Curriculum Vitae
Susan Willhauck
Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology
Atlantic School of Theology swillhauck_curriculum_vitae_2018.doc
660 Francklyn Street
Halifax, N.S. B3H3B5
(c) 703-505-5934
swillhauck@astheology.ns.ca
I. Education, Professional Experience and Church Credentials
1977 Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA
B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Religion and Psychology
1980 Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
M.T.S. Summa Cum Laude
1992 The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Ph.D. in Religion and Religious Education
Dissertation: John Wesley's View of Childhood: Foundations for Contemporary Christian Education.
1984-1989 Minister of Christian Education, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington, DC.
1989-1991 Director of Volunteer Ministries, Roswell United Methodist Church,
Roswell, GA.
1989-1996 Curriculum writer, The United Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, TN.
1992-1996 Adjunct faculty, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Courses taught include: The Church's Ministry with Children; Administration and Leadership in the Church; Teaching the Bible in the Congregation. Also supervised students in field placement. Course of Study School faculty, 1995 and 1996.
1993-1996 Adjunct faculty, Christian College of Georgia, Athens, GA. Courses taught include: Human Development; Moral Education; Contemporary Theology; Women in Religion.
1994 Adjunct faculty, Defiance College, Defiance, OH. Design for Leadership program.
1994-1997 Researcher, writer, and trainer with the Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. Coordinator, National Observance of Children’s Sabbath.
1995-1998 Minister of Christian Education, St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, Annandale, VA.
1998-2004 Assistant Professor in Christian Formation and Discipleship and Director of Lay Education, Wesley Theological Seminary.
2004 to 2008 Associate Professor, Wesley Theological Seminary.
2009 to present Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Granted tenure, July 2010.
II. Honors, Recognitions, Activities and Grants
1985 First recipient of the Diaconal Advance Graduate Fellowship given by the Division of Diaconal Ministry of The United Methodist Church for doctoral students, renewed 1986, 1987, 1988.
1988 Speaker at Emory and Henry College Sesquicentennial Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.
1993 Interviewed with Dr. James Fowler by the Atlanta Journal Constitution on "The Faith of a Child."
1996 Served on Advisory Committee, Youth Development Project, Search Institute.
1999 Established Equipping Lay Ministry program for certification in lay ministry. Directed this program until 2008.
1999 Attended DOTAC (Diakonia in the Americas and the Caribbean) meeting for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry in San Paulo, Brazil.
1999-2000 Received a Teaching Learning Grant from the Association of Theological Schools to study “Effective and Influential Teaching in Theological Education.” Presented findings at an ATS Conference in March 2000.
2000 Trainer for Becoming a Church for All God’s Children for the Bishops’ Initiative on Children and Poverty for the Virginia Conference at Williamsburg, VA and Lynchburg, VA.
2001 Cross Cultural Immersion to Nigeria. Went with twelve students to the Olomu Kingdom, Delta State.
2002-2003 Consultant to the Committee on the Status and Role of Women of the United Methodist Church on retention of women in ministry.
2002 Opening preacher for the National Conference of the Christian Educators Fellowship. Norfolk, VA.
2003 Speaker, Clergywomen’s Consultation luncheon, on “Women and Change in the Church.” San Diego, CA.
2003 and 2004 Convener, Task Force on Gender, Religious Education Association/Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Philadelphia and Chicago.
2003 and 2004 Co-convener, Pan Methodist Council, Religious Education Association/ Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education.
2003 Recipient of ATS Lilly Grant for research on Women and Change in the Church. Presenter at an ATS panel discussion February 29, 2004 on Effective Research Among Other Things.
2004 Interviewed for Response Magazine for United Methodist Women.
2004 Leader for Youth Ministry Forum for United Methodist Seminaries.
2005 Plenary speaker for Southeastern Jurisdiction Pastors of Larger Membership Churches Consultation. “All Hands on Deck: Staffing the Larger Membership Church.” January 18-21, St. Simons, GA.
2006 Keynote speaker, National Exploration Event of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (for youth and young adults considering ministry) on “Dive In, Make Waves.”
