REBECCA S. CHOPP President 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081 610-328-8314 [email protected]

Education

Ph.D. , 1983 M.Div. St. Paul School of Theology, 1977 B.A. Kansas Wesleyan University, 1974

Positions Held

2009-present President, Swarthmore College 2002-2009 President and Professor of Philosophy and Religion, 2001 Dean and Titus Street Professor of Theology, Yale Divinity School, 1998-2001 Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1997-98 Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Emory University 1996 Charles Howard Candler Professor of Theology, Emory University 1993-97 Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs, Candler School of Theology 1993 Professor of Theology, Candler School of Theology and Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University 1991-93 Director of Graduate Studies, Institute for Women's Studies, Emory University 1989-93 Associate Professor, Candler School of Theology and Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University 1987 Associate Faculty, Institute for Women's Studies, Emory University Associate Faculty, Institute for Liberal Arts, Emory University 1986-89 Assistant Professor, Candler School of Theology and Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University 1982-86 Assistant Professor of Theology, University of Chicago Divinity School

Selected Scholarships/Fellowships/Awards

2008 Professional Achievement Citation, University of Chicago 2003 D.D. Lafayette University, Easton, Pennsylvania 2001 D.D. Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA 1997 Alumna of the Year, University of Chicago Divinity School 1995 Founder's Day Award, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas 1991 Distinguished Alumna Award, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri 1990 Alumni Achievement Award, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, Kansas 1990 Luce Fellow, Emory University 1982 Superior Pass, Ph.D. Qualifying Exams, University of Chicago 1981-82 Dempster Fellowship Recipient, United Methodist Board of Higher Education 1977 Graduate with Highest Honors, Saint Paul School of Theology 1976 Bishop Frank Fellowship, Saint Paul School of Theology 1974 Faculty Award for Most Outstanding Scholarship, Saint Paul School of Theology 1 1974 Magna Cum Laude, Kansas Wesleyan University

Professional Organizations

Leadership Member, Division I Presidential Advisory Group, 2008-present National Survey of Student Engagement, National Advisory Board, 2007-present Board of Directors, Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2006 Chair, Council of Presidents, Patriot League, 2006-2008 American Association of Colleges and Universities, 2006-Executive Committee, Campus Compact, New York State, 2006 Executive Committee, New York Campus Compact, 2006 Executive Committee, Annapolis Group, 2005-present Board of Directors, American Council of Learned Societies, 2004-2006 Vice Chair, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2001-2008 President, American Academy of Religion, 2001 President-Elect, American Academy of Religion, 2000 Vice President, American Academy of Religion, 1999 President, American Academy of Religion Southeast Region, 1994-present Co-chair, Workgroup on Constructive Theology, 1987-92 Chair, Rhetoric and Religious Discourse Workgroup, American Academy of Religion, 1986-92

Membership AAU Provost Aquinas Center Board of Directors, 1997-present The American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annapolis Group, 2002-present American Council on Education, 2002-present Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2002-present The Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) AAR Awards for Excellence, Judging Panel, 1996-2000 Council on Scholarship and Research, ATS, 1993-96 Modern Language Association Westminster Schools Board of Trustees, Atlanta, Georgia Workgroup on Constructive Theology, 1986-present

Editorial Editor, Theology, Religious Studies Review, 1989-1993 Editor, At-Large, Christian Century , 1989-1995 Editorial Board, Emory Theological Studies, Scholars Press, 1990-2000 Editorial Board, Religion and Ideology, Cambridge University Press, 1990-2000 Editorial Board, Journal of Religion, 1992-present Editorial Board, Word and World, 1994-2002 Editorial Board, International Journal of Practical Theology, 1996 Publishing Committee, AAR, 1992-1995

2 Publications

Books: Differing Horizons: Feminist Theory and Theology, ed. Rebecca S. Chopp and Sheila Davaney (Fortress Press, 1997)

Saving Work: Feminist Practices of Theological Education (Westminster Press, 1995)

Reconstructing Christian Theology ed. with introduction by Rebecca S. Chopp and Mark Kline Taylor (Fortress Press, 1994, Korean Edition, 1999)

The Power to Speak: Feminism, Language, God (Crossroads, 1989)

The Praxis of Suffering: An Interpretation of Liberation and Political Theologies (Orbis Press, 1986)

Articles:

“Living Lives of Integrity and Truth,” Journal of College and Character, Volume VII, No. 6, July 2006 1-10.

