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Rev. Dr. Ann Clay Adams

Associate Dean, Academic Administration

Phone:

404-687-4524

Email:

AdamsA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH114 / Box 11F

Dr. Victor Aloyo

President

Phone:

404-687-4514

Email:

AloyoV@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH110

Maggie Andrews

Constituency Engagement Coordinator

Phone:

404-687-4623

Email:

AndrewsM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH112 / Box 12F

Anna Appleman

Cataloging Librarian

Phone:

404-687-4614

Email:

ApplemanA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL211

Rev. Julie H. Bailey

Director, Alumni and Church Relations

Phone:

404-687-4593

Email:

BaileyJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC110

Lucy Baum

Executive to the President; Director of Strategic Engagement

Phone:

404-687-4515

Email:

BaumL@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH108 / Box 13F

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Hope Bellinger

Staff Associate, Center for Lifelong Learning

Phone:

404-687-4577

Email:

BellingerH@CTSnet.edu

Office:

HC209

Cindy Bettis

Chief Engineer

Phone:

404-687-4607

Email:

BettisC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC110 / Box 47F

Carmen Bolton

Bookkeeper

Phone:

404-687-4567

Email:

BoltonC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH106 / Box 46F

Fayth Bond

Administrative Assistant, Student Formation and Campus Culture

Phone:

404-687-4562

Email:

BondF@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH214

Courtney Bowden

Academic Coach

Phone:

404-687-4632

Email:

BowdenC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL228

Dr. Brennan W. Breed

Associate Professor of Old Testament

Phone:

404-687-4553

Email:

BreedB@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC306 / Box 40F

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Dr. Breed’s research focuses on the reception history of the Bible, which traces the divergent uses and understandings of biblical texts from their ancient contexts of production to the present day.  His other interests include Hebrew poetry, biblical theology, textual criticism, ancient and medieval visual art, and philosophy.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, University of Virginia

Denomination:  Episcopal

Dr. William P. Brown

William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament

Phone:

404-687-4584

Email:

BrownB@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC309 / Box 54F

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Dr. Brown has abiding interests in the use of scripture in the life of the church and the world, particularly in the context of ecology and justice.  Specific interests include creation theology, faith and science dialogue, the Psalms, and wisdom literature (Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes). Recent books include The Seven Pillars of Creation: Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder (Oxford University), Wisdom’s Wonder (Wm. B. Eerdmans), and Sacred Sense (Wm. B. Eerdmans). He was named as a Henry Luce III Fellow in theology for 2007-2008.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Whitman College

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Walter Brueggemann

Professor Emeritus

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Email:

brueggemann33@charter.net

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1986-2003 William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament

Sarah Kate Bumgarner

Connector

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Email:

BumgarnerS@CTSnet.edu

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Dr. Kelly D. Campbell

Associate Dean, Information Services; Senior Director, John Bulow Campbell Library

Phone:

404-687-4547

Email:

CampbellK@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL210 / Box 7F

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Dr. Campbell is passionate about equipping people for learning and life, strategizing to develop best practices, and providing high quality service.  Her current research focuses on leading others to strive for excellence, and contributing to organizations by helping to develop future leaders.

Education:

  • EdD, Pepperdine University
  • MATS, Golden Gate Seminary
  • MLS, Texas Women’s University
  • BS, Wichita State University

Denomination:  Southern Baptist

Rev. R. Leon Carroll, Jr.

Professor Emeritus

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Email:

Lcarroll@ix.netcom.com

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1983-2009 Associate Professor of Supervised Ministry

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Cynthia Chalmers

Assistant to Dean, Office of Worship Life

Phone:

404-687-4531

Email:

ChalmersC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH301

Dr. T. Erskine Clarke

Professor Emeritus

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Email:

ClarkeE@CTSnet.edu

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1973-2008 Professor of American Religious History

Betty Cook

Housekeeper

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Email:

CookBettyD@mail.ctsnet.edu

Office:

Buildings and Grounds / Box 350

Corie Cox

Associate Director, Communications

Phone:

404-687-4636

Email:

CoxC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH3 / Box 42F

Bob Craigmile

Digital Access Librarian

Phone:

404-687-4611

Email:

CraigmileB@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL203 / Box 7F

Jennifer G. Cuthbertson

Director, Marketing Communication

Phone:

404-687-4530

Email:

CuthbertsonJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH3 / Box 12F

Dr. Kathy L. Dawson

Benton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education

Phone:

404-687-4579

Email:

DawsonK@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC201 / Box 3F

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Dr. Dawson’s interests revolve around spiritual development, creative teaching methodologies, curriculum theory, and children’s ministry. Her current research explores how parents and the church can have faithful conversations around fantasy literature for children and youth. Dr. Dawson has been chosen 2015 Educator of the Year by the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators.

 

Education:

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Columbia Theological Seminary
  • MA, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
  • BA, California State University

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Rev. Wendy Dewberry

Collection Management Specialist

Phone:

404-687-4546

Email:

DewberryW@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL119 / Box 7F

Dr. Mark Douglas

Professor of Christian Ethics; Director of ThM Program

Phone:

404-687-4650

Email:

DouglasM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH310 / Box 17F

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Dr. Douglas’s wide-ranging interests include: ethics in neo-orthodox theologies, medical and business ethics, the American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, and the role of religion in political philosophy. He is currently researching and writing at the intersection of environmental issues and conflict studies.

