Faculty

James Abbington

Associate Professor of Church Music and Worship. BA, Morehouse College, 1983; MM, University of Michigan, 1995; DMA, 1999.

Richard Adams

Margaret A. Pitts Distinguished Director, Pitts Theology Library; Associate Professor in the Practice of Theological Bibliography. BA, Dartmouth College, 2001; MTS, Emory University, 2005; ThM, Columbia Theological Seminary, 2006; PhD, Emory University, 2012; MLIS, University of Alabama, 2017.

Antonio Eduardo Alonso

Aquinas Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture; Director of Catholic Studies. BMus, Northwestern University, 2002; MA, Loyola Marymount University, 2010; PhD, Emory University, 2017.

Jennifer R. Ayres

Professor of Religious Education. BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1994; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary-Presbyterian School of Christian Education, 2000; ThM, 2002; PhD, Emory University, 2007.

Sarah Bogue

Associate Professor in the Practice of History of Christianity; Senior Director of Digital Learning. BA, Davidson College; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2010; PhD, Emory University, 2016.

Ryan Bonfiglio

Associate Professor in the Practice of Old Testament; Executive Director of Public Theological Education. BA, Princeton University, 2001; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary 2009; PhD, Emory University, 2014.

Elizabeth M. Bounds

Associate Professor of Christian Ethics. BA, Harvard University, 1978; BA/MA, Cambridge University, 1980; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary, 1986; PhD, 1994.

Anthony A. Briggman

Associate Professor of the History of Early Christianity. BA, Cedarville University, 1997; MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2000; PhD, Marquette University, 2009.

Jonathan Calvillo

Assistant Professor of Latinx Communities. MDiv, Talbot School of Theology, 2004; MA, University of California, Irvine, 2012; PhD, University of California, Irvine, 2016.

Lauren Calvin Cooke

Visiting Assistant Professor in the Practice of Religious Education; Interim Director of the Religious Education Certificate Program. BA, Lipscomb University, 2012; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2017; PhD, Emory University, 2022.

Letitia M. Campbell

Assistant Professor in the Practice of Ethics and Society; Director, Contextual Education I and Clinical Pastoral Education; Senior Program Coordinator, Laney Legacy Program in Moral Leadership. BA, Davidson College, 1996; MA (Oxon), Oxford University, 1998; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary, 2003; PhD, Emory University, 2017.

Elizabeth Corrie

Professor in the Practice of Youth Education and Peacebuilding. BA, College of William & Mary, 1993; MDiv, Candler School of Theology, 1996; PhD, Emory University, 2002.

David B. Daniel

Assistant Professor in the Practice of Music Ministry; Director of Chapel Music. BS, Birmingham-Southern College, 1994; MM, University of South Carolina, 1998; DMA, 2002.

L. Wesley de Souza

Arthur J. Moore Professor in the Practice of Evangelism; Director of the World Methodist Evangelism Institute. BTh, Methodist University of Sao Paulo, 1982; ThM, E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism of Asbury Theological Seminary, 2000; PhD, 2003.

Musa W. Dube

William Ragsdale Cannon Distinguished Professor of New Testament; BA, University of Botswana, 1988; MA, University of Durham, 1990; MA, Vanderbilt University, 1995; PhD, Vanderbilt University, 1997.

Thomas W. Elliott Jr.

Professor in the Practice of Practical Theology; Director, Contextual Education II, Teaching Parish Program, and Internships. BA, Mercer University, 1984; MDiv, Emory University, 1987; DMin, 1997.

Gregory C. Ellison II

Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling. BA, Emory University, 1999; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2002; PhD, 2008.

Robert M. Franklin Jr.

James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership. BA, Morehouse College, 1975; MDiv, Harvard University, 1978; PhD, University of Chicago, 1985.

Marla Frederick

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture. BA, Spelman College, 1994; PhD, Duke University, 2000.

Teresa L. Fry Brown

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Bandy Professor of Preaching. BS, University of Central Missouri, 1974, MS, 1975; MDiv, Iliff School of Theology, 1988; PhD, Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, 1996.

Geoffrey Goodman

Associate Professor of Psychology and Spiritual Care. BS, MIT, 1983; MA, Columbia University, 1986; Northwestern University, 1991.