2007 Taught “An Introduction to Christian Education” at the Yucatan Theological Seminary, Merida, Mexico.
2007 Leader Training DVD for Wesley Ministry Network resources. Distributed by Abingdon Press.
2008 Wesley Ministry Network DVD interview on Science and Religion with Francis S. Collins entitled “Theology and Creation Care in Christian Education.”
2008 Co-Director of the Lead Women Pastors Project of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Research on models of leadership of women pastors for the UMC. Interviewed and quoted on this project in Christian Century, “Breaking Glass Ceilings in Large Churches,” by John Dart, June 30, 2009. The project was also reported in many newspapers, including USA Today.
2008 Taught “Christian Formation and Discipleship,” a Doctor of Ministry course at the Methodist Theological School in Seoul, Korea (July).
2009 Elected President United Methodist Association of Scholars in Christian Education.
2009 Elected Referee for the Georgia Harkness Scholarship program of the General Board of Global Ministry for the United Methodist Church.
2010 Recipient of a Leni Groeneveld Grant for Research Assistance, Atlantic School of Theology for ongoing project, Words that Matter: Proverbial Wisdom and Faith Formation.
2010 Presentation on “Health and Wholeness” at the Mid-Career Women Faculty Roundtable Seminar at the Association of Theological Schools.
2011 Workshop in Sydney, Nova Scotia, "Rethinking Church and Popular Culture" for the AST Alumni Association.
2013 Interviewed for the Halifax Chronicle Herald on “School Shares Paradoxes of Christianity, related to the Grad Project presentations.
2014 Design team and worship leader for Clergywomen’s Leadership Seminar held in West Palm Beach, FL.
2014 Elected to the Teaching Learning Committee of the American Academy of Religion.
2014 Editorial Review Consultant for the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.
2015-16 Recipient of Wabash Grant on “Teaching Qualitative Research in Theological Education to Enhance Leadership for Change in the Church.” Hosted Symposium at Atlantic School of Theology, May 2016.
2016 Interviewed by The United Church Observer on same gender groups in the church.
III. Scholarly work, academic papers and publications
Selected Paper Presentations:
1995 “Liturgy and Education for Justice in an Age of Disbelief” at the annual meeting of the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Chicago.
1999 “The Web of Women’s Leadership” at the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education Annual Meeting, Toronto.
2000 “Histories of Childhood and Childhood Religious Education” at the task force on children at the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
2002 “Thelma and Louise Do Religious Education” at the Religious Education Association/Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2007 “Crossing Pedagogical Borders in the Yucatan Peninsula” at the Religious Education Association/Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
2008 “Big Hair and Jesus: Theological Challenges from Lay People Engaged in Ministry in the World,” Practical Theology Section, American Academy of Religion.
2008 “God’s Stuff: The Constructive Powers of Chaos for Teaching Religion,” Teaching Religion Section of the American Academy of Religion.
2009 “Cracking The Stained Glass Ceiling: The Lead Women Pastors Project” (with Dr. HiRho Park) at the Practical Theology Section of The American Academy of Religion.
2010 “The Urban Dictionary, Street Wisdom and God: An Intersection of Linguistics and Theology” at the Canadian Theological Society.
2012 “Freeing Speech: Proverbial Wisdom and Faith Formation as Liberation” at the Religious Education Association in Atlanta, GA.
2015 Festscrift article on Dr. Mary Alice Douty Edwards for the Religious Education Association.
2017 “Female Child Soldiers and Christian Feminist Resistance and Resilience” paper presented at the Forum on Feminist Studies in Religion Section of the American Academy of Religion.
Published Articles and Book Reviews:
“Sharing Sunday's Scriptures: Questions for Discussion" on the lectionary texts in six 1980 issues of Homily Service, a publication of the Roman Catholic Liturgical Conference.
"A Pedagogy of Hymns: The Ecumenical and Catechetical Potential of the New United Methodist Hymnal," in The Living Light , October 1989.
"Theology and Education for the DRE," Review of Revisioning the DRE by Donald Emler in The Living Light, Fall 1990.
Feature article, "Children as Little Adults: Philippe Aries Revisited," in The Living Light, Summer 1992.
"Doubt and Wisdom: Two Biblical Themes of Adult Faith Development," in Biblical Literacy Today, Spring 1993.