Education:

  • PhD, University of Virginia
  • MDiv, ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Colorado College

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Z Fletcher

Central Services Coordinator

Phone:

404-687-4630

Email:

FletcherZ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH5 / Box 345

Dr. Anna Carter Florence

Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching

Phone:

404-687-4541

Email:

FlorenceA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH314 / Box 20F

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Dr. Florence is interested in preaching and public proclamation, and preparing leaders who can speak and listen in multiple contexts for ministry.  Her research focuses on testimony, pedagogies of preaching, the creative process by which communities engage and embody scripture, and how other fields—particularly poetry and theater—offer models for prophetic speech.

Education:

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Yale University

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Israel Galindo

Associate Dean, Lifelong Learning

Phone:

404-687-4558

Email:

GalindoI@CTSnet.edu

Office:

HC210 / Box 42F

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Dr. Galindo’s interests are in the areas of congregational and organizational leadership, instruction and pedagogy, educational assessment, and Christian faith formation.  His work in lifelong learning includes helping leaders apply Bowen Family Systems theory for healthy and effective functioning in home and work settings.

Education:

  • EdD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MRE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • BA, Northeastern Bible College

Denomination:  American Baptist

Dr. Philip R. Gehman

Dean of Students Emeritus

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Email:

pkgehman@gmail.com

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1985-2003 VP for Student Life and Dean of Students

Rev. Lindsay Geist

Campus Minister

Phone:

404-687-4569

Email:

GeistL@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH214 / Box 18F

Chassidy M. Goggins

Media and Marketing Coordinator, Center for Lifelong Learning

Phone:

404-687-4566

Email:

GogginsC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

HC209 / Box 42F

Dr. Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez

Professor Emerita

Phone:

Email:

catyly@aol.com

Office:

1974-2002 Professor of Church History

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Professor Emerita of Church History, Dr. Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez shares memories of many of the first women in theological education at Presbyterian seminaries (including herself) from the 70s through the 90s.

Vincent Greco

Systems Administrator

Phone:

404-687-4561

Email:

GrecoV@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC301 / Box 28F

Dr. Robert B. Griffin

Director, Center for Academic Literacy

Phone:

404-687-4633

Email:

GriffinR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL224 / Box 29F

Rollin Guyden

Director, Instructional Design and Technology

Phone:

404-687-4560

Email:

GuydenR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL223E / Box 11F

Minister Rylan A. Harris

Director, Chapel Music

Phone:

404-687-4531

Email:

HarrisR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH301 / Box 31F

Dr. Tim Hartman

Associate Professor of Theology

Phone:

404-687-4679

Email:

HartmanT@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH306 / Box 16F

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Dr. Hartman’s research interests include contemporary Christian theologies worldwide, Christology, Lived Theology (the interrelationship between religious beliefs and practices), and the work of Kwame Bediako and Karl Barth.

Education:

  • PhD, University of Virginia
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Stanford University

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Douglas W. Hix

Professor Emeritus

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Email:

patriciaanddouglas1950@gmail.com

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1980-1993 Director of Advanced Studies; Associate Professor of Pastoral Studies

Dr. Christopher T. Holmes

Adjunct

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Email:

HolmesC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

/ Box 22F

Dr. Christine J. Hong

Associate Professor of Educational Ministry; Director of DEdMin Program

Phone:

404-687-4659

Email:

HongC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC203 / Box 39F

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Dr. Hong’s research interest includes Asian American studies, child and adolescent behavior and development  and immigrant communities, church history, post-colonial studies, and systematic theology.

Education:

  • PhD, Claremont School of Theology
  • ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, The University of Washington

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

 

David M. Huffine

Vice President, Advancement

Phone:

404-687-4568

Email:

HuffineD@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH101 / Box 12F

Erica Hughes

Academic Coach, Center for Academic Literacy

Phone:

Email:

HughesE@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL230 / Box 29F

Latashia Hughes

Assistant Director, Donor Services

Phone:

404-687-4590

Email:

HughesL@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH7

Katina James

Controller, Assistant Treasurer

Phone:

404-684-6513

Email:

JamesK@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH106 / Box 46F

Dr. E. Elizabeth Johnson

Professor Emerita

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Email:

JohnsonB@CTSnet.edu

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1998-2018 J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament

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Rev. Rhonda M. Johnson

Administrative Assistant, Academic Affairs

Phone:

404-687-4534

Email:

JohnsonR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH107 / Box 25F

Tammy Johnson

Director, Technical Services

Phone:

404-687-4612

Email:

JohnsonT@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL120 / Box 7F

Dr. Julie Josund

Thriving Congregations Grant Project Director Assistant

Phone:

Email:

JosundJ@CTSnet.edu

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Rev. Sharon Junn

Associate Director, Spirituality Programs

Phone:

