Adjunct Faculty

Teaching in the 2012-2013 Academic Year

Lydia Huttar Brown, B.A., M.A., D.Min.
CL333 Episcopal Liturgy (formerly Anglican Worship)
Priest in Charge at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Sunfish Lake, MN

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

Beth Donaldson, B.A., M.A., M.Div., D.Min.
CL336 Preaching
Lead Minister, United Church of Christ, New Brighton, Minn.

Robert Eller-Isaacs, M.Div., S.T.D.
CH341 UU History and Polity II
Co-minister, Unity Church-Unitarian

Yvette Flunder, M.A., M.Div., D.Min.
TR362 Race, Sexuality and Gender: Analyze!
Founder and Pastor of The City of Refuge UCC, San Francisco, CA
Presiding Bishop of The Fellowship

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

Linda Gesling, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
CH430 Women's History & Experience in the Christian Church
Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Stillwater, Minn.

Trish Greeves, B.A., M.Div.
IS351 Final M.Div. Integrative Seminar (with Eleazar Fernandez)
Contextual Studies Coordinator
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

Cindi Beth Johnson, B.A., M.Div., D.Min.
TR271 Theological Interpretation of the Arts
TR272 Arts Practicum
Director of Community Programming in the Arts, Religion and Spirituality

Anthony Hawthorne Jones, A.B., M.Div., Ph.D.
CL550 The Emergent Church Movement & New Ecclesiologies
Theologian-in-Residence, Solomon’s Porch (MN) and
Senior Acquisitions Editor, Augsburg-Fortress Press

William T. Mate, B.A., M.A., M.Div.
CS251 Religious Leadership, Organization, Administration & Finance in Context I and II (with Barbara Anne Keely)
Small Group Facilitator; 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.
CH310 United Church of Christ History and Polity I
CH311 United Church of Christ History and Polity II
Retired Minister, United Church of Christ

Russell N. Myers, D.Min., BCC
CL625 Chaplaincy in a Pluralistic Age (with Bob Albers)
Chaplain, United Hospital and Allina Medical Transportation

Steve Newcom, B.A., M.A.
IS152 Integration of Ministry and Local Theologies (with Carolyn Pressler)
CS255 Peace and Justice Practicum
Founding Director, The Center for Public Ministry

Margery Otto, B.A., J.D.
TR331 Anti-Racism Dialogue: Theory and Practice
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.
CL571 The Public Witness of Congregations
TR331 Anti-Racism Dialogue: Theory and Practice
Director, Theological Exploration of Vocational Program; Visiting Professor of Liberal Arts and Vocation, Hamline University

T. Michael Rock, B.A., M.Div.
Senior Pastor, Robbinsdale United Church of Christ

Cynthia Sautter, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR714 World Religions
Independent Scholar

Jeanyne B. Slettom, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
TR546 James Luther Adams
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.

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

Philip E. Stoltzfus, B.A., M.Div., Th.D.
TR513 Theology of Spirituality and Nonviolence
Independent scholar

Ted Tollefson, B.A., M.Div., M.S.
TR748 Taoism
Co-founder, Mythos Institute; Parish Minister, Unitarian Universalist Society, River Falls, Wis.

Kimberly Jo Vrudny, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
CS732 Global Justice Trip to South Africa
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, University of St. Thomas

Jann Cather Weaver, B.S., M.Div., Ph.D.
CL330 Worship of the Church
Associate Professor Emerita of Worship, and Theology and the Arts

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.
TR235 The Church, Spirituality and the Arts
Professor Emeritus of Religion, Society and the Arts

Emeriti/ae Faculty

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jann Cather Weaver, B.S., M.Div., Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emerita of Worship, and Theology and the Arts

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

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

†Deceased

Adjunct Faculty (not currently teaching)

Diana Barber, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Synod Executive for Leadership, Synod of the Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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)
Adjunct Professor, Theology and Environmental Studies, St. John’s University
Richard Bohannon 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.

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).

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

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

Craig Modahl, M.Div, MSW, CISW
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.

Christie Cozad Neuger ’80, B.A., M.Div., Ph.D.
Director, Institute for the Support of Pastoral Ministries; Distinguished Senior Scholar in Pastoral Care

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.
Retired Scholar, Minister, Deacon, and Elder, West Ohio Conference, United Methodist Church

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

Abigail Pelham, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Luther Seminary

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

Meg A. Riley
Former Director, Advocacy, and Witness (UUA)

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

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

Judith Scoville, A.B., M.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Retired Associate Professor of Religion, Northland College

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

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

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

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

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

Nancy Victorin-Vangerud, B.B.A., M.A.C.E., M.Div., Ph.D.
University Chaplain, Hamline University

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

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