CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

2003 Ph.D.: Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary/Northwestern University 

• Joint Ph.D. Program in Religious and Theological Studies, Evanston, IL

• Hebrew Bible: Wisdom Literature; Second Temple Period Judaism; Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics; Certification in Northwestern’s Gender Studies Program

• Course Work advisor: Dr. Phyllis Bird

• Dissertation: “Seeing Gives Rise to Disbelieving: Experiences that Prompt a Hermeneutic of Suspicion in Ecclesiastes and Wendy Farley’s Theodicy of Compassion.”  Advisor: Dr. Julie Duncan. Committee Members: Drs. Phyllis Bird, Julie Duncan, Benjamin Sommer

1996 Master of Divinity: United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH
1990 B.A.: University of Colorado at Boulder (Psychology)

Academic Teaching and Research

Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK: 

• Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible, Wimberly School of Religion

  • August 2007-2010

• Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Wimberly School of Religion 

  • August 2010-2014; tenured as of August 2011

• Professor of Hebrew Bible, Wimberly School of Religion

  • August 2014-present

• Coordinator of Interfaith Studies Programming, August 2016-May 2018

  • Teaching load includes “Introduction to Biblical Literature” a.k.a. “Bible and Culture” (including Honors section with Service Learning via World Religions Expo), “Women in the Hebrew Bible,” "Psalms and Wisdom Literature," "Pentateuch," “Biblical Hebrew I & II,” "Readings in Biblical Hebrew," “Prophetic Literature,” “Methods of Scriptural Analysis,” “Introduction to World Religions” (including Honors section), Liberal Arts Seminar "Pop Goes the Bible: The Bible in Popular Culture," “Capstone” for Religion Majors, “History of Christianity,” “Readings in Biblical Hebrew” 

  • Service has included Preaching and participation in University-Wide Chapel Services; OCU Reads Selection Committee (2007-2018); Academic Programs and Standards Committee (2008-2013); Strategic Planning Committee (2008-2013); Faculty Senate Executive Committee (2014-2019); Faculty Advisor for the “Jewish Stars” Student Group (2016-2017); General Education Committee and Service Learning Sub-Committee (2019-present); Organize Annual Neustadt Lecture Series (2016-present); Outstanding Faculty Award Selection Committee (2018-present); Honors Program Committee (2020-present); Faculty Advisor for Alpha Gamma Rho chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa Religion Honor Society (2022-present)

Saint Paul School of Theology at Oklahoma City University, OK:

• Affiliate Faculty, August 2008-present

  • Courses have included video-linked classes “Introduction to the Hebrew Bible,” "Qoheleth," "Biblical Hebrew," "Teaching and Preaching Ruth and Esther;" “Women in the Hebrew Bible;” “Wisdom Literature.” Regularly preach and participate in Seminary Community’s Chapel Services 

United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH: 

• Director of the Harriet L. Miller Women's Center and Academic Programming

• Lecturer in Old Testament and Women's Studies, July 2006-June 2007

  • Program development and leadership of Women's Center; Speaking engagements; Orientation, recruitment and oversight of adjunct faculty; Assessment of academic program as effective for preparing women for ministry; Planning and coordination of doctoral, masters and non-degree courses; Two course per year teaching load.

• Assistant Professor of Old Testament, July 2003-June 2006

  • Courses Included: “Created in the Image: Introduction to the Old Testament;” “Decision Making and the Bible;” “Isaiah,” “Justice in the Wisdom Tradition;” “Women and the Bible.” Student advising; Chair of Student Development Committee; Faculty Advisor to Young Adult Seminarians' Network; Work with Harriet Miller Women's Center.

• Adjunct Faculty, Summer 2001

• Teaching Assistant, Fall 1999 

• Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, 1994-‘96

Southwest Ohio Northern Kentucky Association of the United Church of Christ: 

• Instructor, Fall 2006; Fall 2004; Fall 2002; Summer 2000

  • co-taught “United Church of Christ History and Polity”  

Northwestern University: 

• Adjunct Lectureship in Religion, 1998-’99 

  • "Religion and the Human Experience"

Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary: 

• Teaching Assistant, 1997-‘99

  • "Introduction to the Old Testament;" "Elementary Hebrew II"

Haifa University: 

• Dig Volunteer for Dr. Adam Zertal at Al-Ahwat, Israel, August 1995

Publications 

• Invited Chapter “Qoheleth” in Dennis Tucker and Rebecca Poe Hays’ edited volume The Theology and Theologies of God in the Old Testament, Forthcoming, Baylor University Press.