“Spotlight on Teaching: Loving the Future,” AAR Religious Studies News, October 2005.

“An Agenda for Higher Education,” Roads to Reconciliation: Conflict and Dialogue in the Twenty-First Century” ed. Amy Benson Brown and Karen M. Poremski (M.E. Sharpe, 2005).

“University as Global City: A New Way of Seeing Today’s Academy,” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, vol. 36 no. 2 (March/April 2004) 44-51.

“Beyond the Founding Fratricidal Conflict: A Tale of Three Cities,” The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 70:3 (2002) 461-474.

“ What’s Old is New Again: Alternative Strategies for Supporting Faculty,” Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 33(2001) 41-46, co-authors Susan Frost and Martin Jean.

“Religious Characteristics of US Women Physicians,” Social Science & Medicine, 49 (1999) pp. 1717-1722, co-authors Erica Frank, Mary Lynn Dell.

“Reimaging Public Discourse,” Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essay on James H. Cone’s Black Theology & Black Power. ed. Dwight N. Hopkins (Orbis Press, 1999).

“A Particular Vision: New Ways of Thinking about Theological Education,” Practical Divinity: Readings in Wesleyan Theology, Volume Two, ed. Thomas A. Langford (Abingdon Press, 1999)

“A Rhetorical Paradigm for Pedagogy,” Teaching the Bible: The Discourses and Politics of Biblical Pedagogy, ed. Fernando F. Segovia and Mary Ann Tolbert (Orbis Books, 1998)

“Theorizing Feminist Theology,” Horizons in Feminist Theology, ed. Rebecca S. Chopp and Sheila Davaney (Fortress Press, 1997)

3 “American Feminist Theology,” The Modern Theologians (2nd. Ed.) ed. David Ford (Blackwell Publishers, 1997)

“Bearing Witness: Traditional Faith in Contemporary Expression,” Quarterly Review (Fall, 1997)

“Christian Moral Imagination, A Feminist Practical Theology and the Future of Theological Education,” International Journal of Practical Theology (Spring, 1997): 97-107

“In the Real World: Feminist Theologies and the Church,” Quarterly Review (Spring, 1996): 3-22

"Praxis," and "Theological Method," Dictionary of Feminist Theologies (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press) pp. 181-182; pp. 221-222

“Cultivating Theological Scholarship,” Theological Education Vol. XXXII, (November, 1995): 79-84

"Beyond Narratives: Cone's Martin and Malcolm and America," Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Vol. 48, No. 1-2, (August, 1994): 19-26 "Anointed to Preach: Speaking of Sin in the Midst of Grace," The Portion of the Poor: Good News to the Poor in the Wesleyan Tradition ed. M. Douglas Meeks (Nashville: Abingdon, 1994)

"For Her Own Sake: Women and Theological Education,” Holy Ground Volume One, November, 1994

"Feminist Queries and Metaphysical Musings," Modern Theology (September, 1994): 42-67

"Foreword," The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability Nancy L. Eiesland (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994)

"From Patriarchy Into Freedom: A Conversation Between American Feminist Theology and French Feminist Theory," Transfigurations ed. Maggie Kim, Susan St. Ville, and Susan Simonitis (Fortress, 1993)

"Naming the Mutations of Sin in North America: Feminist Theology as Critical Theory," The Ecumenist ed. Gregory Baum, October, 1994

"Recent Works in Systematic Theology," Review Essay Religious Studies Review, Fall, 1993

"A Feminist Perspective: Christianity, Democracy and Feminist Theology in Christianity and Democracy in Global Context ed. John Witte, Jr. (Westview Press, 1993)

"Feminist Theology," Handbook for Christian Theology ed. Joe Price and Don Musser (Abingdon, 1991)

"Voices of Challenge, Voices of Hope," Whom Shall We Send? A Dialogue on the Itinerary ed. Donald E. Messer (Nashville: Abingdon, 1991)

"Liberating Christian Ministry," Clergy Ethics in a Changed Society ed. Jim Wind (Westminster, 1991)