Larry M. Goodpaster

Bishop-in-Residence. BA, Millsaps College, 1970; MDiv, Emory University, 1973; DMin, 1982; DD, hon. caus., Huntingdon College, Birmingham-Southern College, Millsaps College.

Alison Collis Greene

Associate Professor of American Religious History; Director of the Master of Theological Studies Program. BA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001; MA and MPhil, Yale University, 2008; PhD, 2010.

Jehu J. Hanciles

D.W. and Ruth Brooks Professor of World Christianity; Director of the Program in World Christianity. BA, University of Sierra Leone, 1988; MTh, University of Edinburgh, 1991; PhD, University of Edinburgh, 1995.

Danielle Tumminio Hansen

Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Spiritual Care; Director of the Chaplaincy Concentration. BA, Yale College, 2003; MDiv, Yale University, 2006;STM, Yale University,2008; PhD, Boston University, 2014.

Stuart Higginbotham

Assistant Professor of Practice.

Susan E. Hylen

Almar H. Shatford Professor of New Testament. BA, University of California, San Diego, 1990; MDiv, Princeton University, 1995; PhD, Emory University, 2004.

Arun W. Jones

Dan and Lillian Hankey Associate Professor of World Evangelism; Director of the Master of Theology Program. BA, Yale University, 1980; MDiv, 1988; PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2001.

Joel Kemp

Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible. BA, Harvard College, 1996; JD, Harvard Law School, 2000; MDiv, Andover Newton Theological School, 2010; DPhil, Boston College, 2017.

Helen Jin Kim

Associate Professor of American Religious History; Interim Director of Master of Theological Studies Program. BA, Stanford University, 2006; MDiv, Harvard University, 2012; PhD, 2017.

Kyle Lambelet

Assistant Professor in the Practice of Theology and Ethics; Director of Formation Communities. BA, Azusa Pacific University, 2005; MTS, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, 2012; PhD, University of Notre Dame, 2017.

Kwok Pui Lan

Dean’s Professor of Systematic Theology; Special Advisor to the Dean for Strategic Changes. BA, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1976; BD, Southeast Asia Graduate School of Theology, 1978; ThM, Southeast Asia Graduate School of Theology, 1980; ThD, Harvard University, 1989.

Emmanuel Y. Lartey

Charles Howard Candler Professor of Pastoral Theology and Spiritual Care. BA, University of Ghana, Legon, 1978; PhD, University of Birmingham (England), 1984.

Joel M. LeMon

Rev. Dr. Donald Allen Harp Jr. Distinguished Associate Professor of Biblical Studies. BA, Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, 1998; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2001; PhD, Emory University, 2007.

Lahronda Little

Assistant Professor in the Practice of Spirituality and Health; Director of the Program in Women, Theology, and Ministry. BS, Clayton State University, 2015; MDiv, Candler School of Theology; 2018; PhD, Emory University, Laney Graduate Division of Religion.

Steffen Lösel

Professor in the Practice of Systematic Theology. MAR, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, 1991; MDiv, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria, 1994; DrTheol, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, 1999.

Jan Love

Mary Lee Hardin Willard Dean; Professor of Christianity and World Politics. BA, Eckerd College, 1975; MA, Ohio State University, 1977; PhD, 1983.

Ellen Ott Marshall

Professor of Christian Ethics and Conflict Transformation, Director of the Graduate Division of Religion. BA, Davidson College, 1991; MA, University of Notre Dame, 1992; MA, Vanderbilt University, 1996; PhD, 2000.

Joy Ann McDougall

Interim Director of the ThM Program Associate Professor of Systematic Theology. BA, Yale University, 1985; MAR, Yale Divinity School, 1990; PhD, University of Chicago, 1998.

Ian McFarland

Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Theology. BA, Trinity College, Hartford, 1984; MDiv, Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1989; ThM, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1991; PhD, Yale University, 1995.

Keith Menhinick

Visiting Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology. BA, Gardner-Webb University, 2011; MDiv, Wake Forest University School of Divinity, 2015; PhD, Emory University Graduate Division of Religion, 2022.