  “Ecclesiastes: Introduction.” Society of Biblical Literature. The SBL Study Bible: Including Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Works New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. New York: HarperCollins, 2023.

• Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) in the Wisdom Commentary Series: Athalya Brenner-Idan, Volume Editor; Barbara Reid, General Editor. Liturgical Press, 2020. Received 2021 Catholic Media Association Award for third place award in Academic Studies. 

  • Reviews: Leslie Hoppe in The Bible Today (July-August 2020, 285); Thomas Bolin in Review of Biblical Literature (9/2021); Nicholas Werse in Catholic Books Review, 2021; Matthew S. Rindge in Horizons (Dec 2021, 547-549); John Jarick in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament (45 [5] 2021, 67). C. Davis Hankins in Interpretation (76 [1], 2022, 74–75);

• “Qoheleth for Feminists” in Engaging the Bible: Contemporary Perspectives. Point of View Publishing, 2020.

• Invited review of Impurity and Gender in the Hebrew Bible by Elizabeth W. Goldstein. Biblical Interpretation 26:1, pp. 113-115, 2018.

• "Manuscript Research as Pedagogy," and “Psalm 11:1-4 (Inv. MOTB.SCR.000121)” with OCU Undergraduate Religion Majors Allison Bevers, Kathryn Hirsch, Leigh Smith and Daniel Ethan Watt. In Publications of Museum of the Bible Vol. 1: Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments in the Museum Collection. Edited by Emanuel Tov, Kipp Davis, and Robert Duke. 2016; Brill.  

• Ruth, Esther, Song of Songs, and Judith, Eugene: Cascade Books, November 2011.  Reviews: Juliana Claassens in RBL 3/2013; Julie Polter, “New and Notable: Widow, Queen, Lover, Warrior,” Sojourners 2/2012, 37.

• “Psalm 119:33-40: Exegetical Perspective,” “Psalm 131: Exegetical Perspective,” “Psalm 31:1-5, 19-24: Exegetical Perspective” in Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary: Year A, Volume 1: Advent through Transfiguration, Ed. David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2010.

• "Notes from the Classroom: Human Timeline: A Spatial-Kinesthetic Exercise in Biblical History."  eaching Theology & Religion 12:4 (October 2009) 366-370. 

• Forty-Three articles for the New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible, Ed. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, including “Akitu,” and “Approach,” in Volume I (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006); "Dung" and "Genitalia," in Volume 2 (2007); "Licentiousness" and "Loins" in Volume 3 (2008); "Onan," and "Orgies," in Volume 4 (2009); "Spit," and "Water of Bitterness" in Volume 5 (2009).

• “Seeing Gives Rise to Disbelieving: Qohelet’s ‘Absurd’ (hebel) Search for Divine Justice.” Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes and Midwestern Biblical Societies 24 (2004): 35-44.

• “Farley’s Answer to Qohelet,” Journal of Theology, Summer 2004, 15-28.

• “Antelope,” “Ass,” “Dove” in Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, ed. David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers and Astrid B. Beck.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

• Ecclesiastes: The Meaning of Your Life, Hea Sun Kim and Mary Lou Blakeman with Commentaries by Lisa M. Wolfe. New York: The United Methodist Church, 1995. (1995 United Methodist Women School of Missions Study Book)

Scholarly Papers and Presentations (recent and notable)

• Invited Panelist for the Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions Program Unit of the Society of  Biblical Literature Session “Qohelet among the Commentators: Recent Commentaries on Ecclesiastes,” “On Writing a Feminist Qoheleth Commentary,” 11/25/2024, San Diego, CA

• “The Dilemma of the Dominant Daughters in Genesis 19” co-presented with Lydia Jost in the Intersectional Feminisms program unit at the International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 7/29/24, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