"Praxis," The Catholic Dictionary of Spirituality (Michael Glazier: 1991)

"Situating the Structure: Prophetic Feminism in Theological Education," The Structure of Theological Education ed. Barbara Wheeler and Edward Farley (Westminster, 1991)

4 Pastoral Theology and Liberation Theology, co-authored with Duane Parker, The Journal of Pastoral Care, (October, 1990)

"Emerging Issues and Theological Education," ATS Theological Education 26:2 (Spring, 1990): 106-124

"Latin American Liberation Theology," The Modern Theologians, Vol. II ed. David F. Ford (Basil Blackwell, 1989)

"Feminist Theology as Political Theology: Visions on the Margins," Theology, Politics and Peace. ed. Ted Runyon (Orbis, 1989)

"Palm Sunday Christianity," Christian Century March 15, 1989

"Diluting Our Witness," Christian Century February 1, 1989

"Seeing and Naming the World Anew: The Works of Rosemary Radford Ruether," Religious Studies Review (January, 1989) "Beyond Liberal Theology," Ministry and Mission (Spring 1987): Vol. 12, No. 2

"Practical Theology and Liberation," Formation and Reflection ed. Louis Mudge and James Poling (Fortress, 1987)

"Theological Persuasion: Rhetoric, Warrants and Suffering," Worldview and Warrants ed. William Schweiker and Per Anderson (University Press of America, 1987)

"Feminism's Theological Pragmatics: A Social Naturalism of Women's Experience," Journal of Religion (April, 1987)

"Response to W. Clark Gilpin: The Chicago School," Criterion 25:3 (1986)

"The Interruption of the Forgotten," Concilium (October, 1984): 19-25. (printed in eight languages)

"A Model of Ministry for Theological Education," Criterion Vol. 21 (Autumn, 1982): 7-10

Selected Professional Presentations

Religion, the University and the Public,” Law and Religion Conference, Emory Law School, Emory University, October 26, 2007

“American Education in the 21st Century: Liberal Arts in a Global Context,” Peking University, Peking, China, March 9, 2006

“Meaning and Purpose,” Keynote speech at conference on Hidden Wholeness: Students Search for Meaning and Purpose,” College Student Values Conference, February 3, 2006

“How Effectively are Colleges Dealing with Students’ Religious Interests and Engagement?” Little Switzerland, North Carolina, September 9, 2005

5 “Education and Economic Development,” Metropolitan Development Association, Syracuse, New York, June 2, 2005

“The Future of Higher Education in the 21st Century Global Context,” Syracuse University Roundtable, Syracuse, New York, October 30, 2003

The Wiley Lectures, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California, February 9-11, 2003

“New Kinds of Faculty, New Forms of Funding, New Shapes of Research,” Keynote, American Council of Learned Societies, November 1, 2001

“Educating for a New Century,” Lecture Series, METHSCO, Delaware, Ohio, October

“Academic Freedom at Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities,” AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 20, 1999

“Pragmatism and Religious Thought: Agendas for the Future,” AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 20, 1999

“To Set A New: To Set Aright: Higher Education in the 21st Century,” SCUP Annual Meeting, July 28, 1999

“Ethics, Leadership, and Values in Higher Education” Sam Nunn Forum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, March 19-23, 1999

“Women & Leadership” Candler Women’s Week, October 7, 1998

“Teaching as Wonder” Teaching Awards Banquet, Emory University, September 24, 1998

“Reimagining Public Discourse” Black Theology Conference, University of Chicago Divinity School, April 2, 1998

“Theological Practices and Practicing Theology,” University of Gronigen, February 24, 1998 “Practicing Christianity Faithfully,” Robert Denham Lecture, Candler School of Theology Minister’s Week, January 12, 1998

“Theology and the Poetics of Testimony,” University of Chicago Divinity School, Alumna of the Year Address, October, 10, 1997

"The Future of Higher Education in the U.S.," Presidential Address, American Academy of Religion Southeast Region, Macon, Georgia, March 12, 1997

“Reading Ruth: Women, Spirituality and Religious Traditions,” Georgia Psychologists Association, Atlanta, Georgia, May 17, 1996

“Vision and Voice: Religion and Pluralism in the U.S. Context,” Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, March 7-8, 1996

