Educational Background

Princeton Theological Seminary

Dates: September 1999-Present

Degree: Ph.D. Candidate in the field of New Testament

Dissertation: a narrative-theological study of love in the Gospel of John, provisionally entitled “Love, Witness, and Resistance in the Gospel of John”

Honors: P.E.O. Scholar Award recipient (‘01-‘02), Scottish Rite of Georgia Scholarship (’99-‘03), Scholarship to study German with Goethe Institut in Munich (summer 2002)

Columbia Theological Seminary

Dates: July 1996-May 1999

Degree: M.Div. with honor in the field of New Testament on the basis of a one-woman performance of the Gospel of John

Honors: Columbia Scholar (‘96-’99), Samuel A. Cartledge New Testament Exegesis Award (‘98), Wilds Book Prize (’99), Fuhrmann Book Prize in Church History (’99), Harvard A. Anderson Fellowship (’99), Lyman and Myki Mobley Prize (’99)

Middlebury College (graduate school in Paris)

Dates: June 1987-May 1988

Degree: M.A. in French literature and civilization

Agnes Scott College

Dates: September 1983-May 1987

Summer 1985, Institut d’Études Françaises d’Avignon, under auspices of Bryn Mawr College

Degree: B.A. in French with high honor on the basis of an independent study, “Le Bonheur chez Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Du Rêverie au Roman”

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Honor Scholar (’83-’87), Stukes Scholar (’84-’85, ’86-’87), Dana Scholar (’85-’86, ’86-’87), Maroney Award for Achievement in the Humanities (’85), Chloe Steele Award for French Study Abroad (’85), Studio Dance Theatre Studies in Progress Award (’85,’86), Reserve Officers Association Scholarship (’83-’87)

Professional Affiliation

Member, Society of Biblical Literature

Presented at Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting in March 2002

“A Garden Locked: Finding God in the Song of Songs”

Recipient of Howard Clark Kee Award for best student paper of the Mid-Atlantic Region

Professional Experience

Princeton Theological Seminary

Teaching Fellow, Fall 2000: The Gospel of Luke, Donald Juel

Teaching Fellow, Spring 2001: Introduction to the New Testament, Donald Juel and Brian Blount

Columbia Theological Seminary

Teaching Assistant, Summer 1998: Greek School, Nancy de Classe-Walford

First Presbyterian Church, Lynn Haven, Florida

Congregational Intern, Summer 1997

With particular emphasis on older members and young adults

The Coca-Cola Company

Associate Editor, Corporate Affairs

December 1989-May 1996

Wrote, edited, and proofread annual report, executive speeches, company magazine, and other publications. Supervised production, photography, and graphic design of publications. Traveled internationally to gather information and manage photography. Developed and taught a course on proofreading.

Helene Feustel, European Public Relations and Investment Consultant for the State of Queensland and European Import Consultant for Seafolly Swimwear and Gymwear

Personal Assistant

March 1989-June 1989

Translated, composed business correspondence in French and English.

Hollywood Savoy, Paris

Singer, Coat-Check Girl, Waitress

November 1988-August 1989

Teaching Interests

The Gospel of John and the letters, Revelation, Introduction to New Testament, Love in the New Testament, New Testament Theology, New Testament Greek, Intertestamental literature, Luke/Acts, Synoptic Gospels, History of interpretation of the Song of Songs

Personal Information

Church Affiliation: Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA), member of Presbytery of Greater Atlanta

Interests: Performing arts, especially performance of biblical texts; reading novels and poetry; travel; my family

Languages: French, German, Koine Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Latin