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Adjunct Faculty

Teaching in the 2011-2012 Academic Year

Diana Barber
CH330 PCUSA History & Polity
Associate Synod Executive for Leadership, Synod of the Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)

Katherine S. D. Brink, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (expected in 2011)
CH162 Older Testament in the Life of the Church
Visiting Instructor, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota; Teaching Specialist, University of Minnesota

Linda Gesling, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
CH320 UMC History and Polity
Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Stillwater, Minn.

Trish Greeves, B.A., M.Div.
CS251 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration and Finance in Context I (with Barbara Anne Keely)
CS252 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration and Finance in Context II
IS351 Final M.Div. Integrative Seminar (with Eleazar Fernandez)
Contextual Studies Coordinator, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Trish Greeves is an ordained United Church of Christ pastor and a Doctor of Ministry student at United. She completed a 16-year pastorate in Elk River, Minn., in 2006 and has served a number of interim positions at churches in Minnesota and Virginia. She is an instructor for the Leadership Development for Ministry (LDM) Program co-sponsored by the Minnesota Conference UCC and Minnesota Valleys Presbytery of the PCUSA. Trish is the author of Prophetic Faith: Preparing Your Church to Advocate Social Justice, an adult study published in 2010 by Logos Productions. She has co-authored seven Kerygma Bible Study Leader’s Guides. Trish majored in political science at Duke University and received her M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary. She is the mother of two adult children and three exceptional, above-average grandchildren.

John Gustav-Wrathall, B.A., Ph.D.
CH462-01 American Religious Histories
CH462-02 American Religious Histories

Independent Scholar

Sandra K. Johnson, B.A., M.A.,, Ph.D., M.Div.
CS252 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration & Finance in Context II - (with Trish Greeves) Small Group Facilitator

William T. Mate, B.A., M.A., M.Div.
CS251 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration & Finance in Context I (with Barbara Anne Keely)
CS252 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration & Finance in Context II (with Trish Greeves)
Retired Minister, United Methodist Church (UMC)

Bill Mate is a retired elder in the Minnesota UMC Conference. He recently concluded directing the Conference Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Program for all UMC clergy through a Lilly Organization Grant received six years ago and currently assists teaching the Contextual Theology class at United. Before retiring he served several churches in the state as lead pastor: Central in Winona, Grace in Burnsville, and Good Samaritan in Edina. Before that he was campus minister at the University of Minnesota for 14 years. He has served on many UMC boards and agencies, locally and nationally, highlighted with chairing the UMC Conference Board of Ordained Ministry for several years. Bill and his wife, Mary, live in St. Louis Park and are active in the life of Hennepin United Methodist Church.

David McMahill, B.A., M.Div.
CH311 United Church of Christ History and Polity II
Retired Minister, United Church of Christ

Joyce Mercer, B.A., M.Div., D.Min, Ph.D.
Summer term 2012 Women's Studies Elective
Professor of Practical Theology, Virginia Theological Seminary

Christie Cozad Neuger ’80, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
CL672 Pastoral Care of Couples & Families
Director of the Institute for the Support of Pastoral Ministries; Distinguished Senior Scholar in Pastoral Care, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Christie Cozad Neuger has served as a pastor, chaplain, pastoral counselor, and professor. An ordained United Methodist elder, she received her M.Div. from United and her Ph.D. from Claremont School of Theology. Over the past 22 years, she has been a professor of pastoral counseling at United, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Brite Divinity School, where she remains a distinguished visiting professor. She is a Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and an active member in the Society for Pastoral Theology. United recently appointed her as distinguished senior scholar in pastoral care.

Schubert M. Ogden, A.B., B.D., Ph.D.
TR637 The Theology of Rudolf Bultmann (with Paul Capetz)
Retired scholar, minister, deacon, and elder of the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church

Margery Otto, B.A., J. D.
CL525 Multicultural Foundation for Helping and Healing Practices
Adjunct Faculty, Hamline University, ASDIC Program; Volunteer Coordinator, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

Abigail Pelham, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
CH111 Access to Biblical Hebrew
Adjunct Instructor, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Herbert Perkins ’10, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
CL525 Multicultural Foundation for Helping and Healing Practices
Director, Theological Exploration of Vocational Program; Visiting Professor of Liberal Arts and Vocation, Hamline University

Meg A. Riley
CL565 UU Social Action
Former Director, Advocacy and Witness (UUA)

