Carolyn Medine is an Associate Professor in Religion and in the Institute for African American Studies. Her most recent work includes articles on Pinkie Gordon Lane's poetry and Albert Murray's autobiography South to a Very Old Place. "Yet With a Steady Beat: The Task of African American Biblical Hermeneutics" is forthcoming in Semia. Professor Medine is president of the American Academy of Religion section of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion. She has served as co-chair for the Arts, Literature, and Religion section of the American Academy of Religion and on its committee on ethnic and racial minority scholars in the profession. She is currently staff for two Wabash Center workshops, one for pre-tenure African American scholars in Religion and Theology that begins in summer 2002. The Wabash Center is funded by Lilly and focuses on teaching and learning in religion and theology. Professor Medine's research interests include African American religion and literature, ancient and modern literature and ethics, and postmodern and post colonial theory.