• “The Compassionate Character of Qoheleth?” In the Second Temple and Late Antique Judaism program unit in the Scholars of Biblical and Related Literature conference of the Southwest Commission on Religions Studies,  3/3/24, Irving, TX

• “Qoheleth (in) the First Person: Gramar and Economics Point to Character.” In the Hebrew Bible program unit at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, 3/4/23, Irving, TX

• “Childist Biblical Interpretation: Valuing Children in the Biblical World” Invited Lecture for Schusterman Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Oklahoma JuST Lunch Lecture, 12/7/22, Norman, OK

• “‘More to You than X Sons’: Children as Measure of Relational Value in Samuel and Ruth” in the program unit Children in the Biblical World Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 11/21/2022, Denver, CO

• “Where are the Women Hiding in Qoheleth?” in the program unit Wisdom in Israelite and Cognate Traditions (in-person), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 11/22/2021, San Antonio, TX 

• Invited Review Panelist for Reading Ecclesiastes from Asia and Pasifika, edited by Jione Havea and Peter Lau (virtual), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 11/21/2021, San Antonio, TX

• OCU Center for Interpersonal Studies through Film & Literature "One of My Favorite Books" online lecture series: “Zora Neale Hurston’s 1939 Moses, Man of the Mountain” April 13, 2021 

• “Qoheleth for Feminists: Where are the Women Hiding in Ecclesiastes?” Schusterman Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Oklahoma JuST Lunch Lecture March 2021

• “Hidden, Abstract, and Dead Children in Qoheleth” in the program unit Children in the Biblical World, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 11/24/2019, San Diego, CA

• “African Onomastics and Famine Names in Ruth” in African Biblical Hermeneutics Section 1: African Biblical Hermeneutics: Multi-, Inter- and Trans-Disciplinary Approaches (MIT’s) of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 11/19/2018, Denver, CO

• “The ‘Netflix Bible’ and other Pop-culture Means of Teaching Bible to Uninterested Students” in the “Bible in Popular Culture” section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 11/20/2017, Boston, MA

• Neustadt Lectures 2017: “Jewish and Christian Scriptural Traditions: Canonicity - Considering Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Discoveries” with Rabbi Vered Harris, Rabbi Abby Jacobson, Rev. Dr. Marty Michelson.  Included: “Psalm 11 in Jewish and Christian Tradition,” “Dead Sea Scrolls Research in Oklahoma: An Unknown Fragment and a Psalm 11 Fragment,” “What Constitutes Scripture in Judaism and Christianity?,” February 9, 2017, Oklahoma City, OK

• “Undergraduate Research on the Fragments,” presented in the “Teaching Biblical Studies in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context: Undergraduate Research and the Publication of the Museum of the Bible Dead Sea Scrolls Fragments” section of the Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, 11/20/16, San Antonio, TX

• Panelist and Organizer for "On Writing a Feminist Commentary: Authors from the Wisdom Commentary Series," with series editor Barbara Reid Presiding; SBL Hebrew Bible & Second Temple Judaism Special Session at Southwest Commission on Religious Studies meeting, 3/12/16, Dallas, TX

• "Teaching Tips for Wisdom Lit: I-Spy; Imagine the Author; How do you relate?" Invited Paper for "The Pedagogy of Teaching Wisdom Literature: From Text (Books) to Class Session and Structure," with Stephen Reid Presiding, Respondent: Claudia Camp.  Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Hebrew Bible Section 3/12/16, Dallas, TX 

• 2015 Manfred Meitzen Outstanding Guest Theological Lecture, West Virginia University Program for Religious Studies, in partnership with the campus-wide celebration of the 50th anniversary of the National Endowment of the Humanities, in which departments hosted discussion about compelling questions, in this case, "Has the Bible been a positive or negative force throughout history?" by way of “Uppity Women of the Bible: Esther.” 9/22/2015, Morgantown, WV

• "Man Versus Human (and what about Woman?): 'ish and 'adam in Ecclesiastes."  Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Hebrew Bible Section 3/15/2015, Dallas, TX