"Stand For Children," Humanics, Spring 1996.
"Liturgy and Education for Justice in an Age of Disbelief," Religious Education, Summer, 1996.
"Identity, Morality, and Fantasy in the Works of Bruno Bettelheim: Implications for Religious Education," Religious Education, Spring, 1998.
Reviews of Seeds of Heaven by Mary Anne Lard, God’s Quiet Things by Nancy Sweetland and Granddad’s Prayers of the Earth by Douglas Wood in Family Ministry, Summer 2000.
Reviews of For the Children: Words of Love and Inspiration from His Holiness John Paul II and Someone’s Come to Our House by Kathi Appelt in Family Ministry, Fall 2000.
“Cultivating a Culture of the Call: A Model of Lay Theological Education,” Theological Education, November 2002.
Entry for Berard L. Marthaler for “Christian Educators of the 20th Century,” a Lilly Foundation funded web-based database on persons who have shaped the field of religious education.
“Thelma and Louise Do Religious Education,” co-authored with Patty Meyers, Religious Education, Spring 2003.
“For Excellent Purposes: Aspects of Lay Theological Education in The United Methodist Church,” Quarterly Review, Summer 2004.
“Crossing Pedagogical Borders in the Yucatan Peninsula,” Teaching Theology and Religion, journal of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning. Volume 12, no. 3, July 2009.
Review of Lives to Offer: Accompanying Youth on their Vocational Quests (Pilgrim Press, 2007) in Religious Education, Fall 2008.
“God’s Stuff: The Constructive Powers of Chaos For Teaching Religion,” Teaching Theology and Religion, journal of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning. Volume 13, no. 1, January 2010.
“A Graceful Struggle: The Lead Women Pastors Project” in Wellsprings, Fall 2010.
Review of Faith Formation in Vital Congregations in Religious Education, 2010.
"Oh, the Places You'll Go: Christian Education in the Future," Christians in Education, fall 2011.
“Freeing Speech: Proverbial Wisdom and Faith Formation as Liberation.” Religious Education fall 2013.
“The Urban Dictionary, Street Wisdom and God: An Intersection of Linguistics and Theology,” International Journal of Practical Theology, 2013.
Four entries on Pastoral Theological Considerations for lectionary texts in Lectionary Homiletics, 2014-15.
Review of Wisdom Commentary volume Hebrews, edited by Mary Ann Beavis and HyeRan Kim-Cragg for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 2017.
Contributions to books:
Five entries in the Dictionary of Spiritual Formation, “Horace Bushnell,” “Jean Gerson,” “Raimon Panikkar,” “Karl Rahner” and “Regeneration,” Upper Room Press, 2003.
“Memory, Identity and Hope: The Exile and Christian Formation” in Strangers in a Strange Land: Essays in Honor of Bruce C. Birch. Emeth Press, 2009.
Ten entries in The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Scarecrow Press, 2014.
Selected Curriculum Resources:
The Gospel of John, "Journey Through the Bible," Bible study series for adults, published by The United Methodist Publishing House, 1995.
Living in God’s Light. Adult Bible Study. The United Methodist Publishing House. 2003.
Books:
The Web of Women’s Leadership: Recasting Congregational Ministry with Jacqulyn Thorpe, Abingdon Press, 2001.
Back Talk! Women Leaders Changing the Church, Pilgrim Press, 2005.
Ministry Unplugged: Uncommon Calls to Serve, Chalice Press, 2010.
Breaking through the Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Leading Large Churches (Co-edited with HiRho Park), General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 2014.
Qualitative Research in Theological Education: Pedagogy in Practice (co-edited with Mary Moschella) SCM Press (2018).
IV. Committees and Organizations
Academic Societies:
Member, American Academy of Religion
Member, Association of Practical Theology
Member, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education (REA)
Member (and President 2009-2011) United Methodist Association of Scholars of Christian EducationMember, Christians Engaged in Christian Formation (formally Christian Educators Fellowship)
Member, Resource Center for Women in Ministry in the South
Founding Member, Forum on Feminist Studies in Religion
Susan Willhauck
Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology
Atlantic School of Theology swillhauck_curriculum_vitae_2018.doc
660 Francklyn Street
Halifax, N.S. B3H3B5
(c) 703-505-5934
swillhauck@astheology.ns.ca
I. Education, Professional Experience and Church Credentials
1977 Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA
B.A. Magna Cum Laude in Religion and Psychology
1980 Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
M.T.S. Summa Cum Laude
1992 The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Ph.D. in Religion and Religious Education
Dissertation: John Wesley's View of Childhood: Foundations for Contemporary Christian Education.