404-687-4557

Email:

JunnS@CTSnet.edu

Office:

HC204

Rosy Kandathil

Visiting Instructor of Old Testament and Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone:

404-687-4574

Email:

KandathilR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC305 / Box 35F

Rev. Sam Kim

Coordinator, Transnational Ministry

Phone:

404-687-4672

Email:

KimS@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC101

Carlene Knights

Director, Student Financial Services

Phone:

404-687-4582

Email:

KnightsC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH201

Justyn Krzic

Network Systems Administrator

Phone:

404-687-4570

Email:

KrzicJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC305 / Box 28F

Micah Lemon

Security Officer

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Email:

Office:

Rev. Alvin Lingenfelter

Associate Director, Contextual Education

Phone:

404-687-4519

Email:

LingenfelterA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC101 / Box 27F

Dr. Ria L. Martin

Director, Intercultural and Global Services

Phone:

404-687-4673

Email:

MartinR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH212 / Box 18F

Dr. Melinda McGarrah Sharp

Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care; Director of MAPT Program

Phone:

404-687-4542

Email:

McgarrahSharpM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH312 / Box 34F

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Dr. McGarrah Sharp is interested in theologies and practices of pastoral care that take into account diversities, multiplicities, and our shared colonial histories.  To this end, she teaches and studies decolonial or postcolonial pastoral theology, grief and loss, and recognizing and responding with care in the face of complicities in harm.  She works with research partners and students to imagine healing possibilities of truth-telling, creativity, and repair.  She has also researched and written about teaching practical theology, including in the unique contexts of travel/immersion courses and online courses.  Dr. McGarrah Sharp currently directs the MA in Practical Theology program at CTS.

Education:

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University
  • MA,  Vanderbilt University
  • MAR, Yale University Divinity School
  • BA, University of Virginia

Denomination:  United Methodist

Dr. Tony McNeill

Affiliate Professor of Worship & Seminary Musician

Phone:

404-687-4649

Email:

McneillT@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH303 / Box 44F

Mike Medford

Registrar, Academic Affairs

Phone:

404-687-4576

Email:

MedfordM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH113 /Box 11F

Dr. Laura S. Mendenhall

President Emerita

Phone:

Email:

lauramen46@gmail.com

Office:

2000-2009 President

Dr. Martha L. Moore-Keish

J.B. Green Professor of Theology

Phone:

404 687-4652

Email:

Moore-KeishM@ctsnet.edu

Office:

CH313 / Box 30F

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Dr. Moore-Keish’s research interests include Reformed theology, liturgical theology (esp. the theology and practice of the sacraments), and feminist theology. She also has interests in ecumenical theology and interfaith issues including: Reformed-Roman Catholic relations, Christian-Jewish relations, and the religions of India. Dr. Moore-Keish is currently co-editing a book on Karl Barth and Comparative Theology.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Union Theological Seminary
  • AB, Harvard College

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Brandon M. Moore

Evening Library Assistant

Phone:

404-687-4610

Email:

MooreB@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL

Dr. Deborah F. Mullen

Professor Emerita

Phone:

Email:

MullenD@CTSnet.edu

Office:

2010-2016, Executive VP/Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of American Christianity and Black Church Studies, 2017 VP, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Dr. D. Cameron Murchison, Jr.

Professor Emeritus

Phone:

Email:

MurchisonC@CTSnet.edu

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2001 - 2011 Dean of Faculty & Executive VP; 1996 - 2011 Professor of Ministry

Dr. Jacob D. Myers

Wade P. Huie, Jr. Associate Professor of Homiletics, Director of MATS Program

Phone:

404-687-4634

Email:

MyersJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH316 / Box 51F

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Dr. Myers is interested in homiletical theories and theologies, continental philosophies (esp. poststructuralism, existentialism, and phenomenology), and emerging expressions of faith and practice in postmodern, post-Christian contexts. His research focuses on alternative epistemologies for sermon development and delivery, the philosophical and theological conditions for the im/possibility of preaching, contextual/constructive biblical hermeneutics and theologies, and the ways in which preaching interacts with cultures and traditions.

 

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Gardner Webb University

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Sara J. Myers

Professor Emerita

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Email:

Office:

2007 - 2012 Director, John Bulow Campbell Library and Professor of Theological Bibliography

Dr. Raj Nadella

Samuel A. Cartledge Associate Professor of New Testament

Phone:

404 687-4544

Email:

NadellaR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH307 / Box 33F

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Dr. Nadella’s research and teaching interests include postcolonial biblical interpretation, migration and New Testament perspectives on economic justice and their ethical implications for the Church and society. In addition, his research has focused on Mikhail Bakhtin and Biblical Studies.