• "A Worker's Gain for His—or Her—Toil," paper presented in the "Special Topics in Feminist Interpretation of the Bible: Feminist Hermeneutics, Economics and Biblical Interpretation” section of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 11/25/2013, Baltimore, MD

• "Does Qohelet Hate Women, a Woman, or Woman Folly?" paper presented in the "Hebrew Bible" section of the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, 3/9/2013, Dallas, TX

• “Students Serving Through Teaching: Service Learning in Introduction to Biblical Literature at Oklahoma City University,” paper co-presented with Dr. Sharon Betsworth in the “Service-Learning and Biblical Studies” section, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 11/21/2011, San Francisco, CA

• Response to Gordon Campbell's lecture on "The King James Version" at the Passages Lecture Series, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 8/9/2011, Oklahoma City, OK

• “'Your Neck is Like the Tower of David’: Biblical and Contemporary Flattery,” paper given in the “Biblical Hebrew Poetry” section, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 11/19/2007, San Diego, CA 

• “Teaching Tip: Human Timeline: A Kinesthetic Exercise in Biblical History,” given in the “Academic Teaching and Biblical Studies” program unit, “Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, 11/18/2007, San Diego, CA 

• “Ecclesiastes as a Model for Feminist Hermeneutics,” paper given in the “Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible” program unit, “Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature,” 11/22/05, Philadelphia, PA

• “Seeing Gives Rise to Disbelieving: Qohelet’s ‘Absurd’ (hebel) Search for Divine Justice,” paper given at the “Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, 4/04, Wheeling, WV

Public-Facing Scholarship

• “Mighty Women of the Bible” Bible Study Videos. Living the Questions, LLC. Forthcoming.

• “Book Review of Debra Band and Menachem Fisch, Qohelet: Searching for a Life Worth Living: Illuminating Qohelet through Art and Philosophy.” The Christian Century, October, 2024.

• “The Making of God: An Interview with Pádraig Ó Tuama,” co-authored with Leslie Long. The Christian Century. June, 2024.

• Neustadt Lectures, 2023. Respondent with Actor Rodney Brazil to “Meaningless,” 2/15, 17, 18/24

• Video Interview with The Christian Century editor Jon Mathieu on “Meaningless”

• Working Preacher Commentaries: Jonah 3:10-4:11 (9/24/23); Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 (10/1/23); Exodus 33:12-23 (10/22/23); Judges 4:1-7 (11/19/23).

• Expert Opinion for article “Ryan Walters says 'Gender Queer,' Bible aren't comparable in response to letter on bans” by Carla Hinton in The Oklahoman, 5/20/23

• Expert Opinion for article “Lawmakers 'thought they were voting against the Bible,' author of anti-spanking bill says” by Dale Denwalt in The Oklahoman, 3/16/23

  “Lent 2A” “Lent 3A” Lectionary essays for The Christian Century, March 2023,

• The Samaritan woman vs. our assumptions (John 4:5-42) (3/10/23); March 12, Lent 3A (Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-42); Abram without Sarai (Genesis 12:1–4a; John 3:1–17); March 5, Lent 2A (John 3:1-17)

• “Meaningless? Ecclesiastes as a One-Man Show.” The Christian Century, February/March 2023.  

• “Rizpah”; “Woman at Endor (Witch of Endor)” Undergraduate-Faculty articles for BibleOdyssey.org, with Kloe Young and Allison McMurray, respectively. 10/2021. “Member Spotlight” Interviews about the research and writing process, 4/12/2023.

• Guest on Williamsburg Baptist Church Podcast, 1/1/22 

• Working Preacher Commentaries: Song of Solomon 2:8-13 (8/29/21); Genesis 2:18-24 (10/3/21); Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 (10/10/21); Isaiah 53:4-12 (10/17/21). 

• “Vanity of Vanities” BibleOdyssey.org article. SBL, 2021.

• Guest Author for Jane Jayroe Gamble’s Religion Column in The Oklahoman, “We Can Celebrate Those Whose Labor is Behind our Joyous Moments.” 8/7/21

• Interviewed for Podcast on Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah for “Bible Project 2020.” Hyde Park UMC, Tampa FL.

