Faculty and Staff

David Bartlett, Distinguished Professor of New Testament, co-taught a course on preaching from the lectionary with Robert Wilson at Yale Divinity School; taught a course on apologetic preaching for the Chicago Cluster D.Min. program; and preached at the Holden Beach (NC) Chapel. . . . . William P. Brown, professor of Old Testament, has published “The Moral Cosmologies of Creation,” in Character Ethics and the Old Testament: Moral Dimensions of Scripture, edited by M. Daniel Carroll R. and Jacqueline E. Lapsley (Westminster John Knox Press); presented “The Bible and Creation: Genesis 1-2” to Presbytery de Cristo, Benson, Arizona; led the Summer Seminar, “The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and Ecology,” at Trinity church, Tucson, AZ; presented “Having Dominion over the Earth: Genesis 1 and Stewardship” at Central church, Atlanta, GA. . . . . Erskine Clarke ’66, professor of American religious history, lectured at the University Church, Chapel Hill, NC; in Ghana, participated in a conference on Domestic and International Consequences of the First Governmental Efforts to Abolish the Atlantic Slave Trade. The conference is sponsored by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, the Historical Society of Ghana, the University of Cape Coast; traveled to Gabon for research on John Leighton Wilson, a member of the first graduating class at CTS, pioneer missionary, anti-slavery advocate, and scholar of West African civilizations and people. . . . John A. Clark, communications specialist, co-taught “Gospel for Dummies: Paul’s Letter to the Galations” at Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA. . . . . Dent Davis (DMin ’89), dean and vice president for Lifelong Learning, presented a paper, “The Pedagogy of Experience: A Case Study of Pilgrimage as Experiential Learning,” at the international meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education and the Adult Education Research Conference at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; met with the Educator Certification Council of the National Leadership Division, Leadership and Vocation office of the General Assembly; participated in the board meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education in Ministry; spoke at
the 60th anniversary celebration of Sequoyah Hills church, Knoxville, TN; taught at  Northminster church, Chattanooga, TN; preached at Springfield Baptist Church,  Athens, GA; and led the youth leaders retreat for Alpharetta (GA) church. . . . . Sarah Erickson ’03, associate director of Lifelong Learning, led worship at the Druid Hills (Atlanta), John Knox (Kennesaw), Loyd (LaGrange) and First, Jonesboro churches; served as a member of the commission to ordain Reggie Weaver ’07 at Springhill church, Mobile, AL; participated in worship at First church (Bremen, GA) with Leigh Jones ’07; led a workshop titled “Tips and Tools for Evaluating the Theology of Church School Music” at the Tri-Presbytery Fall Leadership Event in Atlanta; serves as member of the program planning team for the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta’s monthly educator group. . . . . Steve Hayner, Peachtree Associate Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth, published “The Shape of Things to Come?!” in Columbia’s online journal, www.atthispoint.net (Spring 2007); attended the board meeting of World Vision US Board in Federal Way, WA; for Peachtree church (Atlanta) taught “Psalms for All Seasons” for the Single Horizons Sunday school class and “Theology of Biblical Justice” for the Latitude & Longitude class; attended, as chairman of the board, the International Justice Mission Board Meeting for 2007; served on the Leadership Coordinating Committee for the Presbyterian Global Fellowship Conference in Houston, TX. . . . . Laura Mendenhall, president, participated in a meeting of heads of theological institutions related to the World Alliance of Reformed Churches; participated as a board member of the Presbyterian Publishing Corporation; participated in the national Boy Scouts of America meeting; participated in the ordination service of Catherine Cavazos ’07, at the East Brentwood (TN) church. . . . . Martha Moore-Keish, assistant professor of theology, published “Is a Prophetic Movement Emerging?” in Columbia’s online journal, www.atthispoint.net (Spring 2007); was co-convener for the Faculty Initiative Group of the Re-Forming Ministry project of the PC(USA)’s Office of Theology and Worship; was liturgist at Montreat Music and Worship conferences sponsored by the Presbyterian Association of Musicians; preached at the ordination of Tom Bryson, First church, Columbus, MS. . . . . Cam Murchison, dean of faculty/executive vice president, taught in the summer studies program at Central church, Atlanta, on the growth of the concept of stewardship in the U.S., from funding ministry to the care of creation. . . . . Marcia Y. Riggs, J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics, was keynote speaker and faculty for The Fund for Theological Education Conference for Doctoral Students at Duke Divinity School; lectured at Montreat in the lectures series on religion in the South; was a consultant to the Roundtable on Teaching and Issues of Diversity in Theological Education at Texas Christian University. . . . . Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr., assistant professor of ministry, provided leadership in the Michigan Annual Conference of the AME Zion Church, convening in Detroit, as a teacher and examiner in the ministerial course of studies, chairman of the state of the church committee, and participant in the ordination services; served as adjunct faculty for a Doctor of Ministry course, “Cultural Values in Congregational Life,” at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; preached at Greater Walters and St. Mark AME Zion churches in Chicago; provided an endorsement for a new book in Black Church studies; reviewed an article for the International journal of Practical Theology, and submitted a book review to Teaching Theology and Religion. . . . . Cheryl Vaughan ’05, associate dean of students, performed a proclamation of the Book of Ruth for Greater Atlanta Christian educators and for two sessions of the Horizons Women’s Bible Study. . . . . Christine Roy Yoder, associate professor of Old Testament language, literature, and exegesis, preached at Ginter Park church, Richmond, VA; completed a sabbatical year in residence at the Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, NJ; co-hosted at Columbia the second meeting of a two-year Wabash-funded consultation titled “Teaching Biblical Exegesis in Theological Schools.” 