“Cultivating Communities of Compassion: Public Spaces and Civic Discourse,” Great Teachers Series, Emory University, February 20, 1996 6

“Do Students Learn What Teachers Teach?” Emory University, February 13, 1996

Response to Walter Bruggeman, “Texts that Linger, Words that Explode,” Endowment for Biblical Research at AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1995

"Cultivating Scholarship," ATS Council on Scholarship and Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September, 30, 1995

“Feminist Values, Christian Visions,” Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, September 28, 1995

“Life Together,” Convocation Address, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California, September 20, 1995

"The Already and the Not Yet: Symbols of Transfiguration in Art, Literature and Theology," Pacific School of Religion Summer Session, Berkeley, California, June 19-23, 1995

"Christology of Varied Faces," Voegtle Lectures, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, March 16, 1995

"Education, Imagination, and Compassion," Founder's Day Address, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas, February 8, 1994

"Theological Signs of Hope," Christian Education Conference, Candler School of Theology, Feb. 2, 1995

"The Body as Icon in American Society," Columbia Theological Seminary Series, AIB, Channel 52

"Speaking Freedom: Reforming the Reformation on Proclamation," The Greenhoe Lectures, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, October 24, 1994

"Democracy, Rights, and Religious Communities," Annual Atlanta Clergy and Laity Concerned Dinner, October 20, 1994 "Women in Psychology in the Nineties: Integrity vs. Despair," Georgia Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, September 25, 1994

"Knowledge, Community, and Diversity," Convocation Address, Candler School of Theology, August 30, 1994

"Developing Your Role as a Scholar," ATS Symposium, Montreal, Canada, August 5-6, 1994

"Emerging Religious Movements and Christian Communities," Ecclesio-genesis Conference, Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, July 9, 1994

"The Power to Speak and the Fear of Babel," Conference on Language, Religion and Multiculturalism, Shalom Center, Augusta College, South Dakota, June 6-9, 1994

"Does Theology Work?" Cole Lectures, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee, February 7-8, 1994

7 "Postmodernity and Women's Agency," paper presented in the Religion and Social Sciences Section AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, November 21, 1994

"Theology and Cultural Criticism," panel presentation in Theology and Religious Reflection Group, AAR/SBL lecture, Chicago, Illinois, November 21, 1994

"Transformations," Alumni Week Lectures, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, November 1-2, 1994

"A Critical Revision of American Pragmatism," Highlands Institute, Highlands, North Carolina, June 15, 1993

"The Nature of Justice in the Life of Community," LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia, April 29, 1993

"The Models of Conversation in Public Theologies," Trinity Institute, New York, New York, February 5-6, 1993

"Postmodernism and Biblical Interpretation," Conference on Contexuality and Biblical Interpretation, Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee, January 24, 1993

Presentation, Ministers' Week, Candler School of Theology, January 11, 1993

"Theology and Culture in North America," Continuing Education Workshop, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, January, 4, 1993

"Moral Agency and Women and Narratives," The Highlands Institute, Highlands, North Carolina, October 14, 1992

"The Use of Poetry in Teaching," ATS Symposium, New York, New York, November, 1993

"The Relation of Integration and Separation in Martin and Malcolm and America," AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 14, 1992 "Idolatry, Oppression, and Injustice: A Reconstruction of Sin in North America," Oxford Institute, Oxford, England, July 29, 1993

Arlington Lecture Series, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, April 10, 1992

"Christian Prophetic Pragmatism and American Public Discourse," Conference on American Religion and Its Public Expressions, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 4, 1992

"Spiritual Poetics and Practices," Decorah College, Decorah, Iowa, March 8, 1992

Wesleyan Lecture Series, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, Virginia, February 20, 1992

"Christianity, Democracy and Feminist Theology," Christianity and Democracy Conference, Emory Law School, November 16, 1992

"Politics and Christian Prophetic Movements in the U.S.," ILA presentation, Emory University, October 22, 1992 8

Response to Stony the Road We Trod, AAR/SBL Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, November 25, 1991

"Towards a New Theological Understanding of Culture," The Wertsh Lecture Series, St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, September 25-26, 1991

"The Mission of Theological Education and the Church," Convocation on United Methodist Theological Education, World Methodist Conference, Singapore, July 22, 1991