1984-1989 Minister of Christian Education, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington, DC.
1989-1991 Director of Volunteer Ministries, Roswell United Methodist Church,
Roswell, GA.
1989-1996 Curriculum writer, The United Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, TN.
1992-1996 Adjunct faculty, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Courses taught include: The Church's Ministry with Children; Administration and Leadership in the Church; Teaching the Bible in the Congregation. Also supervised students in field placement. Course of Study School faculty, 1995 and 1996.
1993-1996 Adjunct faculty, Christian College of Georgia, Athens, GA. Courses taught include: Human Development; Moral Education; Contemporary Theology; Women in Religion.
1994 Adjunct faculty, Defiance College, Defiance, OH. Design for Leadership program.
1994-1997 Researcher, writer, and trainer with the Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. Coordinator, National Observance of Children’s Sabbath.
- Field Education Supervisor, Princeton Theological Seminary. Supervised divinity students in advocacy work.
- Ordained Deacon in the United Methodist Church, Virginia Conference.
1995-1998 Minister of Christian Education, St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, Annandale, VA.
1998-2004 Assistant Professor in Christian Formation and Discipleship and Director of Lay Education, Wesley Theological Seminary.
2004 to 2008 Associate Professor, Wesley Theological Seminary.
2009 to present Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Granted tenure, July 2010.
II. Honors, Recognitions, Activities and Grants
1985 First recipient of the Diaconal Advance Graduate Fellowship given by the Division of Diaconal Ministry of The United Methodist Church for doctoral students, renewed 1986, 1987, 1988.
1988 Speaker at Emory and Henry College Sesquicentennial Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series.
1993 Interviewed with Dr. James Fowler by the Atlanta Journal Constitution on "The Faith of a Child."
1996 Served on Advisory Committee, Youth Development Project, Search Institute.
1999 Established Equipping Lay Ministry program for certification in lay ministry. Directed this program until 2008.
1999 Attended DOTAC (Diakonia in the Americas and the Caribbean) meeting for the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry in San Paulo, Brazil.
1999-2000 Received a Teaching Learning Grant from the Association of Theological Schools to study “Effective and Influential Teaching in Theological Education.” Presented findings at an ATS Conference in March 2000.
2000 Trainer for Becoming a Church for All God’s Children for the Bishops’ Initiative on Children and Poverty for the Virginia Conference at Williamsburg, VA and Lynchburg, VA.
2001 Cross Cultural Immersion to Nigeria. Went with twelve students to the Olomu Kingdom, Delta State.
2002-2003 Consultant to the Committee on the Status and Role of Women of the United Methodist Church on retention of women in ministry.
2002 Opening preacher for the National Conference of the Christian Educators Fellowship. Norfolk, VA.
2003 Speaker, Clergywomen’s Consultation luncheon, on “Women and Change in the Church.” San Diego, CA.
2003 and 2004 Convener, Task Force on Gender, Religious Education Association/Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Philadelphia and Chicago.
2003 and 2004 Co-convener, Pan Methodist Council, Religious Education Association/ Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education.
2003 Recipient of ATS Lilly Grant for research on Women and Change in the Church. Presenter at an ATS panel discussion February 29, 2004 on Effective Research Among Other Things.
2004 Interviewed for Response Magazine for United Methodist Women.
2004 Leader for Youth Ministry Forum for United Methodist Seminaries.
2005 Plenary speaker for Southeastern Jurisdiction Pastors of Larger Membership Churches Consultation. “All Hands on Deck: Staffing the Larger Membership Church.” January 18-21, St. Simons, GA.
2006 Keynote speaker, National Exploration Event of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (for youth and young adults considering ministry) on “Dive In, Make Waves.”