Education:

  • PhD, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia
  • MABL, Graduate Theological Union
  • MDiv/BD United Theological College, India
  • BTh, Serampore College, India

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

 

Recent Public Scholarship:

  • Contributor, “American Values Religious Voices,” a national campaign featuring letters from 100 scholars from diverse faith traditions to the new administration reinforcing “core American values that should continue to guide us.” Also in book format: American Values, Religious Voices. 100 DAYS. 100 LETTERS, University of Cincinnati Press, 2018.
  • “Seeking Wholeness in an Inherently Flawed System (John 5:1-9),” in The Huffington Post, May 1, 2016.
  • “When War Becomes a Way of Life (2 Samuel 11:1-15),” in The Huffington Post, July 20, 2015.
  • “From Bondage to Freedom: Discovering our Identity as a Freed People called to free others,” in Presbyterians Today, January-March Issue, 2016.
  • Contributed to AIB (Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters) TV Series on Introduction to Christianity. Gave two interviews–“Christianity in India” and “Early Christianity”–that aired in October 2014.
  • “Reorienting Ourselves to the Earth,” an On Scripture essay in The Huffington Post, June 21, 2014.
  • “Fear and Wisdom in the Immigration Debate,” in The Huffington Post, June 23, 2013.

Rev. Ann-Henley Nicholson

Vice President, Enrollment Management and Vocational Outreach

Phone:

404-687-4516

Email:

NicholsonA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC210

Dr. Kathleen M. O'Connor

Professor Emerita

Phone:

Email:

OconnorK@CTSnet.edu

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2005 -2010 William M McPheeters Professor of Old Testament; 1995 - 2004 Professor of Old Testament

Dr. Sue Kim Park

Associate Dean, Contextual Education and International Partnerships

Phone:

404-687-4518

Email:

ParkS@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC101

Rev. Dr. Natasha L. Patterson

Associate Dean, Student Formation

Phone:

404-687-4664

Email:

PattersonN@ctsnet.edu

Office:

CH214 / Box 18F

Dr. John H. Patton

Professor Emeritus

Phone:

Email:

PattonJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

1965-2001 Professor of Pastoral Theology/Director of ThD Program

Emily E. Peterson

Director, Public Services

Phone:

404-687-4661

Email:

PetersonE@ctsnet.edu

Office:

JBCL208 / Box 7F

Dr. Robert H. Ramey

Professor Emeritus

Phone:

Email:

rhramey@mindspring.com

Office:

1979-1995 Professor of Ministry

Dr. Charles E. Raynal

Professor Emeritus

Phone:

Email:

chas.raynal@gmail.com

Office:

1999-2009 Associate Professor of Theology; Director of Advanced Studies

Caitlin Reeves Greenamyre

Director, Archives

Phone:

404-687-4615

Email:

GreenamyreC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL306 / Box 7F

Rev. Matt Rich

Director, Admissions and Enrollment Operations

Phone:

404-687-4517

Email:

RichM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH201 / Box 6F

Dr. Marcia Y. Riggs

J. Erskine Love Professor of Christian Ethics

Phone:

404 687-4537

Email:

RiggsM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC109 / Box 35F

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Dr. Riggs is interested in the relationship between social oppression and socio-religious ethical praxis, ethical discourse that bridges the gap between womanist religious scholarship and the Church’s practice of ministry, the moral foundations for public policy, and the Church`s role in social justice ministry. She was named as a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology for 2017-2018.

Dr. Riggs is the Founder of an applied ethics non-profit center called Still Waters: A Center for Ethical Formation and Practices, Inc.  Still Waters’ mission is to provide education in conflict transformation theory and practices, particularly focusing upon the intersection of religion and violence.  The Center’s latest program is REM (Religious Ethical Mediation) PLAY, interactive dialogues for envisioning practical ways to engage during times of conflict.

Education:

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University
  • MDiv, Yale Divinity School
  • AB, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College

Denomination: Non- Denominational

 

Wendea Ringer

Wonder of Worship Grant Assistant

Phone:

404-687-4505

Email:

RingerW@ctsnet.edu

Office:

RC207 / Box 11F

Alison Riviere

Certificate Programs Coordinator and Thriving in Ministry Grant Project Director Assistant

Phone:

404-687-4592

Email:

RiviereA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

HC203 / Box 42F

Michael Robertson

Public Services Archivist

Phone:

404-687-4628

Email:

RobertsonM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL313

J. Martin Sadler

Vice President, Business and Finance

Phone:

404-687-4512

Email:

SadlerM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH106 / Box 46F

Jody Sauls, PHR

Director, Human Resources; Title IX Coordinator

Phone:

404-687-4654

Email:

SaulsJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH112 / Box 56F

Dr. Stanley P. Saunders

Faculty Emeritus

Phone:

Email:

SaundersS@CTSnet.edu

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1991-2020 Associate Professor of New Testament

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Dr. Saunders’ research interests include “eschatology” in early Christian understandings of “the last days,” the nature of the Church, spirituality, and ecclesial self-definition, with a special interest in the Gospel according to Matthew.

