Teaching

I believe that teaching and learning consist of dynamic and complex interactions and encounters. Teaching introduces delightful and challenging relationships between students, teacher, the subject matter, and the world. I design courses with concern for the critical content of my discipline, structuring them with the expectation that each class brings its own unique set of factors and establishes its own community of learning.

Selections of comments from evaluations of REL 101 Hebrew Bible, Fall 2023:

• "She is VERY passionate and her love for her subject flowed into many of her students. She read the Bible in a way I never had and made it fun. I thoroughly enjoyed all the assignments that she gave in her class, even the tests."


• "Incredibly captivating lectures, very understandable. Coursework is challenging yet useful."


• "This course encourages students to engage in critical thinking by consulting primary source material which sometimes contradict modern mainstream religious narratives. Unlike most of the lower-level history courses I've taken, this course forced me to recognize that these texts, viewed as holy by many, were written by actual human beings whose choices reflect the sociohistorical context of when they were written. I think that this course's material serves as an excellent introduction to the hermeneutic cycle for students who might not have previously learned how to read critically and properly cite their sources. Also, I always try to praise teachers who are enthusiastic about their subject matter since the energy that they bring to the classroom is critical for student engagement. This instructor is clearly passionate about their field of study and happy to discuss student questions and alternative interpretations of the course's subject matter."


• "The layout of the course is great. It provides not only historical context but moves through the text in a way that makes total sense. The assignments are all beneficial and line up with the course perfectly. Dr. Low is also a great professor."


• "Dr.Low is an amazing professor. She in engaging and excited with sharing her course material. This has been one of my favorite classes I have taken at my time at MBU and I attribute that to Dr.Low as the instructor."