Transitions

Thank you! For 15 years of service 

Dana Campbell, instructor of writing

Golden Griffieth, maintenance staff

Congratulations!

Cheryl Vaughan (formerly Mack) ’05 has been named associate dean of students. She had served previously as manager of the seminary bookstore. She also serves as pastor of Fellowship Presbyterian Church near Jackson, GA.

Ann Clay Adams has been named associate dean for academic administration, a new position. She had been director of admissions since late 1994.

Welcome! 

Sue Crannell ’05 has been named manager of the seminary bookstore. She is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and has experience in training, organizational development, and customer service. 

Paul Huh, who will join the faculty in January, was on campus in late August for the faculty retreat. An article announcing Dr. Huh's appointment as assistant professor of worship was published in the summer issue of  Vantage (no photo was available at the time). You can read the article online at www.ctsnet.edu > News and Events > Vantage.

Jennie Law has joined the library staff as copy cataloger. She is a graduate of Emory University and has a Master of Library and Information Science degree from Florida State University. She has worked as an acquisition specialist at Pitts Theology Library and at the architecture library at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Doug MacMillan has been named associate director of development in the Office of Institutional Advancement. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia and Union-PSCE. Most recently he served as pastor of Church in the Pines, a new church development in Flint River Presbytery. He has also served as associate pastor for young adults and mission at First church, Dalton, GA, and co-pastor with his wife, Nikki, at First church, Warren, AR. Nikki is associate executive presbyter of Flint River Presbytery.

Natasha Nichols has joined the library staff as cataloging assistant. She is a graduate of Rutgers University and is enrolled in the Master of Public Administration program at Georgia State University.

Deedra Rich has been named program coordinator for the Certificate in Christian Spirituality.  A graduate of Candler School of Theology (M.Div. and Th.M.), she is an ordained Baptist minister and serves as minister of congregational life at Emory Presbyterian Church. 

Godspeed!

David Forney, associate dean of the faculty and director of institutional research, resigned in July to become pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Clarksville, TN. He had been with the seminary for eight years.

Larry Griffin, a member of the maintenance staff, resigned in June. He had 16 years service with the seminary.  

Susan Thomas ’04 (ThM ’07), staff associate in Lifelong Learning, has accepted a position as district administrator of the Massachusetts Bay District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, in Cambridge, MA. She will also serve in a part-time capacity as new member/lay leadership development coordinator for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn, in Swampscott, MA. She had been with the seminary as an employee since graduating in 2004, serving first in the Office of Communications. 

Raymond Wright, part-time media services assistant, resigned in May to accept a full-time position with Turner Broadcasting.

Jami Moss Wise, director of the annual fund, resigned in July to become director of development for Duke University’s Divinity School. During her five-year tenure, the annual fund has grown from yearly revenue of $415,000 to more than $900,000, the number of donors from 907 to 1,354, and the alumni/ae participation rate from 17 percent to more than 24 percent.