Education:

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Emmanuel School of Religion
  • BA, San Jose Bible College

Denomination: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Robert W. Schoonover

Associate Director, Annual Giving

Phone:

404-687-4622

Email:

SchoonoverR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH7 / Box 12F

Add Seymour

Associate Director, Content Strategy

Phone:

404-687-4548

Email:

SeymourA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH204

Dr. Dustin Smith

Evening Library Assistant

Phone:

404-687-4610

Email:

SmithD@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL

Dr. Mitzi J. Smith

J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament

Phone:

404-687-4563

Email:

SmithM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH309 / Box 26F

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Dr. Smith is interested in close critical readings of sacred texts that attend to justice issues, the perspective and presence of the marginalized and silenced ‘other,’ and the intersection of race, gender, class, sexuality, and religion. She is an expert in womanist and African American biblical interpretation. Smith views her research and teaching as a means of conscientization and social justice activism. Her other foci are ancient and modern slavery and language studies. Smith’s most recent books are Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction (Cascade 2018) co-authored with Yung Suk Kim and Womanist Sass and Talk Back: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality, and Biblical Interpretation (Cascade 2018). She is currently writing a womanist reading of the parables of Jesus (Lexington Books).

 

Education:

  • PhD, Harvard University
  • MDiv, Howard University School of Divinity
  • MA, The Ohio State University
  • BA, Columbia Union College

Denomination:

African Methodist Episcopal

 

Dr. Rebecca F. Spurrier

Associate Dean for Worship Life; Assistant Professor of Worship

Phone:

404-687-4608

Email:

SpurrierR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH300 / Box 50F

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Dr. Spurrier is interested in a theologies and practices of public worship that reflect the beauty and tension that human difference brings to Christian liturgy. Engaging ethnographic theology, disability studies, and liturgical aesthetics, her research explores the hope of human interdependence and the importance of liturgical access for ecclesial practice and Christian community. She integrates a focus on liturgical and practical theology in the classroom with the formation of worship leaders through daily chapel services.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Emory University, Candler School of Theology
  • BA, Calvin College

Denomination:  Mennonite

Rev. Elizabeth "Betsy" Stow

Assistant Director, Public Services

Phone:

404-687-4617

Email:

StowB@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL220 / Box 7F

Dr. George W. Stroup

Phone:

Email:

StroupG@CTSnet.edu

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J.B. Green Professor of Theology 1984-2014

Dr. Nicole Symmonds

Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics

Phone:

404-687-4537

Email:

SymmondsN@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH315 / Box 10F

Michael Teems

Security Officer

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Email:

Office:

Elizabeth Terrell

Security Officer

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Email:

Office:

Felicia R. Thimas

Operations Coordinator, Business Office

Phone:

404-687-4510

Email:

ThimasF@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH106

Greg Thomas

Maintenance

Phone:

404-687-4607

Email:

ThomasG@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC110

Tierra Thomas

Contract ATLA Grant Project Archives Assistant

Phone:

Email:

ThomasT@CTSnet.edu

Office:

Valrie Thompson

Assistant Director, Advancement Operations

Phone:

404-687-4525

Email:

ThompsonV@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH101 / Box 31F

Rev. Dr. Kathryn Threadgill

Vice President and Dean, Student Formation and Campus Culture

Phone:

404-687-4522

Email:

ThreadgillK@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH216

Dr. Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr.

Associate Professor of Ministry; Director of DMin Program

Phone:

404-687-4586

Email:

TribbleJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH107 / Box 25F

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Dr. Tribble is interested in educating and forming persons for the transformative praxis of ministry in Church and society. An ordained elder, former pastor, and presiding elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, he bridges the Church, community, and seminary through his teaching, ministry, and scholarship in the areas of practical theology, congregational studies, ethnographic research, urban church ministry, black church studies, congregational leadership, and evangelism.

Education:

  • PhD, Northwestern University
  • MDiv, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
  • BS, Howard University

Denomination: Africian Methodist Episcopal Zion

 

Jeff Vaughan

Educational Technologist

Phone:

404-687-4635

Email:

VaughanJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC304 / Box 57F

Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Counseling

Phone:

Email:

Walker-BarnesC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH311 / Box 49F

Dr. Haruko Nawata Ward

Professor of Church History

Phone:

404-687-4545

Email:

WardH@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC204 / Box 37F

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Dr. Ward’s research interests include the age of Reformations, the Jesuits, encounters of cultures and religions, women and religious vocation, history of biblical interpretation, history of Christianity in Asia, and justice issues in Church history.

Education:

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MA, New York University
  • BFA, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Ralph C. Watkins

The Peachtree Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth

Phone:

404-687-4536

Email:

WatkinsR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC311

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Dr. Watkin’s work and research centers around building 21st-century churches. His writing and research is done with congregations as they partner to be faithful to the call of being the Body of Christ. He is presently working on ways the Church can use multi-media approaches and web 2.0 strategies to be effective at evangelism and discipleship.

Education:

  • PhD, The University of Pittsburgh
  • DMin, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
  • MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • MA, The University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
  • BA, California State University, Sacramento

Denomination:  African Methodist Episcopal

 

Paul Weary

Central Services Coordinator

Phone:

404-687-4564

Email:

WearyP@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH5 / Box 345

Rev. Dr. Charles A. Wiley

Director, Major Gifts

Phone:

404-687-4671

Email:

WileyC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH101 / Box 31F

Karen Wishart-Christian

Executive Assistant, Academic Affairs

Phone:

404-687-4521

Email:

Wishart-ChristianK@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH114 / Box 11F

Dr. Brian A. Wren

Professor Emeritus

Phone:

Email:

wrenba@earthlink.net

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2000-2007 Conant Professor of Worship

Dr. Christine Roy Yoder

Senior Vice President and Dean of Faculty; J. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Interpretation

Phone:

404-687-4596

Email:

YoderC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH114 / Box 11F

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Dr. Yoder’s research interests include Israelite and ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature; the social-historical and theological dynamics of the post-exilic period; the short stories of Ruth, Esther, and Jonah; and biblical conceptions of the moral self.

