David A. Schones, Ph.D.

                          About

David Schones is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. His research is primarily in the area of biblical studies and disability studies, as it relates to the conceptualization of disabilities in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, as well as on pedagogical strategies for working with disabled students in higher education. He holds a Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University. He also studied at the University of Oklahoma (B.A., 2010) and Brite Divinity School (M.T.S., 2013) where he wrote his thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls.

David has taught undergraduate and graduate students at different religious studies departments including Austin College, Paul Quinn College, and Perkins School of Theology. He has also delivered papers at regional, national, and international conferences including the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature. In addition to these presentations, he has multiple publications on the topic of religion, disability, and gender discrimination and has given public lectures on his research at institutions like Austin Presbyterian Seminary and the University of Texas. At Austin College, David teaches a wide variety of classes on biblical and extra biblical literature, disabilities and gender discrimination, sacred violence, and the methods in the study of religion.