Alumni Insights
Mondays, Sept. 21, 2026; Nov. 16, 2026; Jan. 25, 2027; and March 15, 2027, 8–9 p.m. ET
Join us for online conversations with featured AMBS alumni and faculty members! During each hourlong session, one or two alumni will share about a topic in which they have particular expertise, and then two current AMBS faculty members will join the conversation. We’ll conclude with time for questions from webinar participants.
The webinars, hosted via Zoom by AMBS Alumni Director Janeen Bertsche Johnson, DMin, are open to the public. There is no charge to attend, but registration is required to receive the link.
Registering below will give you access to all four sessions. You can attend any or all of them!
AI and the future of higher education
Monday, Sept. 21, 8-9 p.m. ET
AI presents as radical a change to higher education as did the shift from inked manuscripts to printed books. Knowledge is present now in radically simplified ways that eliminate the academic gatekeeper — at the cost of certainty of knowledge. Higher education must now focus on developing the wisdom to understand the place of knowledge in the world and the ability to find meaning rather than learn content. Hermeneutics is becoming the most important course in the curriculum.
Alumni presenter Bruce Hiebert, PhD (MDiv 1989), will be joined by AMBS faculty members Brent Graber, MA, MSEd, Director of Information Technology; and Gilha Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Master of Arts: Biblical Studies Program Director.
Speakers
Alumni Presenter
Bruce Hiebert, PhD (MDiv 1989), of Abbotsford, British Columbia, is writing a chapter for a collection that presents how philosophical problematology, in the context of AI, provides the central framework for the future of higher education. His most recent research has explored how AI transforms ethics. Bruce holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in historical theological ethics from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. He taught for 25 years, most recently as Professor of Business Ethics and Strategy at University Canada West in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Faculty Members
Brent Graber is Director of Information Technology for AMBS, where he attempts to apply his interest in the philosophy and ethics of technology to practical decisions at the seminary. Sometimes he is successful. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas; a Master of Arts: Theological Studies from AMBS; and a Master of Science in Education from Purdue University Global.
Gilha Lee, PhD, is Assistant Professor of New Testament and Master of Arts: Biblical Studies Program Director for AMBS. As a New Testament scholar and ordained Presbyterian minister, he seeks to bridge academic research and lived practice across ecclesial and societal contexts through his work. Gilha holds a PhD and ThM from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia; and a ThM from Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea.
