Curriculum Vitae
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Professional experience
- 2003-present. Associate Professor of Religion, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.
- 1996-2003. Assistant Professor of Religion, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN.
- 1996-present. Center Associate for Studies in Faith and Ethics, Minnesota Center for Health Care Ethics, Minneapolis, MN.
- 1996. Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
- 1995-1996. Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
- 1990-94. Project editor, Encyclopedia of Bioethics, 2nd ed. Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, NY.
- 1983-86. Program officer for Central America, Department of World Service, Lutheran World Federation, Geneva, Switzerland. Based in El Salvador.
- 1981-83. Coordinator for Central American Concerns, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, New York, NY.
- 1969-76. Book editor, Stein & Day/Publishers, Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Education
- Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary (New York).
- M.A., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- Graduate work in theology at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN.
- M.S.W., Adelphi University (Certified, N.Y. State).
- Graduate work in sociology, SUNY-Stony Brook.
- Fulbright Fellowship, University of Heidelberg.
- B.A. (history), Swarthmore College.
Books
Books co-edited
Translations
Other publications
- "All That Matters: What an Epistemology of the Cross Is Good For," invited chapter for Marit Trelstad, ed., Cross Examinations: Critique and Appreciation of Theology of the Cross (Fortress Press, 2006).
- "Teaching Toward Social Justice: Notes from a Religion Classroom," invited chapter for Brian T. Johnson and Carolyn O'Grady, eds., The Spirit of Service: Exploring Faith, Service, and Social Justice in Higher Education (Anker Publishers, 2006).
- "An Open Letter to the ELCA," Dialog 44, no. 2 (Summer 2005).
- "Teaching Bioethics: A Contribution from the Edge," Teaching Theology and Religion 8, no. 2 (April 2005): 99-106.
- "Cross Talk: A Feminist Appreciation of Luther's Theology," Bangalore (India) Theological Forum XXXIV, no. 1 (June 2002).
- Co-author and co-editor (with Dr. Ronald Duty), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Our Ministry of Healing: Health and Health Care Today, a 68-page study document for ELCA clergy, congregations, and social ministry organizations in preparing a church-wide social statement on health and health care to be adopted in the summer of 2003. Published in 2001 and available from the ELCA/Division for Church in Society, 8765 W. Higgins Rd., Chicago, IL 60631-4190 .
- Book review of The Promise of Lutheran Ethics , ed. by Karen L. Bloomquist and John R. Stumme (Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress, 1998), Dialog 38, no. 2 (Spring 1999).
- "Notes Toward an Epistemology of the Cross," Currents in Theology and Mission 24, no. 1 (February 1997).
- Editor, "'A' Is for Ethics: An Alphabet of Action" by John W. Bowker, The Boardman Lectureship in Christian Ethics, no. 28 (Philadelphia: Department of
Religion Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1997).
- "Working on the Church: A Contribution to Lutheran Ecclesiology," Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology 2, no. 1 (August 1994).
- "Concerning the Proper Name of God: Some Comments on Robert Jenson's Discussion of 'The Masculinity of "Father"'," Dialog 30, no. 4 (Autumn 1991).
- "Some Thoughts on Church, Ministry, and Mission," Currents in Theology and Mission 17, no. 4 (April 1990).
- "Reflections on the Work of the Holying Spirit," Currents in Theology and Mission 16, no. 2 (August 1989).
- Co-editor, Pregúntenos: A Resource Guide on Central America , published by Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1990.
- Co-editor, Seeking Safe Haven: A Congregational Guide to Helping Central American Refugees in the United States , published jointly by LIRS, CWS, AFSC, IRTFCA/NCC, 1982.
- The Salvadoran Situation , study commissioned and distributed by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, 1981.
Papers and presentations
- "Just Peace." Invited presentation to Twin Cities ELCA Ministerium, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, January 2006.
- "What Are We Waiting For?" and "Whom Are We Waiting For?" Two Advent Presentations at Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN, Advent 2005.