Education: 

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Swarthmore College

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. William Yoo

Associate Professor of American Religious and Cultural History; Director of MDiv Program

Phone:

404-687-4589

Email:

YooW@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH305 / Box 2F

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Dr. Yoo has previously written about the transnational histories of American Protestant world missions in Korea and Korean American immigrant religious communities as well as the histories of Presbyterianism and Protestant theological education in the United States. His latest book covers the history and legacy of slavery and anti-Black racism in American Presbyterianism. His current research interests include tracing the histories of racial injustice, settler colonialism, and slavery in the United States and examining Indigenous, Black, and Asian American theologies of freedom and resistance.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • ThM, Emory University
  • MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary
  • BSE, University of Pennsylvania

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

 

Biblical

Dr. Brennan W. Breed

Associate Professor of Old Testament

Phone:

404-687-4553

Email:

BreedB@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC306 / Box 40F

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Dr. Breed’s research focuses on the reception history of the Bible, which traces the divergent uses and understandings of biblical texts from their ancient contexts of production to the present day.  His other interests include Hebrew poetry, biblical theology, textual criticism, ancient and medieval visual art, and philosophy.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, University of Virginia

Denomination:  Episcopal

Dr. William P. Brown

William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament

Phone:

404-687-4584

Email:

BrownB@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC309 / Box 54F

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Dr. Brown has abiding interests in the use of scripture in the life of the church and the world, particularly in the context of ecology and justice.  Specific interests include creation theology, faith and science dialogue, the Psalms, and wisdom literature (Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes). Recent books include The Seven Pillars of Creation: Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder (Oxford University), Wisdom’s Wonder (Wm. B. Eerdmans), and Sacred Sense (Wm. B. Eerdmans). He was named as a Henry Luce III Fellow in theology for 2007-2008.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Whitman College

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Christopher T. Holmes

Adjunct

Phone:

Email:

HolmesC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

/ Box 22F

Rosy Kandathil

Visiting Instructor of Old Testament and Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone:

404-687-4574

Email:

KandathilR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC305 / Box 35F

Dr. Raj Nadella

Samuel A. Cartledge Associate Professor of New Testament

Phone:

404 687-4544

Email:

NadellaR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH307 / Box 33F

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Dr. Nadella’s research and teaching interests include postcolonial biblical interpretation, migration and New Testament perspectives on economic justice and their ethical implications for the Church and society. In addition, his research has focused on Mikhail Bakhtin and Biblical Studies.

Education:

  • PhD, Union Theological Seminary, Virginia
  • MABL, Graduate Theological Union
  • MDiv/BD United Theological College, India
  • BTh, Serampore College, India

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

 

Recent Public Scholarship:

  • Contributor, “American Values Religious Voices,” a national campaign featuring letters from 100 scholars from diverse faith traditions to the new administration reinforcing “core American values that should continue to guide us.” Also in book format: American Values, Religious Voices. 100 DAYS. 100 LETTERS, University of Cincinnati Press, 2018.
  • “Seeking Wholeness in an Inherently Flawed System (John 5:1-9),” in The Huffington Post, May 1, 2016.
  • “When War Becomes a Way of Life (2 Samuel 11:1-15),” in The Huffington Post, July 20, 2015.
  • “From Bondage to Freedom: Discovering our Identity as a Freed People called to free others,” in Presbyterians Today, January-March Issue, 2016.
  • Contributed to AIB (Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters) TV Series on Introduction to Christianity. Gave two interviews–“Christianity in India” and “Early Christianity”–that aired in October 2014.
  • “Reorienting Ourselves to the Earth,” an On Scripture essay in The Huffington Post, June 21, 2014.
  • “Fear and Wisdom in the Immigration Debate,” in The Huffington Post, June 23, 2013.

Dr. Mitzi J. Smith

J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament

Phone:

404-687-4563

Email:

SmithM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH309 / Box 26F

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Dr. Smith is interested in close critical readings of sacred texts that attend to justice issues, the perspective and presence of the marginalized and silenced ‘other,’ and the intersection of race, gender, class, sexuality, and religion. She is an expert in womanist and African American biblical interpretation. Smith views her research and teaching as a means of conscientization and social justice activism. Her other foci are ancient and modern slavery and language studies. Smith’s most recent books are Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction (Cascade 2018) co-authored with Yung Suk Kim and Womanist Sass and Talk Back: Social (In)Justice, Intersectionality, and Biblical Interpretation (Cascade 2018). She is currently writing a womanist reading of the parables of Jesus (Lexington Books).