Cynthia Sautter, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR718 Hinduism
Independent Scholar

Judith Scoville, A.B., M.A., M.A., Ph.D.
TR537 Justice: Socially, Legal, Economic
Retired Associate Professor of Religion, Northland College

Ted Tollefson, B.A., M.Div., M.S.
TR720 Zen Buddhism
Co-founder, Mythos Institute

Nancy Victorin-Vangerud, B.B.A., M.A.C.E., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR408 Introduction to Feminist Theologies
University Chaplain, Hamline University

Claudia Windal (Lakota), O.S.F., B.S., R.N., B.A., M.Div., D.Min.
TR719 Native American Theologies
Episcopal Priest; Licensed Funeral Director

Pamela Wynn ’06, B.A., M.A.
IS100 Principles of Writing and Critical Thinking in Theological Interpretation
Poet; Instructor
Pam Wynn is a poet who teaches poetry and creative, liturgical, and expository writing at United. Author of Diamonds on the Back of a Snake, she has published widely and received support for her work from the Dayton Hudson, Jerome, and General Mills Foundations, and others. She has completed a libretto for an opera based on the book of Ruth in collaboration with composer Barbara Rogers, which was first performed in April 2008.

Wilson Yates, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR428 Theological Reflection and Spiritual Encounter in 20th Century Art and Architecture
Emeritus Professor of Religion, Society and the Arts, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

 

Teaching in the 2012-2013 Academic Year

Diana Barber
CH330 PCUSA History & Polity
Associate Synod Executive for Leadership, Synod of the Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)

Yvette Flunder
TBA

Lisa Friedman, B.A., M.Div
CH340 UU History and Polity I
Consulting Minister, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato, MN

Linda Gesling, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
CH320 UMC History and Polity
Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Stillwater, Minn.

Trish Greeves, B.A., M.Div.
CS251 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration and Finance in Context I (with Barbara Anne Keely)
CS252 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration and Finance in Context II
IS351 Final M.Div. Integrative Seminar (with Eleazar Fernandez)
Contextual Studies Coordinator, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Trish Greeves is an ordained United Church of Christ pastor and a Doctor of Ministry student at United. She completed a 16-year pastorate in Elk River, Minn., in 2006 and has served a number of interim positions at churches in Minnesota and Virginia. She is an instructor for the Leadership Development for Ministry (LDM) Program co-sponsored by the Minnesota Conference UCC and Minnesota Valleys Presbytery of the PCUSA. Trish is the author of Prophetic Faith: Preparing Your Church to Advocate Social Justice, an adult study published in 2010 by Logos Productions. She has co-authored seven Kerygma Bible Study Leader’s Guides. Trish majored in political science at Duke University and received her M.Div. from Virginia Theological Seminary. She is the mother of two adult children and three exceptional, above-average grandchildren.

John Gustav-Wrathall, B.A., Ph.D.
CH462-01 American Religious Histories
CH462-02 American Religious Histories

Independent Scholar

Sandra K. Johnson, B.A., M.A.,, Ph.D., M.Div.
CS252 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration & Finance in Context II - (with Trish Greeves) Small Group Facilitator

William T. Mate, B.A., M.A., M.Div.
CS251 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration & Finance in Context I (with Barbara Anne Keely)
CS252 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration & Finance in Context II (with Trish Greeves)
Retired Minister, United Methodist Church (UMC)

Bill Mate is a retired elder in the Minnesota UMC Conference. He recently concluded directing the Conference Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Program for all UMC clergy through a Lilly Organization Grant received six years ago and currently assists teaching the Contextual Theology class at United. Before retiring he served several churches in the state as lead pastor: Central in Winona, Grace in Burnsville, and Good Samaritan in Edina. Before that he was campus minister at the University of Minnesota for 14 years. He has served on many UMC boards and agencies, locally and nationally, highlighted with chairing the UMC Conference Board of Ordained Ministry for several years. Bill and his wife, Mary, live in St. Louis Park and are active in the life of Hennepin United Methodist Church.

David McMahill, B.A., M.Div.
CH311 United Church of Christ History and Polity II
Retired Minister, United Church of Christ

Christie Cozad Neuger ’80, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
CL672 Pastoral Care of Couples & Families
Director of the Institute for the Support of Pastoral Ministries; Distinguished Senior Scholar in Pastoral Care, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
Christie Cozad Neuger has served as a pastor, chaplain, pastoral counselor, and professor. An ordained United Methodist elder, she received her M.Div. from United and her Ph.D. from Claremont School of Theology. Over the past 22 years, she has been a professor of pastoral counseling at United, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Brite Divinity School, where she remains a distinguished visiting professor. She is a Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and an active member in the Society for Pastoral Theology. United recently appointed her as distinguished senior scholar in pastoral care.

