Curriculum Vitae (Select)

Education 

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts      
Doctor of Philosophy in Practical Theology, May 2014              
Certificate: Religion and Conflict Transformation 

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut      
Yale Divinity School            
Master of Sacred Theology, May 2008              
Certificates: Anglican Studies, Institute of Sacred Music            
Master of Divinity, May 2006, magna cum laude              
Certificate: Institute of Sacred Music      

Yale College            
Bachelor of Arts, May 2003             
Major: English Language and Literature       

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Summer 2007      
St. Andrew’s University, Scotland, Spring 2002 

Additional Education & Certifications

Dare to Lead Trained, September/October, 2021
University of San Diego, Restorative Justice Facilitator Training, 2020-1
Wesleyan University, Creative Writing Certificate, 2019
CoachU, Life Coach Certification, July, 2010-March, 2011
Clinical Pastoral Education in Hospital Chaplaincy, Hartford Hospital, Summer 2004

Book Publications

Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care: Interventions for Safety, Meaning, Reconnection, and Justice. Fortress Press. November, 2024
Speaking of Rape: The Limits of Language in Sexual Violations. Fortress Press. March, 2024.
Conceiving Family: A Practical Theology of Surrogacy and Self. Baylor University Press.  September, 2019.
Expecting Jesus. Morehouse Publishing, November, 2014.
God and Harry Potter at Yale: Faith and Fantasy Fiction in an Ivy League Classroom. Unlocking Press.  December, 2010.

Select Academic Articles

“Temporality, Hermeneutical Injustice, and Freedom after Rape,” APA (American Philosophical Association) Studies in Feminism and Philosophy. Fall, 2023.

“Generalized Surrogacy and the COVID-19 Crisis,” International Journal of Practical Theology, June, 2022.

“Even More Tenuous Connections; A Pastoral Theological Analysis of Foster Care During COVID-19,” Journal of Pastoral Theology. 2021.

“Remembering Rape in Heaven: A Constructive Proposal for Memory and the Eschatological Self,” Modern Theology.  September 22, 2020.

“Absent a Word: How the Language of Sexual Harm Keeps Survivors Silent,” Journal of Pastoral Theology.  Summer, 2020.

Higher Education Teaching Experience

Candler School of Theology at Emory University (2021-present)
Assistant Professor of Practical Theology & Spiritual Care

Seminary of the Southwest (2016-2021)
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology & Director of Field Education

Yale University (2008-2014)
Lecturer.  Christian Theology and Harry Potter

Tufts University (2011-2013)
Lecturer.  Harry Potter and Christian Thought

The University of New Haven, Department of English (2007-8)
Adjunct Faculty.  

 Central Connecticut State University, English Department (2007)
Adjunct Faculty.

Additional Work Experience

 Chaplain, Ethics & Religious Studies Teacher Groton School (Groton, MA) (2015-16)