About
Mission
The four areas of Becoming Disciple-Scholars’ mission include serving Latter-day Saint religion students spiritually, socially, academically, and professionally.
Spiritual: A forum to discuss and practice the principles of Disciple-scholarship.
Social: Connections with students across disciplines and universities to diminish isolation and experience the joy of companionship.
Academic: Resources to support religious scholarship, such as conference dates, calls for papers, book recs, etc.
Professional: Opportunities for networking with fellow students and mentorship from established scholars in a variety of fields and professions.
Vision
By fostering life-long friendships, Becoming Disciple-Scholars hopes to produce professional partnerships, collaborations on projects, and a more connected generation of Latter-day Saint scholars. In time, and with future funding, we hope to send members to present at conferences, edit a volume of essays about Latter-day Saint experience in religious studies, and develop this website into an archive of resources for all things disciple-scholarship.
Board Members
Noah Adams
Noah is the founder and organizer for Becoming Disciple-Scholars. At Duke Divinity School, he studied biblical interpretation and American religious history, especially religion in the American university. He is currently a PhD student at BYU in Instructional Psychology and Technology, studying global and digital components of religious education. As a father of four, Noah’s life revolves around Pokémon, Chronicles of Narnia, and most importantly, lots of snacks.
Lara Buckwalter
Lara is an organizer for Becoming Disciple-Scholars and current graduate student at Duke Divinity School. Her research centers on comparative approaches to the Book of Mormon and symbolic hermeneutics. After serving a mission in Hong Kong, she earned a degree in Chinese from BYU. She is a disciple of Jesus, a wife to Joseph, and a mother to eight children—she delights in mountain walks and the everyday holiness of family life.
Support Becoming Disciple-Scholars
$20–$250
Helps us offset the cost of creating an archive of disciple-scholar resources through podcasting, video, blogging, etc.
$251–$1,000
Helps us send the rising generation of LDS religion scholars to present at conferences on topics related to Christ’s Restored Gospel.
$1,001–$2,000
Helps us publish a volume of essays about modern Latter-day Saint experiences combining study and faith in today’s university.
Contact us
Reach out with any questions or ideas about events, projects, mentorship, or just to introduce yourself!