• Interviewed for “Not Your Grandma’s Bible Study” Podcast, S02 E06: Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) and Feminism: An Interview with Lisa Wolfe.

• Expert Opinion for article: The Oklahoman, “Survey's findings highlight need for educational opportunities that bring people of different faiths together, Oklahoma experts say” by Carla Hinton, 8/24/19 

• Expert Opinion for Radio Show: KGOU’s “How Curious: A Town Without Men?” by Claire Donnelly, 10/1/18 and 9/24/19 

• “On Being an Irritant.” StillSpeaking UCC Magazine 1:1. April 2010, 76-78. 

• "Uppity Women of the Bible: Ruth, Esther, The Song of Songs, Judith" (Ruth and Song Revised), Bible Study DVDs. Living the Questions, LLC. 2010.

• “A Way Where There Was No Way: Isaiah 40-55,” in DisciplesWorld magazine, Sept 2005, 23. 

• “Job: Go Ahead, Yell at God,” in DisciplesWorld magazine, January-February 2005, 25.

Editing, Mentoring (recent and notable)

• Undergraduate Research Day Judge 2022, 2024

• Mentored undergraduate students since 2012 in writing and presenting papers for the Theta Alpha Kappa section of Southwest Commission on Religious Studies Meeting, Dallas, TX. 

  Hebrew Bible Editor for Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, 2005-2007 

• Editor of United Theological Seminary's Journal of Theology, 2004 - 2007.

• Editing, research and review work on annotations of Contemporary English Version Learning Bible New York: American Bible Society, 2000. October 1997-December 1998

Academic Honors, Awards, and Grants

• 2024 Oklahoma City University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Scholarship of Discovery

• 2023 Oklahoma City University Presidential Faculty & Student Research Fellowship: Mighty Women of the Bible video project with student videographers

• 2022 John C. Starkey Award for Mentoring of Undergraduate Research

• 2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in academic studies for Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), vol 24 in the Wisdom Commentary Series (Liturgical Press, 2020)

• 2018 Recipient of Oklahoma City University Honors Program Distinguished Faculty Award

• 2018 Recipient of Outstanding Faculty Award, Oklahoma City University

• 2017 Nominated for Outstanding Faculty Award, Oklahoma City University

• 2015 Recipient of Oklahoma City University Sabbatical, Fall Semester

• 2014-16   Museum of the Bible SBL travel grant

• 2014 Nominated for Outstanding Faculty Award, Oklahoma City University

• 2013 Green Scholars Initiative travel grant to attend LOGOS Conference at Oxford University 

• 2012 Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning partial funding for attendance at Society of Biblical Literature Meeting; Resulted in leading a workshop for Wimberly School of Religion Faculty at Oklahoma City University on "Divine Violence in Scripture" March 29, 2013

• 2010 Associated Church Press 2010 Award of Excellence for Theological Reflection: Long Format for “On Being an Irritant” in StillSpeaking UCC Magazine (1:1 [April 2010] 76-78), awarded jointly to Gregg Brekke, StillSpeaking editor

• 2010 Received Private Grant to fund Research Assistant to aid in completion of book

• 2010 Oklahoma City University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Scholarship of Discovery

• 1999-’01 Seminary Doctoral Fellowship, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

• 1998-’99 Alleyne Sutton Doctoral Fellowship, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

• 1998 United Church of Christ Make a Difference! Caring for Clergy Doctoral Studies Award

• 1997-’98 Ernest W. Saunders Doctoral Fellowship, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

• 1994 Cramer Award for Academic Achievement, United Theological Seminary 

• 1995 Flinchbaugh Award for Excellence in Study of the Old Testament, UTS

• 1993 Bishop Thomas Scholarship, East Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church

Continuing Education (recent and notable)

• “Improving Learning and Mental Health,” Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at OCU

• October, 2024

• “The New College Classroom,” CETL at OCU 

• September, 2024

• United Church of Christ National Setting Boundary Training for Clergy in Specialized Settings 