Steve Newcom
IS152 Integration of Ministry and Local Theologies
CS255 Peace and Justice Practicum

Director, Center for Public Ministries

Margery Otto, B.A., J. D.
CL525 Multicultural Foundation for Helping and Healing Practices
Adjunct Faculty, Hamline University, ASDIC Program; Volunteer Coordinator, In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

Herbert Perkins ’10, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
CL525 Multicultural Foundation for Helping and Healing Practices
Director, Theological Exploration of Vocational Program; Visiting Professor of Liberal Arts and Vocation, Hamline University

Cynthia Sautter, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR718 Hinduism
Independent Scholar

Scott O. Stapleton, B.F.A., M.F.A., M.Div
CH365 American Baptist Polity
Senior Pastor, Grace-Trinity Community Church, Minneapolis, MN

Ted Tollefson, B.A., M.Div., M.S.
TR720 Zen Buddhism
Co-founder, Mythos Institute

Nancy Victorin-Vangerud, B.B.A., M.A.C.E., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR408 Introduction to Feminist Theologies
University Chaplain, Hamline University

Kim Vrudny
CS732 Global Justice Trip to South Africa
TBA

Pamela Wynn ’06, B.A., M.A.
IS100 Principles of Writing and Critical Thinking in Theological Interpretation
Poet; Instructor
Pam Wynn is a poet who teaches poetry and creative, liturgical, and expository writing at United. Author of Diamonds on the Back of a Snake, she has published widely and received support for her work from the Dayton Hudson, Jerome, and General Mills Foundations, and others. She has completed a libretto for an opera based on the book of Ruth in collaboration with composer Barbara Rogers, which was first performed in April 2008.

Wilson Yates, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR428 Theological Reflection and Spiritual Encounter in 20th Century Art and Architecture
Emeritus Professor of Religion, Society and the Arts, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

 

Emeriti/ae Faculty

Helen A. Archibald, A.B., M.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Emerita Associate Professor of Educational Ministry, 1987-1991

Lance R. Barker, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Church and Economic Life, 1970-2001

Mary Farrell Bednarowski, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Emerita Professor of Religious Studies, 1976-2004

Robert H. Bryant, A.B., M.Div., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Constructive Theology, 1961-1991

Henry A. Gustafson†, B.A., B.D., S.T.M., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of the New Testament, 1968-1989

Eugene C. Jaberg ’54, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Communication, 1958-1991

B. Edmon Martin, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Contextual and Historical Studies, 1981-2001

Allan R. McAllaster, B.A., B.D., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Biblical Interpretation, 1960-1988

Arthur L. Merrill, B.A., B.D., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of the Old Testament, 1958-1995

James B. Nelson, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D., S.T.D., LL.D.
Emeritus Professor of Christian Ethics, 1963-1995

Clyde J. Steckel, B.A., B.D., M.A., Ph.D., D.D.
Emeritus Professor of Theology, 1970-1995

Donald R. White, B.S., B.D., M.A., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Constructive Theology, 1965-2002

Wilson Yates, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Religion, Society and the Arts, 1967-2005

†Deceased


Adjunct Faculty (not currently teaching)

David Bard, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Duluth, Minn.

Mary Farrell Bednarowski, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Emerita Professor of Religious Studies
Mary Farrell Bednarowski taught at United for 28 years. Her teaching and research interests focus on the relationships between religion and American culture with special emphasis on theological creativity, gender, literature, spiritual autobiography, and new religions. In addition to editing Twentieth-Century Global Christianity, she is the author of three books on American religion.

Richard R. Bohannon II, B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (ABD)
Richard Bohannon teaches as an adjunct in the theology and environmental studies departments at St. John’s University and is currently finishing his dissertation on religious responses to the 1997 flood in Grand Forks, N.D. He is a co-editor of Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to Religion and Ecology (Routledge 2010) and Inherited Land: The Changing Grounds of Religion and Ecology (Pickwick, forthcoming).