Kevin Murriel

Assistant Professor in the Practice of Practical Theology and Black Methodist Seminarians Program Director. BBA, Jackson State University, 2008; MDiv, Emory University, 2011; DMin, Duke University, 2014.

Roger Nam

Professor of Hebrew Bible; Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program. BA, University of California LA, 1992; MDiv, General Assembly Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1997; ThM, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2003; MA, UCLA, 2005; PhD, UCLA, 2008.

Brett Opalinski

Assistant Dean of Methodist Studies; Assistant Professor in the Practice of Spiritual Formation and Church Leadership. BS, Samford University, 1994; MDiv, Candler School of Theology, 1998; PhD, Iliff School of Theology, 2008.

L. Edward Phillips

Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Christian Worship. BS, University of Tennessee at Martin, 1976; MDiv, Emory University, 1979; PhD, University of Notre Dame, 1992.

Nichole Renée Phillips

Associate Professor in the Practice of Religion and Society; Director, Black Church Studies; AB, Wellesley College, 1993; MDiv, Harvard University, 1999; MA, Vanderbilt University, 2009; PhD, 2012.

Susan Reynolds

Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies; BA, University of Notre Dame, 2009; MEd, 2011; MTS, Boston College, 2013; PhD, 2018.

P. Alice Rogers

Associate Professor in the Practice of Practical Theology. BA, Converse College, 1983; MDiv, Duke University, 1986; DMin, Emory University, 1998.

Karen Scheib

Professor Emerita of Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology; Scholar-in-Residence. BA, Sonoma State University, 1977; MDiv, Pacific School of Religion, 1980; PhD, Vanderbilt University, 1994.

Ted A. Smith

Associate Dean of Faculty; Charles Howard Candler Professor of Divinity. BA, Duke University, 1990; MA, Oxford University, 1992; MDiv, Princeton University, 1995; PhD, Emory University, 2004.

Joanne Solis-Walker

Associate Dean and Professor in the Practice of Leadership. MDiv, Asbury Theological Seminary, 2005; PhD, Regent University (organizational leadership and development), 2014.

R. Kendall Soulen

Professor of Systematic Theology. BA, Yale University, 1982; MDiv, Emory University, 1986; PhD, Yale University, 1992.

Jonathan Strom

Professor of Church History; Director of International Initiatives. BA, St. Olaf College, 1984; MTS, Harvard University, 1987; PhD, University of Chicago, 1996.

Gabrielle Thomas

Assistant Professor of Early Christianity and Anglican Studies; BA (Hons.) Classics, Department of Classics, University of Bristol, 1995;Graduate Certificate in Kingdom Theology, Westminster Theological Centre, 2011; Graduate Diploma in Theology for Ministry, St. John’s College, Nottingham, 2012; MTh (Distinction), University of Chester, 2014; PhD in Historical Theology, University of Nottingham, 2017.

John Thompson-Quartey

Professor in the Practice of Church Leadership; Director of the Episcopal Anglican Studies Program. BS, Rutgers University, 1993; MDiv, General Theological Seminary, 1997.

Amy Valdez Barker

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Education and Mission Innovation; BA, Communications Studies, 1997; MTS, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2006; PhD, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2015.

Damon Williams

Assistant Professor in the Practice of Practical Ministry; Co-Director of the Baptist Studies Program. BS, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002; MS, University of Michigan; 2004; PhD, University of Michigan, 2009; MDiv, Columbia Theological Seminary, 2012.

Khalia J. Williams

Associate Dean of Worship and Spiritual Formation; Associate Professor in the Practice of Worship. BS, Florida Memorial University, 2001; MBA, Nova Southeastern University, 2003; MA, Columbia Theological Seminary, 2001; PhD, Graduate Theological Union, 2017.

Walter T. Wilson

Charles Howard Candler Professor of New Testament. BA, Johns Hopkins University, 1985; MA, University of Chicago, 1986; PhD, 1990.

Deanna Ferree Womack

Associate Professor of History of Religions and Interfaith Studies; Director of the Master of Religious Leadership. BA, Macalester College, 2004; MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2007; ThM, 2008; PhD, 2015.

Jacob L. Wright

Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible. BA, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1996; DrTheol, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, 2003.