biblical scholarship to the general public". In 2016, the Society of Biblical Literature published a jobs report in conjunction with the American Academy of Religion that provided employment data from the 2014–15 academic year. Annual meeting One of the most important functions of the Society of Biblical Literature, is hosting the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting is hosted in the United States and attended by the majority of SBL membership. The meeting includes presentation of research, voting on business matters of the society, workshops & seminars, a vendor floor and more. The Meeting consists of "more than 1,200 academic sessions, and workshops, along with one of the world's largest exhibits of books and digital resources for biblical studies, the Annual Meetings is one of the largest events of the year in the fields of biblical scholarship, religious studies and theology." Regional and international meetings In addition to the annual meeting, multiple regional and an international meeting are held each year. Regional meetings consist of scholars in a geographic area within North America who promote biblical scholarship on a local level. Each region is coordinated by a scholar within the region and regions promote "Regional Scholars", to recognize outstanding scholars in the area. Society of Biblical Literature regions include: Central States, Eastern Great Lakes, Mid Atlantic, Midwest, New England & Eastern Canada, Pacific Coast, Pacific Northwest, Rocky Mountains & Great Plains, Southeastern, Southwestern and Upper Midwest. The International Meeting is held annually in a location outside of North America specifically for scholars located out of the region. Presidents 1880–1887 Daniel Raynes Goodwin 1887–1889 Frederic Gardiner 1889–1890 Francis Brown 1890–1891 Charles A. Briggs 1891–1894 Talbot W. Chambers 1894–1895 J. Henry Thayer 1895–1896 Francis Brown 1896–1897 Edward T. Bartlett 1898–1899 George F. Moore 1900 John P. Peters 1901 Edward Y. Hincks 1902 Benjamin W. Bacon 1903 Richard J. H. Gottheil 1904 Willis J. Beecher 1905 William Rainey Harper 1906 Paul Haupt 1907 James Hardy Ropes 1908 Frank Chamberlain Porter 1909 Henry Preserved Smith 1910 David G. Lyon 1911 Ernest de Witt Burton 1912 Lewis B. Paton 1913 George A. Barton 1914 Nathaniel Schmidt 1915 Charles Cutler Torrey 1916 Morris Jastrow Jr. 1917 Warren J. Moulton 1918 James A. Montgomery 1919 Edgar J. Goodspeed 1920 Albert T. Clay 1921 Kemper Fullerton 1922 William R. Arnold 1923 Max L. Margolis 1924 Clayton R. Bowen 1925 Julius A. Bewer 1926 Shirley Jackson Case 1927 Irving F.