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ULS faculty hold expertise in a wide variety of areas and are available to speak and serve on panels at the request from other seminaries, academic colleagues, institutions and the media. Please contact these faculty members directly for inquiries.

Gilson A. C. Waldkoenig

The Paulssen-Hale-Maurer Chair and Professor of Church in Society and Director of Town and Country Church Institute

Areas of expertise

J. Jayakiran Sebastian

The H. George Anderson Chair and Professor of Mission and Cultures, Dean of Seminary, and Vice President of Student Services

Areas of expertise

Baptismal history and theology | Early teachers of faith, especially Cyprian of Carthage | Conversion and debates on conversion in India | Asian Christian theology, especially Dalit theology and praxis | Missiology and missiological challenges and opportunities in interfaith contexts.

Jon Pahl

The Peter Paul and Elizabeth Hagan Chair and Professor of the History of Christianity

Areas of expertise

Fethullah Gulen and the global Hizmet (Service) Movement | Religions and Violence (violence linked to age, race, and/or gender) | Religions and PeacebuildingReligions in America (Indigenous, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist) | The History of Christianity, beginnings to the present.

Karyn L. Wiseman

The Herman G. Stuempfle Associate Professor of Homiletics

Areas of expertise

Martin Otto-Zimmann

Adjunct Faculty, Church and Society

Areas of expertise

Nostalgia and Religion/Stewardship Practices | Critical Race Theory | Palestinian-Israeli Conflict | Digital Media and Mental Health | Rapture Theology.

Nancy Gable

Adjunct Faculty, Christian Education

Areas of expertise

Faith Formation Across the Ages & Across Cultures l Adult Education Theory & Practice l Transformative Education Theory and Practice l Theology of Diakonia l Trauma Informed Ministry l Spiritual Impact of Child Abuse l Spiritual Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE scores)

Natalia Marandiuc

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology

Areas of expertise

Nelson Rivera

St. John’s Summit Visiting Professor of Theology and Ethics

Areas of expertise

Lutheran Theology (especially Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue)| Ecumenism |Topics in Science and Religion (primary focus on Darwinian evolution, and cosmology) | Latinx Theology and Ministry|Theologies of liberation

R. Guy Erwin

President and Ministerium of Pennsylvania Chair and Professor of Reformation Studies

Areas of expertise

Martin Luther: Life and Thought | ‍Reformation History | European and world Lutheranism | Christianity in Germany | History of Higher Education

Reed Carlson

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Areas of expertise

Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | Second Temple Jewish Literature | Social Science Approaches to Biblical Interpretation | The Study of Religion | Pentecostal/ Charismatic Christian Religious Traditions.

Storm Swain

The Frederick Houk Borsch Associate Professor of Anglican Studies, Pastoral Care and Theology

Areas of expertise

Pastoral Care and Theology | Pastoral Formation | Disaster Spiritual Care |Climate Crisis | Trauma and Resilience

Teresa L. Smallwood

The James Franklin Kelly and Hope Eyster Kelly Associate Professor of Public Theology

Areas of expertise