- "All Bets Are Off: A Teaching Theologian's Reflections on Living in Troubled Times," Stanley L. Olsen Annual Spring Lecture, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, April 2003.
- "'Use Your Gifts!' A Teaching Theologian's Reflections on the Context, the Tradition, and the Challenge." Invited keynote address delivered to Annual Meeting of South Dakota Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Mitchell, SD, June 2002.
- "Cross-Talk: A Feminist Appreciation of Luther's Theology." Invited paper for annual meeting of Society of Anglican and Lutheran Theologians, Denver, November 2001. (Because of illness, the paper was not delivered in person, but read by another participant and responded to by an Anglican theologian.)
- "Cross-Talk: A Feminist Appreciation of Luther's Theology." Invited lecture delivered at United Theological College, Bangalore, India, July 2001.
- Author Breakfast on Compelling Knowledge: A Feminist Proposal for an Epistemology of the Cross , Society of Christian Ethics annual meeting, Chicago, January 2001.
- "Can We Have a Theology of the Cross in the Midst of Plenty?" Invited plenary paper presented at Convocation of Lutheran Teaching Theologians, Chicago, August 2000.
- "The Ethics of Teaching (Bio)Ethics: Some Shared Reflections." Paper presented as part of panel on "The Ethics of Teaching Ethics" at the American Academy of Religion, Upper Midwest Regional Meeting, St. Paul, April 1999.
- "Cyberflesh: An Embodied Feminist Pedagogy for Science and Religion." Paper presented, with Ann M. Pederson, Ph.D., at the American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 1997.
- "Voices from the Margins: How They Emerge from, Challenge, and Affect Lutheran Ethics." Panel presentation at Annual Meeting of Lutheran Ethicists, Cincinnati, January 8-10, 1997.
- "Thinking Out Loud About Teaching Bioethics: A Contribution from the Edge." Invited paper delivered at the Templeton Workshop on Religion and Science, Chicago, June 1996.
- "Luther and Feminists Talk Epistemology." Invited paper presented at the Templeton Workshop on Religion and Science, Chicago, June 1996.
- "The Location of Human Life: A Response and Critique to Philip Hefner." Paper presented, with Ann M. Pederson, Ph.D., at the American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 1995.
- "Health Care Ethics: How Women Make a Difference." Lecture presented at the Center for Ethics and Caring, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD, May 1995.
- "'And They Would Have Us Remember the Poor...': Poverty as a Theological Concept in the Work of Gutiérrez, Mveng, and Pieris." Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 1992.
Honors/awards
- Participant, "Complicity and Confession: Post-Holocaust Christian Interpretations of Guilt and Forgiveness," Seminar sponsored by Committee on Church Relations of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, May 2006, Washington, DC.
- Participant, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar, "Feminist Epistemologies," Pennsylvania State University, Summer 2003.
- Tech Bridge awardee, Gustavus Adolphus College, summer 2002.
- Participant, Lilly grant-funded Faculty Development Workshop on Vocation, June 2001.
- Participant, IMLS Faculty Workshop on Enhancing Developmental Research Skills in Undergraduate Curriculum, June 2000.
- Recipient, Research, Creativity, and Scholarship Award, 2000-2001.
- Finalist, Bunn-Swenson Award for Teaching (awarded by Gustavus students), 2000.
- Participant, AAR /Lilly Teaching Workshop, 1998-99.
- Participant, Convocation of Lutheran Teaching Theologians, 1998, 2000-present.
- Invited participant, 1999 Lutheran World Federation consultation, "Communio, Community, Society," Chicago.
- Participant, "Vocation of a Lutheran Church-Related College" conference, Carthage College, 1997.
- Daniel Day Williams Fellowship, Union Theological Seminary.
- Ph.D. Fellowship, Union Theological Seminary.
- North American Ministerial Fellowship (for study at Luther Seminary).
- Fulbright Fellowship (to University of Heidelberg).
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Languages (fluency in speaking, reading, writing, translating)