"The Subject of Feminist Theology," Conference on French Feminism and Feminist Theology, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois, April 26-28, 1991

"Fierce Grace and Feminist Praxis" and "Theological Practices and the Politics of Culture," Faculty Lectures, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC., April 16, 1991

"Prophetic Theologies in North America," Conference on Liberation Theologies in the Caribbean, Jamaica Council of Churches, Kingston, Jamaica, March 15-16, 1991

"Theology and the Public Church," Congregational Studies Project, Miami, Florida, February 27, 1991

Duke Women's Studies Annual Lectures, Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina, January 16- 17, 1991

"Pastoral Theology and Liberation Theology," CPE National Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 9, 1990

"Religion and Power: Use and Abuse in the Contemporary World," 12th National Workshop on Christian Jewish-Relations, Chicago, Illinois, November 4-7, 1990

"Suffering, Hope and American Culture," Menninger's Clinic, Topeka, Kansas, October 25, 1990

"Writing Women's Stories: New Narratives for American Culture," and "Theological Portraits and Bible Stories: Theological Reflections on Family Functions in North America." Memphis Theological Seminary, October 15 and 16, 1990

"The Politics of Suffering in North America," and "The Poetics of Hope in North America," Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, October 9, 1990

"Ministry Studies and Practical Theology," Panel Presentation, Harvard Divinity School, April 16, 1990

"Emerging Issues for Theological Education in the University," Presenter and Moderator, Consultation on Emerging Issues, Atlanta, Georgia, April 6-8, 1990

"Feminist Theory and Ethics," University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, March 30, 1990

"Naming God and the Poetics of Desire," Kulenkamp Lecture Series, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, March 6-7, 1990

9 "The Craggy Creature of Theology and Joseph's Narrative," Association of Church Business Administrators, 1990 Annual Conference, July 6-9, 1990

Review of Jacqueline Grant's White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus, ITC, Atlanta, Georgia, March 5, 1990

"Vocation and the Christian Tradition," Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, Kansas, January 12, 1990

"Tillich, Ambiguity and Transformation," Banquet Address, Annual Meeting of the Paul Tillich Society, Anaheim, California, November 17, 1989

"Evangelical Theology and Liberation Theology," Evangelical Caucus, Candler School of Theology, November 15, 1989

"Women, Word and the Church," Hartford Women's Week, Hartford Theological Seminary, November 4-5, 1989

"Emerging Visions From Liberation Theology," National Association of Campus Ministers, Atlanta, Georgia, March, 1989

"Liberation Theology," Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia, March 5-6, 1989

"Scripture, Proclamation and Literary Theory," Panel Presentation on Religion and Critical Theory, Modern Language Association, December 27, 1988

"Feminist Models of Pastoral Care," CPE, Didactic, Emory Hospital, December 11, 1988

Panelist, Aquinas Institute, Emory University, October 27, 1988

"Towards the Future in Evangelism," Response to Gabriel Fackre, Evangelism Conference, Candler School of Theology, October 11, 1988

Response to Howard Clinebell, Pastoral Care Symposium, Emory University, September 26, 1988

"A Liberationist Critique of the Ethics and Forms of Modern Ministry," Park Ridge Center, September, 1988

"Inclusivity-Multiplicity," Faculty Retreat, Candler School of Theology, 1988

"Feminism, Semiotics and Politics," Politics and Religion Conference, University of Chicago Divinity School, May, 1988

"The Feminist Stake in Political Theology," Theology, Politics and Peace Conference, Candler School of Theology, April 21-23, 1988

"Spirituality, Women and the Word," Southeastern Regional American Academy of Religion, March 18, 1988

"Contemporary Critical Theory and Theology," Lecture Series, York University, Toronto, Canada, February 3-5, 1988 10

"Modern Theology, Liberation Theology and Practical Theology," Institute of Visiting Scholars, Candler School of Theology, January 8, 1988

"Kristeva, Religion and the Death of the Father," Institute of Liberal Arts, Emory University, November 17, 1987

"When the Center Cannot Contain the Margins," Conference on Theological Education, University of Chicago Divinity School, October 8-11, 1987

"On Reading Texts," Panel Presentation, Faculty Retreat, Candler School of Theology, August 25, 1987