 

Education:

  • PhD, Harvard University
  • MDiv, Howard University School of Divinity
  • MA, The Ohio State University
  • BA, Columbia Union College

Denomination:

African Methodist Episcopal

 

Dr. Christine Roy Yoder

Senior Vice President and Dean of Faculty; J. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Interpretation

Phone:

404-687-4596

Email:

YoderC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH114 / Box 11F

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Dr. Yoder’s research interests include Israelite and ancient Near Eastern wisdom literature; the social-historical and theological dynamics of the post-exilic period; the short stories of Ruth, Esther, and Jonah; and biblical conceptions of the moral self.

Education: 

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Swarthmore College

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

Historical Doctrinal

Dr. Mark Douglas

Professor of Christian Ethics; Director of ThM Program

Phone:

404-687-4650

Email:

DouglasM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH310 / Box 17F

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Dr. Douglas’s wide-ranging interests include: ethics in neo-orthodox theologies, medical and business ethics, the American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, and the role of religion in political philosophy. He is currently researching and writing at the intersection of environmental issues and conflict studies.

Education:

  • PhD, University of Virginia
  • MDiv, ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Colorado College

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Tim Hartman

Associate Professor of Theology

Phone:

404-687-4679

Email:

HartmanT@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH306 / Box 16F

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Dr. Hartman’s research interests include contemporary Christian theologies worldwide, Christology, Lived Theology (the interrelationship between religious beliefs and practices), and the work of Kwame Bediako and Karl Barth.

Education:

  • PhD, University of Virginia
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Stanford University

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Martha L. Moore-Keish

J.B. Green Professor of Theology

Phone:

404 687-4652

Email:

Moore-KeishM@ctsnet.edu

Office:

CH313 / Box 30F

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Dr. Moore-Keish’s research interests include Reformed theology, liturgical theology (esp. the theology and practice of the sacraments), and feminist theology. She also has interests in ecumenical theology and interfaith issues including: Reformed-Roman Catholic relations, Christian-Jewish relations, and the religions of India. Dr. Moore-Keish is currently co-editing a book on Karl Barth and Comparative Theology.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Union Theological Seminary
  • AB, Harvard College

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Nicole Symmonds

Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics

Phone:

404-687-4537

Email:

SymmondsN@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH315 / Box 10F

Dr. Haruko Nawata Ward

Professor of Church History

Phone:

404-687-4545

Email:

WardH@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC204 / Box 37F

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Dr. Ward’s research interests include the age of Reformations, the Jesuits, encounters of cultures and religions, women and religious vocation, history of biblical interpretation, history of Christianity in Asia, and justice issues in Church history.

Education:

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MA, New York University
  • BFA, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. William Yoo

Associate Professor of American Religious and Cultural History; Director of MDiv Program

Phone:

404-687-4589

Email:

YooW@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH305 / Box 2F

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Dr. Yoo has previously written about the transnational histories of American Protestant world missions in Korea and Korean American immigrant religious communities as well as the histories of Presbyterianism and Protestant theological education in the United States. His latest book covers the history and legacy of slavery and anti-Black racism in American Presbyterianism. His current research interests include tracing the histories of racial injustice, settler colonialism, and slavery in the United States and examining Indigenous, Black, and Asian American theologies of freedom and resistance.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • ThM, Emory University
  • MDiv, Westminster Theological Seminary
  • BSE, University of Pennsylvania

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

 

Practical Theology

Dr. Victor Aloyo

President

Phone:

404-687-4514

Email:

AloyoV@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH110

Dr. Kelly D. Campbell

Associate Dean, Information Services; Senior Director, John Bulow Campbell Library

Phone:

404-687-4547

Email:

CampbellK@CTSnet.edu

Office:

JBCL210 / Box 7F

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Dr. Campbell is passionate about equipping people for learning and life, strategizing to develop best practices, and providing high quality service.  Her current research focuses on leading others to strive for excellence, and contributing to organizations by helping to develop future leaders.

Education:

  • EdD, Pepperdine University
  • MATS, Golden Gate Seminary
  • MLS, Texas Women’s University
  • BS, Wichita State University

Denomination:  Southern Baptist

Dr. Kathy L. Dawson

Benton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education

Phone:

404-687-4579

Email:

DawsonK@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC201 / Box 3F

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Dr. Dawson’s interests revolve around spiritual development, creative teaching methodologies, curriculum theory, and children’s ministry. Her current research explores how parents and the church can have faithful conversations around fantasy literature for children and youth. Dr. Dawson has been chosen 2015 Educator of the Year by the Association of Presbyterian Church Educators.

 

Education:

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Columbia Theological Seminary
  • MA, Presbyterian School of Christian Education
  • BA, California State University

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Anna Carter Florence

Peter Marshall Professor of Preaching

Phone:

404-687-4541

Email:

FlorenceA@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH314 / Box 20F

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Dr. Florence is interested in preaching and public proclamation, and preparing leaders who can speak and listen in multiple contexts for ministry.  Her research focuses on testimony, pedagogies of preaching, the creative process by which communities engage and embody scripture, and how other fields—particularly poetry and theater—offer models for prophetic speech.