2007 Taught “An Introduction to Christian Education” at the Yucatan Theological Seminary, Merida, Mexico.
2007 Leader Training DVD for Wesley Ministry Network resources. Distributed by Abingdon Press.
2008 Wesley Ministry Network DVD interview on Science and Religion with Francis S. Collins entitled “Theology and Creation Care in Christian Education.”
2008 Co-Director of the Lead Women Pastors Project of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Research on models of leadership of women pastors for the UMC. Interviewed and quoted on this project in Christian Century, “Breaking Glass Ceilings in Large Churches,” by John Dart, June 30, 2009. The project was also reported in many newspapers, including USA Today.
2008 Taught “Christian Formation and Discipleship,” a Doctor of Ministry course at the Methodist Theological School in Seoul, Korea (July).
2009 Elected President United Methodist Association of Scholars in Christian Education.
2009 Elected Referee for the Georgia Harkness Scholarship program of the General Board of Global Ministry for the United Methodist Church.
2010 Recipient of a Leni Groeneveld Grant for Research Assistance, Atlantic School of Theology for ongoing project, Words that Matter: Proverbial Wisdom and Faith Formation.
2010 Presentation on “Health and Wholeness” at the Mid-Career Women Faculty Roundtable Seminar at the Association of Theological Schools.
2011 Workshop in Sydney, Nova Scotia, "Rethinking Church and Popular Culture" for the AST Alumni Association.
2013 Interviewed for the Halifax Chronicle Herald on “School Shares Paradoxes of Christianity, related to the Grad Project presentations.
2014 Design team and worship leader for Clergywomen’s Leadership Seminar held in West Palm Beach, FL.
2014 Elected to the Teaching Learning Committee of the American Academy of Religion.
2014 Editorial Review Consultant for the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Rowman and Littlefield, 2016.
2015-16 Recipient of Wabash Grant on “Teaching Qualitative Research in Theological Education to Enhance Leadership for Change in the Church.” Hosted Symposium at Atlantic School of Theology, May 2016.
2016 Interviewed by The United Church Observer on same gender groups in the church.
III. Scholarly work, academic papers and publications
Selected Paper Presentations:
1995 “Liturgy and Education for Justice in an Age of Disbelief” at the annual meeting of the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education, Chicago.
1999 “The Web of Women’s Leadership” at the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education Annual Meeting, Toronto.
2000 “Histories of Childhood and Childhood Religious Education” at the task force on children at the Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
2002 “Thelma and Louise Do Religious Education” at the Religious Education Association/Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
2007 “Crossing Pedagogical Borders in the Yucatan Peninsula” at the Religious Education Association/Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
2008 “Big Hair and Jesus: Theological Challenges from Lay People Engaged in Ministry in the World,” Practical Theology Section, American Academy of Religion.
2008 “God’s Stuff: The Constructive Powers of Chaos for Teaching Religion,” Teaching Religion Section of the American Academy of Religion.
2009 “Cracking The Stained Glass Ceiling: The Lead Women Pastors Project” (with Dr. HiRho Park) at the Practical Theology Section of The American Academy of Religion.
2010 “The Urban Dictionary, Street Wisdom and God: An Intersection of Linguistics and Theology” at the Canadian Theological Society.
2012 “Freeing Speech: Proverbial Wisdom and Faith Formation as Liberation” at the Religious Education Association in Atlanta, GA.
2015 Festscrift article on Dr. Mary Alice Douty Edwards for the Religious Education Association.
2017 “Female Child Soldiers and Christian Feminist Resistance and Resilience” paper presented at the Forum on Feminist Studies in Religion Section of the American Academy of Religion.
Published Articles and Book Reviews:
“Sharing Sunday's Scriptures: Questions for Discussion" on the lectionary texts in six 1980 issues of Homily Service, a publication of the Roman Catholic Liturgical Conference.
"A Pedagogy of Hymns: The Ecumenical and Catechetical Potential of the New United Methodist Hymnal," in The Living Light , October 1989.
"Theology and Education for the DRE," Review of Revisioning the DRE by Donald Emler in The Living Light, Fall 1990.
Feature article, "Children as Little Adults: Philippe Aries Revisited," in The Living Light, Summer 1992.
