Excerpts of A Revolutionary Hire at BYU's College of Religious Education, SquareTwo, Vol. 6 No. 2 (Summer 2013)
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In the Summer 2011 issue of SquareTwo, we reported on the first-ever appointment of a female department chair in the College of Religious Education at Brigham Young University. We were all pretty excited about that precedent-setting and paradigm-shattering event. Well now something new has happened at the College that makes that appointment seem humdrum—and just two years later! Indeed, we think you should be sitting down for this . . .
The Department of Ancient Scripture in the College of Religious Education at Brigham Young University has hired . . . drum roll . . . a married women with children ages 2 years old and 6 months old who plans to have additional children! Yes, it's true! Her name is Amy Easton-Flake, and she holds a Ph.D. in American Literature and Women's Studies from Brandeis University. And her husband is moving to Provo, too, putting her career first and sharing child care responsibilities with her.
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In the Summer 2011 issue of SquareTwo, we reported on the first-ever appointment of a female department chair in the College of Religious Education at Brigham Young University. We were all pretty excited about that precedent-setting and paradigm-shattering event. Well now something new has happened at the College that makes that appointment seem humdrum—and just two years later! Indeed, we think you should be sitting down for this . . .
The Department of Ancient Scripture in the College of Religious Education at Brigham Young University has hired . . . drum roll . . . a married women with children ages 2 years old and 6 months old who plans to have additional children! Yes, it's true! Her name is Amy Easton-Flake, and she holds a Ph.D. in American Literature and Women's Studies from Brandeis University. And her husband is moving to Provo, too, putting her career first and sharing child care responsibilities with her.