Arthur Clyde, A.B.
Retired Minister for Worship, Music and Liturgical Arts, United Church of Christ (UCC)

Art Clyde has spent a lifetime in music and arts ministries. In addition to his experience in congregations, he has created numerous resources and workshops as minister for worship, music, and liturgical arts for the UCC. He has been a worship designer and consultant for both UCC and ecumenical national gatherings and synods.

Beth Donaldson, B.A., M.A., M.Div., D.Min.
Lead Minister, United Church of Christ, New Brighton, Minn.

Denise Dunbar-Perkins, B.D., M.Div.
Staff Chaplain, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Bobbi Dykema ’03, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Independent Scholar
Bobbi Dykema holds a Ph.D. in Art and Religion from the Graduate Theological Union and an M.A. in Theology and the Arts from United. She was a 2008-09 DAAD Research Fellow at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany, and a 2007-08 Newhall Teaching Fellow at the GTU. Bobbi is the author of several articles on depictions of Mary Magdalene in art, as well as numerous poetry publications, including two chapbooks from Finishing Line Press (2006, 2009).

Robert Eller-Isaacs, M.Div., S.T.D.
Co-minister, Unity Church-Unitarian

Neil Elliott, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Acquisitions Editor, Fortress Press
Neil Elliott holds a Ph.D. in biblical studies from Princeton Theological Seminary and serves as an Episcopal priest and scholar-in-residence at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on the Hill in St. Paul. He is editor in biblical studies at Fortress Press and the author of numerous articles and books in biblical studies, most notably Liberating Paul: The Justice of God and the Politics of the Apostle (1994) and The Arrogance of Nations: Reading Romans in the Shadow of Empire (2008). He is also an adjunct instructor at Metropolitan State University.

David Fredrickson, B.A., M.A., M.Phil., M.Div., Ph.D.
Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary

Alika Galloway, B.A., M.Div.
Co-Pastor, Kwanzaa Community Church PC (USA)

Kendyl Gibbons, B.A., B.A., M.A., D.Min.
Senior Minister, The First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis

Jean Greenwood, B.A., M.Div.
Freelance Educator/Trainer; Consultant; Coach; Writer

Karen Gustafson, B.A., M.Div.
Minister, The First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis

Carol Hepokoski, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Minister, First Unitarian Universalist Church,
Rochester, Minn.

James Limburg, B.A., B.D., Th.M., Ph.D.
Independent Scholar

Katherine McLaughlin, CSJ, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Religious Studies, College of St. Scholastica

Craig Modahl, M.Div, MSW, CISW
CL580 Theology, Ministry and People with Developmental Disabilities
Co-founder and Executive Director, Balance, Inc.

Russell N. Myers, D.Min., BCC
Chaplain, United Hospital and Allina Medical Transportation

David M. Mwihia, B.A., M.Div., M.Th., D.Miss., Ph.D.
Immigrant Ministry Pastor, Church of All Nations

Paul Nancarrow, B.A., M.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Rector, St. George’s Episcopal Church, St. Louis Park, Minn.

Theodore A. Park ’10, B.A., M.A.
Independent Scholar

Bruce Robbins, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Senior Minister, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis

Victoria Safford, B.A., M.Div.
Minister, White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church

Richard Scheerer, B.A., M.Div.
Ordained United Church of Christ, retired

Kent Shifferd, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of History and Peace Studies, Northland College

Jeanyne B. Slettom, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Co-pastor, Brea Congregational Church (UCC), Brea, Calif.; Theology adjunct at Claremont School of Theology; Director, Process & Faith
Jeanyne Slettom has ordained standing from the UCC. She received her M.Div. from United and her Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University in philosophy of religion and theology. She is the director of Process & Faith, a program of the Center for Process Studies and Claremont School of Theology. She has edited two volumes on process theology with John B. Cobb Jr. and is the editor of two journals: Process Studies and Creative Transformation. Her liturgical writing is widely accessed via the Internet. She is also an adjunct instructor at Claremont School of Theology.

Yolanda Y. Smith, B.A.E., M.A., M.Ed., M.Div., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Christian Education, Yale University Divinity School

Philip E. Stoltzfus, B.A., M.Div., Th.D.
Independent scholar

Martha E. Stortz
Bernhard M. Christensen Professor in Religion and Vocation, Augsburg College, Minneapolis Minnesota

Sheryl Lyndes Stowman, B.A., M.Div.
Chaplain, Fairview CPE Center, Fairview University Medical Center, Minneapolis

David Tiede, B.A., B.D., Ph.D.
President Emeritus Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary

Mona West, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Independent Scholar


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