• January 2024

• “Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning,” CETL at OCU

• Spring 2022

• Oklahoma City Museum of Art Curator Talk, CETL at OCU 

• September 2021

• “Designing a Hybrid-Flexible (Hy-Flex) Course” Learning Community, CETL at OCU 

• June-August 2020

• “Effective Online Teaching Course,” CETL at OCU

• July 27-30, 2020 

• “Interfaith Faculty Learning Community,” Co-led with Dr. Sharon Betsworth at Oklahoma City University through CETL at OCU 

  • August 2017-April 2018 

  “Teaching & Learning in Our Times: Interreligious / Interfaith Studies and Intercultural Theology” – workshop offered upon the launch of the Association of Interreligious / Interfaith Studies

• November 17, 2017

• “Interfaith Leadership Institute,” presented by Interfaith Youth Core; Atlanta, GA

• January 27-29, 2017

• “Multiple Intelligences Workshop,” CETL at OCU 

• March 11, 2010

• “Grant Writing,” CETL at OCU

• March 31, 2010

• Parker Palmer lecture, University of Central Oklahoma

• February 10, 2010

• Wabash Center: “Teaching College Introductory Religion Courses: Improving Introductory Courses in Religion and Theology Workshop” 

• March 14-15, 2008

• Association of Theological Schools’ “A Roundtable Seminar for Newly Appointed Faculty in Theological Education” 

  • October 22-24, 2004

  Interim Ministry Network “Basic Training” 

• April, 2002

Faith Community Based Workshops, Classes, Sermons (recent and notable)

• “The Women Who Foiled Pharaoh” at the Believer’s Class, St. Luke’s Methodist Church, OKC, OK, 10/6/24

  “The Ten Commandments” Sermon at Crown Heights United Methodist Church, 9/29/24

• “Mighty Women of the Bible” series on Church of the Open Arms UCC, Sunnylane UMC, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Mayflower UCC, Chapel Hill UMC, St. Stephens UMC, and Quail UMC (For OCU Presidential Student-Faculty Fellowship Project), 2023-2024 academic year

  “Ruth Q&A” Bible Study Guest Speaker at First Presbyterian Church, Knoxville TN 2/7/24

  “Judith 16: Victory Stories of Both Fiction and Fact” Sermon at Church of the Open Arms UCC, 8/13/23

  Taught the Old Testament Module of Local Pastor Licensing School for the Oklahoma Conference of the United Methodist Church 6/8/23

  Taught Four Zoom sessions on Biblical Women to interested clergy and laypersons across the country 5/1, 8, 15, 22/23

  “The Hidden Women in the Book of Ecclesiastes.” Keynote Speaker for the Episcopal Church Women’s Retreat at St. Crispin’s Retreat Center, Wewoka, OK, 10/28-30/22

   Organized and Hosted Interfaith Retreat for Enid First UMC, Mosaic UMC and Church of the Open Arms UCC, 9/24/22

   “Seize the Day and Serve Others” Sermon at Epworth Villa Vespers Service 8/4/22

• “Uppity Women of the Bible” at Epworth Villa 10/7/22; 11/11/22; 2/24/23

• “Where are the Women Hiding in Qoheleth?” Believers Class at St. Luke’s UMC, OKC, 5/22/22

• Williamsburg Baptist Church 2021-2022 Lecture Series Speaker, 4/23-24/22

• Invited Respondent for Oklahoma Jewish Theatre and Oklahoma City University production of play 

• “Oh, God” with Rabbi Abby Jacobson, 10/23/21

• “Where are the Women Hiding in Qoheleth?” Classics Class at Church of the Servant UMC, OKC, 9/26/21

  “Squirrely Biblical Interpretation,” “The Sign of the Beast,” “Rest” Preached at Mayflower Congregational UCC, OKC, 8/8, 15, 22/21

• “Ezekiel” Class for Torah Study Group, Jewish Federation of OKC, 4/5/21

• “Women in the Wilderness” Preached at Mayflower Congregational UCC, OKC, 3/29/20

• Lakeside Ohio Preacher of the Week: “Biblical Women and Black Lives Matter”: “Uppity* Midwives 