"Women, Work, and Transformation," Women's Institute, Candler School of Theology, Atlanta, Georgia, July 15, 1987

"Feminist Pedagogy and Scholarship," Emory Women's Scholars Forum, February 27, 1987

"In Praise of God's Glory: Theological Discourse and the Word of God," Minister's Week, Candler School of Theology, January 13, 1987

"Feminist Trends in the Study of Religion," Emory University Forum, December 5, 1986

"Method and Vision: Social Naturalism," AAR Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, November 24, 1986

"Feminist Theology and Curriculum Reform," Candler Woman's Caucus, November 18, 1986

Belk Lectures, Georgian Wesleyan University, Macon, Georgia, October 16-17, 1986

"Making the Poor the Rich: The Dialogue of Radical Prophecy and the Dialogue of Progressive Reform," Hyde Park Ecumenical Conference, October, 1985

"Liberation Theology and Perspectives on Religion," University of Texas at Austin, September, 1985 "Making the Poor the Rich: Rhetoric vs. Strategy in the Bishop's Letter on the Economy," Annual Catholic Theological Society Meeting, May, 1985

"Education, The Public and the Nuclear Crisis," Conference on Nuclear Proliferation and Higher Education, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1985

"The Warrants of Praxis in Theological Discourse," Iowa State University, Department of Philosophy, March, 1985

"The Future of Political Theology," AAR Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, December 9, 1984

"Towards a Feminist Anthropology," AAR Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, December 20, 1983

University Service

Curriculum/Academic Affairs Academic Affairs Committee, Board of Trustees, Emory University, 1997-2001 11 Presidential Advisory Committee, Emory University, 1997-2001 Academic Review Committee, Chair, Candler School of Theology, 1994-97 Curricular Area Chairs, Chair, Candler School of Theology, 1994-97 Task Force on MTS and M.Div. Honors Programs, Candler School of Theology, 1994-97 Task Force on Faculty Conversation, Co-Chair, Candler School of Theology, 1994-97 Professional Studies Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1993-97 Task Force on Infrastructure, Chair, Candler School of Theology, 1996 Advanced Studies Committee, Candler School of Theology, Chair, 1991-92 Executive Committee, Graduate Division of Arts and Sciences, Emory University, 1990-92 Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, Emory University, 1989-92 Task Force on Recruitment of Minority Students, Candler School of Theology, Chair, 1989 Women's Studies Graduate Committee, Emory University, 1988-94 Curriculum Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1987-88 Committee on Degrees, University of Chicago Divinity School 1983-85

Governance/Planning University Budget Committee, Yale, 2001 International Studies at Yale University, 2001 Emory West Steering Committee, 1999-2000 Healthcare Strategic Planning Advisory Board, 1998- 2001 Board of Councilors, The Carter Center, 1998 - 2001 President’s Cabinet, Emory University, 1998-2001 Administrative Council, Emory University, 1998-2001 Council of Deans, Emory University, 1998- 2001 Ways and Means Committee, Emory University, 1998-2001 Council of Deans and Directors, Emory University, 1997-1998 Program and Budget, Emory University, 1997-1998 Strategic Planning Committee, Emory University, 1997-2001 Women's Center for Excellence in Health Board, Health Sciences, Emory University, 1977-2001 Commission on Teaching, Chair, Emory University, 1996-2001 Task Force on Faculty Handbook Revision, Candler School of Theology, 1996-1997 Task Force on Faculty Work Load, Candler School of Theology, 1995-96 Personnel and Academic Policy Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1994-1996 Task Force on Faculty Conversation, Co-Chair, Candler School of Theology, 1994-96 Accreditation Process for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Steering Committee, 1991-93 Committee on Mission and Institutional Effectiveness, Chair, Accreditation Process for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 1991-93 Committee on the Study of Religion in the University, Emory University, 1991-92 Steering Committee, Youth Theology Institute, Candler School of Theology, 1991-92 Ethics Center Committee, Emory University, 1989-91 Presidential Commission on the Status and Role of Women, Emory University, 1986-90 Long Range Planning Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1986-87 Personnel and Academic Planning Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1986-88

