Interim Dean of the Earlham School of Religion

The dean is the chief academic and administrative officer of ESR. The dean’s role and responsibilities will be further specified in a position description prepared by the president of Earlham College in consultation with the faculty and subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. The dean reports to the provost and appoints and evaluates other administrative faculty of ESR.

Sr. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Interim Dean of Earlham School of Religion; Professor of African and African American Studies; Professor of Religion

About the Dean

I was born in Harlem and raised in the South Bronx. I received a B.A. in psychology/pre-law from Goshen College, an M.A. in theology and ethics from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, and a Ph.D. in religion and society from Princeton Theological Seminary.

My areas of teaching and research cover religious, philosophical, and social ethics; religion and law; constructive Christian theologies; Black religion; theories of religion; and the relationships among religion, ethics, and politics in civil/public life.

I teach at Earlham because it is one of the country’s outstanding liberal arts institutions, striving to reflect and engage many identities, experiences, and voices of the world.

My favorite activities are conference participation, research, some publishing, speaking engagements, faculty advising of student organizations, and tracking the interrelated cultural productions of society (e.g., music, art, dance, religion, politics, crime, and punishment).

Outside my professional life, I enjoy traveling back to the mid-Atlantic (especially New York City) for the cultural arts and to visit family. I also enjoy attending college sporting events and playing saxophone.