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Elizabeth Struthers Malbon came to Virginia Tech in 1980 as a member of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. She was promoted to Associate and Full Professor in the Department of Religion, and was the first director of the Religious Studies Program (1994-2001), which was a part of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, then the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, and now the Department of Religion and Culture—all this without moving from Blacksburg! Most of her classes are in the area of early Christian literature (New Testament, Jesus and the Gospels, Paul and his Interpreters), and she is nationally and internationally known for her literary studies of the Gospel of Mark. Dr. Malbon has authored five books and edited or co-edited five books, as well as writing 23 journal articles(four of which have been anthologized in books edited by others), 16 book chapters, and 29 dictionary or encyclopedia entries. Professor Malbon has been an active member of the Society of Biblical Literature, serving as regional president, member of the national program committee and nominating committee, and chair or co-chair of two national program units and steering committee member of two others. She is a frequent presenter of papers to regional, national, and international meetings and an elected member of the international Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (Society for New Testament Study).