"Doubt and Wisdom: Two Biblical Themes of Adult Faith Development," in Biblical Literacy Today, Spring 1993.
"Stand For Children," Humanics, Spring 1996.
"Liturgy and Education for Justice in an Age of Disbelief," Religious Education, Summer, 1996.
"Identity, Morality, and Fantasy in the Works of Bruno Bettelheim: Implications for Religious Education," Religious Education, Spring, 1998.
Reviews of Seeds of Heaven by Mary Anne Lard, God’s Quiet Things by Nancy Sweetland and Granddad’s Prayers of the Earth by Douglas Wood in Family Ministry, Summer 2000.
Reviews of For the Children: Words of Love and Inspiration from His Holiness John Paul II and Someone’s Come to Our House by Kathi Appelt in Family Ministry, Fall 2000.
“Cultivating a Culture of the Call: A Model of Lay Theological Education,” Theological Education, November 2002.
Entry for Berard L. Marthaler for “Christian Educators of the 20th Century,” a Lilly Foundation funded web-based database on persons who have shaped the field of religious education.
“Thelma and Louise Do Religious Education,” co-authored with Patty Meyers, Religious Education, Spring 2003.
“For Excellent Purposes: Aspects of Lay Theological Education in The United Methodist Church,” Quarterly Review, Summer 2004.
“Crossing Pedagogical Borders in the Yucatan Peninsula,” Teaching Theology and Religion, journal of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning. Volume 12, no. 3, July 2009.
Review of Lives to Offer: Accompanying Youth on their Vocational Quests (Pilgrim Press, 2007) in Religious Education, Fall 2008.
“God’s Stuff: The Constructive Powers of Chaos For Teaching Religion,” Teaching Theology and Religion, journal of the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning. Volume 13, no. 1, January 2010.
“A Graceful Struggle: The Lead Women Pastors Project” in Wellsprings, Fall 2010.
Review of Faith Formation in Vital Congregations in Religious Education, 2010.
"Oh, the Places You'll Go: Christian Education in the Future," Christians in Education, fall 2011.
“Freeing Speech: Proverbial Wisdom and Faith Formation as Liberation.” Religious Education fall 2013.
“The Urban Dictionary, Street Wisdom and God: An Intersection of Linguistics and Theology,” International Journal of Practical Theology, 2013.
Four entries on Pastoral Theological Considerations for lectionary texts in Lectionary Homiletics, 2014-15.
Review of Wisdom Commentary volume Hebrews, edited by Mary Ann Beavis and HyeRan Kim-Cragg for the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 2017.
Contributions to books:
Five entries in the Dictionary of Spiritual Formation, “Horace Bushnell,” “Jean Gerson,” “Raimon Panikkar,” “Karl Rahner” and “Regeneration,” Upper Room Press, 2003.
“Memory, Identity and Hope: The Exile and Christian Formation” in Strangers in a Strange Land: Essays in Honor of Bruce C. Birch. Emeth Press, 2009.
Ten entries in The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Scarecrow Press, 2014.
Selected Curriculum Resources:
The Gospel of John, "Journey Through the Bible," Bible study series for adults, published by The United Methodist Publishing House, 1995.
Living in God’s Light. Adult Bible Study. The United Methodist Publishing House. 2003.
Books:
The Web of Women’s Leadership: Recasting Congregational Ministry with Jacqulyn Thorpe, Abingdon Press, 2001.
Back Talk! Women Leaders Changing the Church, Pilgrim Press, 2005.
Ministry Unplugged: Uncommon Calls to Serve, Chalice Press, 2010.
Breaking through the Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Leading Large Churches (Co-edited with HiRho Park), General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 2014.
Qualitative Research in Theological Education: Pedagogy in Practice (co-edited with Mary Moschella) SCM Press (2018).
IV. Committees and Organizations
Academic Societies:
Member, American Academy of Religion
Member, Association of Practical Theology
Member, Association of Professors and Researchers in Religious Education (REA)
Member (and President 2009-2011) United Methodist Association of Scholars of Christian EducationMember, Christians Engaged in Christian Formation (formally Christian Educators Fellowship)
Member, Resource Center for Women in Ministry in the South
Founding Member, Forum on Feminist Studies in Religion