speech at the annual scholarly Convocation address on Thursday, Sept. 25 at 11 a.m. in the Cannon Activities Center. There will be a follow-up panel discussion about her presentation later that afternoon at 3:30 in Aloha Center ballroom.Convocation is one of two special lectures given each year on the BYU-Hawaii campus where a professor shares their research and insights with the university ohana. Convocation is held during Fall Semester and includes the staff wearing their academic robes like they do for graduation ceremonies. The second address is done during Winter Semester and is called the David O. McKay Lecture.Lane grew up in Arlington, Virginia as the oldest of three children. She graduated from BYU in Provo with University Honors in 1993, majoring in history with a minor in philosophy. Before finishing her degree, she served as a missionary in the France Bordeaux Mission. After finishing her degree, she married Keith Lane in the Logan Temple and during the next year completed a master's degree in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, after which they moved to the Los Angeles area where Keith began Ph.D. work. A year later Jennifer started her Ph.D. program in history of Christianity at Claremont Graduate University. After four years of living in Southern California, they moved to Provo for four years, teaching part-time and working on qualifying exams and dissertations.They moved to Laie in 2002 where Jennifer taught both Religion and History part-time before joining the Religious Education department as an assistant professor. In 2006 she participated as an NEH Summer Scholar in Italy for five weeks, studying the life and influence of St. Francis in the 13th Century. She has presented and published in the fields of LDS doctrine and theology, biblical historical and textual studies, and medieval studies. Since 2010 she has served as the Associate Academic Vice President for Curriculum. She said she follows the culture of her childhood in finding enjoyment in her work, Church service, and spending time with family, as well as classical and traditional music, good movies and food, traveling and learning about new parts of the world, family history, and enjoying nature, particularly bird watching.
Writer: LeeAnn Lambert
