Senior Scholar as Historian, Gatekeeper, Elder

Nancy Lynne Westfield is Director of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. 

In this audio blog, Westfield discusses three possible roles for senior scholars at an academic institution. There may be more, but the roles of gatekeeper, historian, and elder are common and visible and may offer a framework for scholars to think about their later years at a school.