Community Life Student Government Academic Affairs Committee, Emory University, 1997-2001 Student Government Liaison, Candler School of Theology, 1994-1996 Faculty-Student Dinner Conversations Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1995-96 12 Amnesty International Advisor, Candler School of Theology, 1995-96 Evangelical Caucus, Candler School of Theology, 1993, 1996 Orientation Planning Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1994-97 Community Life Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1989-90, 1994-96 Women’s Studies Committee, Candler School of Theology, 1987-90

Emory Searches Vice Provost, Information Technology, 1998 Dean, Oxford College, 1998-99 Dean, Nursing School, 1998-99 Dean, Business School, 1997 Vice-President for Research, Emory University, 1996 Black Church Studies Director, Search Committee Chair, Candler School of Theology, 1996 Christian Education Faculty Position, Candler School of Theology, 1994-95 Baptist Studies Director, Candler School of Theology, 1995 Graduate Dean, Emory University, 1994-96 Women’s Studies and Anthropology, Faculty Position, Emory University, 1994-95 Director for Women in Theology and Ministry, Search Committee Chair, Candler School of Theology, 1993-94 Theology School Dean, Candler School of Theology, 1990-91 Director for Institute of Women’s Studies, Emory University, 1990-91 University Chaplain, Emory University, 1989-91 Department of Religion Chair, Emory University, 1988 Black Church Studies Director, Candler School of Theology, 1988 Reformation Studies, Faculty Position, University of Chicago, 1984-85

Provost Reports: Emory University Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Senior Vice Provost for Administration Vice Provost for Information Technology Vice Provost for University Libraries Vice Provost for Institutional Planning and Research Vice President for Research Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Studies Vice President and Dean, Emory College Dean, Admissions Dean, Business School Dean, Law School Dean, Medical School Dean, Nursing School Dean, Oxford College Dean, School of Public Health Dean, Theology School Director, Center for Ethics Director, Financial Aid Director, Michael C. Carlos Museum Director, Women’s Center Provost Co-Reports Senior Vice President and Dean, Campus Life

13 Dean Reports: Yale Divinity School Dean for Academic Affairs Dean of Students Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Director of Development Director of Finance and Administration Director of Alumni Affairs Director of Publications and Public Relations

Dissertations Advised

Cynthia Blakely, Institute of Liberal Arts, "A Feminist Reinterpretation of Dreams and Dream Theory"

Don Compier, Graduate Division of Religion, "Denouncing Death: John Calvin's Critique of Sin and Contemporary Rhetorical Theology."

Millicent Feske, Graduate Division of Religion, "A Reading of Sacrificial Elements in Modern Christology"

Sheila Hughes, Institute of Liberal Arts, "Bridging Bodies of Work: The Poetic and the Prophetic in Women's Literature and Feminist Theology.”

Janet Jakobsen, Graduate Division of Religion, "The Gendered Division of Moral Labor and the Possibilities for a Responsible Feminist Ethic."

Ken Langston, Graduate Division of Religion, “Christology and American Public Discourse”

Laura Levitt, Graduate Division of Religion, "Reconfiguring Home: Jewish Feminist Identity/ies"

Vivian May, Institute of Women’s Studies, “dividing Lines and Binding Words: Discursive Subjectivity in Contemporary Canadian and American Literature”

James Nieman, Graduate Division of Religion, "Local Theologies in American Protestantism: Proposals Toward a Method for Research" Barbara Patterson, Institute of Liberal Arts, "Fasting Women and Anorexia Nervosa: Gestures of Spiritual Self-Transformation"

Craig Stein, Graduate Division of Religion, "Schleiermacher's Construction of the Subject in the Introduction to the Christian Faith: Subjectivity, Tasks, and Discourses"

Elaine Robinson, Graduate Division of Religion, “Augustine, Imagination and Hope.”

Elaine Schwartzentruber, Graduate Division of Religion "‘They were all together and had everything in common’: Ecclesiology and Community in Modern and Postmodern Theology.”

Jennifer Thompson, Graduate Division of Religion, “Incarnational Witness: Womanist Transfigurations of the Erotic in Contemporary Black Women’s Literature”

R. Michael Wyatt, Graduate Division of Religion, "Experience and Community: Twelve-Step Program Theory, American Pragmatism, and Christian Theology" 14

Mary Ann Zimmer, Graduate Division of Religion, “Catholic Theology and Domestic Work”

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