1 PEACE PYUNGHWA LEE [email protected] | 612.239.4637 | Durham, NC
Education Duke Divinity School Durham, NC Th.D. in Homiletics with a minor in Black Theology 2016- present Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ M.DIV & MA in Spiritual & Missional Formation 2012-2016 Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development Camp Hill, PA Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guides 2014-2016 Macalester College Saint Paul, MN BA in English (minors in Political Theory & Philosophy) 2005-2009
Research Interests Homiletical Theory & History, Liturgics, Preaching and Politics, Contemplative Spirituality, Minoritized Theologies, Theopoetics, Post/Decolonialism
Languages Korean (native), Spanish (reading), Mandarin Chinese (basic)
Publications Narrative Article: “A Word to Live By,” in ChristianityNext: Asian Americans And Evangelicals, ed.Young Lee Hertig. Winter 2019 Translation: “Falling and Rising: Korean Protestant Preaching and the Possibility of Apophatic Theology” by Young-Hyun Choi in International Journal of Homiletics Vol 3 (2018) Review of Ways of the Word: Learning to Preach For Your Time and Place in Asian American Theological Forum. 2018.
Honors, Awards, Workgroups, and Certificates Doctoral Fellowship, The Forum for Theological Exploration 2019-2020 Graduate Scholar Award, Korean American Scholarship Foundation 2016-2019 PHD Lab in Digital Knowledge, Duke 2018-2019 Religions and Public Life Graduate Student Workgroup, Duke 2018-2019 Summer scholar, INIRE International Conference & Summer School in Leipzig summer 2018 Doctoral Fellowship, The Louisville Institute 2017-2019 Duke Divinity School Center for Reconciliation – Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative summer 2017 The John T. Galloway Award in Expository Preaching, Princeton Seminary 2016 The Asian American Ministry Award, Princeton Seminary 2016 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship 2007-2009
Teaching Experience (Duke Divinity School & beyond) Preceptor for 2 Analysis of Place for Proclamation (D.Min course; Dr. Jerusha Neal) FALL 2019 Balm in Gilead: Spirituals as Homiletical Resource (Dr. Luke Powery) FALL 2019 Preaching Jubilee Justice (Dr. James Forbes) SPRING 2018 Overshadowed Preacher (Dr. Jerusha Neal) FALL 2018 Deep River: Howard Thurman, Spirituality, and Prophetic Life (Dr. Luke Powery) SPRING 2018 Preaching Place (Dr. Jerusha Neal) SPRING 2018 UMC Course of Study Preaching SPRING 2018 Introduction to Christian Preaching (Dr. Charles Campbell) FALL 2017 Women Preaching (Dr. Charles Campbell) FALL 2017 Lead Preceptor for Deep River (Dr. Luke Powery) FALL 2018 Lecturer and Curriculum Developer, Recas Academy Palisades Park, NJ 2012-2016
Research & Project Management Experience Project Manager & Team Lead, Duke Chapel Digitation Initiative Sept 2018-present Project Manager & Faculty Co-Leader for Bass Connections #MyVoiceMyBody Aug 2019-present https://bassconnections.duke.edu/project-teams/myvoicemybody-minoritized-bodies-pulpit-duke-chapel-2019-2020 Graduate Mentor & Project Manager for Story+ #MyVoiceMyBody SUMMER 2019 Graduate Mentor & Project Manager for Story+ Preaching and Protest SUMMER 2018 https://fhi.duke.edu/story-plus-project/preaching-and-protest-sermons-duke-chapel-during-civil-rights-era Project Associate, Duke Preaching Initiative under Dr. Charles Campbell Sept 2016-Sept 2018 • Transcribe, categorize, analyze, and evaluate sermon recordings/transcripts preached from Duke Chapel • Assist in creating pedagogical tools and resources for the utilization of Duke Chapel Recordings Research Assistant, Duke Chapel, for Rev. Dr. Luke Powery Sept 2016-present • Develop a wide array of preaching resources and conduct research to support Dean Powery’s ongoing scholarship • Brainstorm, organize, and execute preaching events and initiatives for Duke Chapel & Duke Divinity School Editor in Preaching & Worship at Asian American Theological Forum Jan 2018 – Jan 2019
Presentations and Panels “The Whiteness in the Witness of (Korean) Preaching” for 2018 APARRI Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative Claremont, CA (July 18-21, 2018) “Sabbath Practice among Conspirers” for Korean American Prestyerian Clergy Women Annual Retreat Sunset Beach, CA (May 9-12, 2018) “Eluding Grammar’s Capture: A Genealogy of Rapture” Politics of Movement: Racialization, Religion, Migration for Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute Evanston, IL (April 7-8, 2017)
Ministry Experience Spiritual Director (certified through Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) 2014- present Preacher (Pulpit Supply & Invitations) in NJ/NYC/PA/NC 2011- present CPE Chaplain, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Sept 2015- May 2016 • Inducted into RWJUH All-Star Team for providing excellent pastoral care • Planned and led monthly interfaith chapel service
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Service Experience Duke’s Forum for Scholars and Publics Advsiory Committee June 2019- present Planning Team Member, 8thAnnual NC Women’s Preaching Festival March 2019-Oct 2019 Worship Coordinator, Societas Homiletica (Durham, NC) May 2018-Aug 2018 Planning Team Member, 7th Annual NC Women’s Preaching Festival March 2018-Nov 2018 Moderator, Asian Association of Princeton Theological Seminary June 2015-June 2016 Co-Chair, 2011 PeaceJam Day of Service Planning Committee Sept 2010-May 2011 • Co-facilitated a planning committee of 31 members from various nonprofits and faith-based organizations to develop and implement service projects on April 30th 2011 that enlisted more than100 volunteers and served over 1500 community members and 300 PeaceJam conference participants in Frogtown after conducting a needs- assessment of the community PeaceJam Upper-Midwest/youthrive, AmeriCorps VISTA Saint Paul, MN July 2010- Aug 2011
Memberships Academy of Homiletics APARRI (Asian Pacific American Religions Research Intitiative) PANAAWTM (Pacific, Asian, North American, Asian Women in Theology and Ministry) ISAAC (Innovative Space for Asian American Christianity)
References Rev. Dr. Charles L. Campbell, Professor of Homiletics, Duke Divinity School [email protected], 919.660.3407
Rev. Dr. Luke A. Powery, Dean of Duke University Chapel & Associate Professor of Homiletics [email protected], 919.684.2177
Rev. Dr. Jerusha A. Neal, Assistant Professor of Homiletics, Duke Divinity School [email protected], 919.660.3478
Rev. Dr. Sally A. Brown, Elizabeth M. Engle Associate Professor of Preaching & Worship, PTS [email protected], 609.688.1633
Rev. Dr. Young Lee Hertig, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity (ISAAC) [email protected], 626.676.5010