• and Other Ostracized Underdogs *With background about the racist history of “uppity,” and an effort to reclaim it for the work of assertive resistance”; “Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah and Reparations”; “Deborah and Jael and Victory Stories”; “Rizpah and Mothers of the Movement”; “Huldah and Broken Social Contracts”; Closing Worship Speaker for Akron District UMC Youth Institute, 7/19-25/20 

• “Godly Play: The Story of the United Church of Christ” Preached at Church of the Open Arms, OKC 8/25/19

  “Uppity Sister-Daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, Tirzah” Preached at Second Presbyterian Church, Knoxville TN, 8/28/19

  “Huldah the Prophetess” Preached at Zion UCC Cincinnati OH, 8/21/19

• “Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)” Speaker for Torah Study Group at Jewish Federation in OKC, 2/18/19

•  “Citizens of Heaven” Preached at Mosaic UMC, 2/6/19 

• “Giving Birth” Preached at Harmony Creek UCC Dayton, OH, 12/30/18

• “Qohelet for Sukkoth,” “Song of Songs for Passover,” and “Ruth for Shavuot”; Scholar in Residence 2017-2018 at Temple B’Nai Israel, OKC, 10/5/17; 3/31/18; 5/20/18

  "Naomi and Ruth," Keynote Address for Esther Women group, St. Luke's UMC, OKC, 9/6/17

• “Dear Sea Scroll Research at OCU,” at West OKC Rotary Club, 3/15/17

• “Song of Songs,” Preached at New Life UMC, Oklahoma City, OK, 10/9/16

• “The Time for Everything is Uncertain,” Preached at First United Methodist Church, Oak Ridge, TN7/10/16

  Keynote Speaker, Oklahoma Diocesan Episcopal Church Women 2016 Annual Conference and Bishop's Day, Oklahoma City, OK, 4/29-30/16

• Trinity United Church Lecture Series, Peterborough, Ontario, 10/23-25/15

Pastoral Experience

Local Church Ministry

• Godly Play Storyteller; Occasional Pulpit Supply, Church of the Open Arms United Church of Christ

• Oklahoma City, OK; August 2013-present

• Confirmation Advisor/Coordinator, Cross Creek Community Church United Church of Christ, 

• Dayton, OH; January–October 2005

• Interim Pastor, St. John’s United Church of Christ, Troy, OH 

• July 2002-July 2003

• Extended Supply Pastor, Genntown United Church of Christ, Lebanon, OH

• January 2002-May 2002

• Associate Pastor for Christian Education, Zion United Church of Christ, Norwood, OH 

• May 2000-December 2001

• Acting Director of Christian Education and Youth, Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ, Oak 

• Lawn, IL; August 1996-September 1997 

• Youth Minister and Summer Interim Pastor, Springboro United Church of Christ, OH 

• September 1994-July 1996 

• Student Intern, First United Methodist Church, Dayton, OH

• September 1992-August 1994

• Director of Youth and Discipleship, First United Methodist Church, Boulder, CO

• August 1990-August 1992

Other Ministry Settings

• On-Call Chaplain, Children’s Medical Center, Dayton, OH

• September 2004-June 2007

• Youth Camp Director, including “Sun, Sand and Revolution” camp; Jr. High Outpost; Sr. High Outpost Templed Hills Camp, Bellville, OH: Ohio Conference of the United Church of Christ; Summer 2000-July 2006

• Chaplain Intern, Children’s Medical Center, Dayton, OH

• September 1992-July 1996

Community Service

• Oklahoma City Public Schools Student Experience and Equity Committee: Empowering Rigorous Content; 2020 - 2022

• The Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma Board; Member fall 2016 – fall 2018

• Sisters in Solidarity, Women's Actions Against Islamophobia; Founder fall 2014

• Oklahoma Institute of Biblical Literacy, Member 2013-2015; Vice President 2014-2015

Professional

• Member of Society of Biblical Literature since 1997

• Member of the Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures Program Unit Committee since 2023

• Ordained in the United Church of Christ, July, 2000; Ordained Ministerial Standing in the Oklahoma 

• Association of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the UCC as of 10/23/07; Local Church Membership at Church of the Open Arms UCC, Oklahoma City 

• Member of United Church of Christ History and Polity Teacher’s Network 2000-2006