Education:

  • PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Yale University

Denomination: Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Israel Galindo

Associate Dean, Lifelong Learning

Phone:

404-687-4558

Email:

GalindoI@CTSnet.edu

Office:

HC210 / Box 42F

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Dr. Galindo’s interests are in the areas of congregational and organizational leadership, instruction and pedagogy, educational assessment, and Christian faith formation.  His work in lifelong learning includes helping leaders apply Bowen Family Systems theory for healthy and effective functioning in home and work settings.

Education:

  • EdD, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • MRE, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
  • BA, Northeastern Bible College

Denomination:  American Baptist

Dr. Christine J. Hong

Associate Professor of Educational Ministry; Director of DEdMin Program

Phone:

404-687-4659

Email:

HongC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

RC203 / Box 39F

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Dr. Hong’s research interest includes Asian American studies, child and adolescent behavior and development  and immigrant communities, church history, post-colonial studies, and systematic theology.

Education:

  • PhD, Claremont School of Theology
  • ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, The University of Washington

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

 

Dr. Melinda McGarrah Sharp

Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care; Director of MAPT Program

Phone:

404-687-4542

Email:

McgarrahSharpM@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH312 / Box 34F

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Dr. McGarrah Sharp is interested in theologies and practices of pastoral care that take into account diversities, multiplicities, and our shared colonial histories.  To this end, she teaches and studies decolonial or postcolonial pastoral theology, grief and loss, and recognizing and responding with care in the face of complicities in harm.  She works with research partners and students to imagine healing possibilities of truth-telling, creativity, and repair.  She has also researched and written about teaching practical theology, including in the unique contexts of travel/immersion courses and online courses.  Dr. McGarrah Sharp currently directs the MA in Practical Theology program at CTS.

Education:

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University
  • MA,  Vanderbilt University
  • MAR, Yale University Divinity School
  • BA, University of Virginia

Denomination:  United Methodist

Dr. Tony McNeill

Affiliate Professor of Worship & Seminary Musician

Phone:

404-687-4649

Email:

McneillT@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH303 / Box 44F

Dr. Jacob D. Myers

Wade P. Huie, Jr. Associate Professor of Homiletics, Director of MATS Program

Phone:

404-687-4634

Email:

MyersJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH316 / Box 51F

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Dr. Myers is interested in homiletical theories and theologies, continental philosophies (esp. poststructuralism, existentialism, and phenomenology), and emerging expressions of faith and practice in postmodern, post-Christian contexts. His research focuses on alternative epistemologies for sermon development and delivery, the philosophical and theological conditions for the im/possibility of preaching, contextual/constructive biblical hermeneutics and theologies, and the ways in which preaching interacts with cultures and traditions.

 

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary
  • BA, Gardner Webb University

Denomination:  Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dr. Sue Kim Park

Associate Dean, Contextual Education and International Partnerships

Phone:

404-687-4518

Email:

ParkS@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC101

Dr. Rebecca F. Spurrier

Associate Dean for Worship Life; Assistant Professor of Worship

Phone:

404-687-4608

Email:

SpurrierR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH300 / Box 50F

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Dr. Spurrier is interested in a theologies and practices of public worship that reflect the beauty and tension that human difference brings to Christian liturgy. Engaging ethnographic theology, disability studies, and liturgical aesthetics, her research explores the hope of human interdependence and the importance of liturgical access for ecclesial practice and Christian community. She integrates a focus on liturgical and practical theology in the classroom with the formation of worship leaders through daily chapel services.

Education:

  • PhD, Emory University
  • MDiv, Emory University, Candler School of Theology
  • BA, Calvin College

Denomination:  Mennonite

Dr. Jeffery L. Tribble, Sr.

Associate Professor of Ministry; Director of DMin Program

Phone:

404-687-4586

Email:

TribbleJ@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH107 / Box 25F

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Dr. Tribble is interested in educating and forming persons for the transformative praxis of ministry in Church and society. An ordained elder, former pastor, and presiding elder of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, he bridges the Church, community, and seminary through his teaching, ministry, and scholarship in the areas of practical theology, congregational studies, ethnographic research, urban church ministry, black church studies, congregational leadership, and evangelism.

Education:

  • PhD, Northwestern University
  • MDiv, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
  • BS, Howard University

Denomination: Africian Methodist Episcopal Zion

 

Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Counseling

Phone:

Email:

Walker-BarnesC@CTSnet.edu

Office:

CH311 / Box 49F

Dr. Ralph C. Watkins

The Peachtree Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth

Phone:

404-687-4536

Email:

WatkinsR@CTSnet.edu

Office:

BLC311

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Dr. Watkin’s work and research centers around building 21st-century churches. His writing and research is done with congregations as they partner to be faithful to the call of being the Body of Christ. He is presently working on ways the Church can use multi-media approaches and web 2.0 strategies to be effective at evangelism and discipleship.

Education:

  • PhD, The University of Pittsburgh
  • DMin, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
  • MFA, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • MA, The University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
  • BA, California State University, Sacramento

Denomination:  African Methodist Episcopal