Resident Scholars
The following scholars will be at the Collegeville Institute for either one semester or a full academic year. Short Term Scholars are listed below.
Nicholas Denysenko (Fall 2017)
Associate Professor of Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
Project Title: The Reception of Liturgical Tradition: Festal Development in Byzantine Liturgy
Thomas (Tom) Fate (Spring 2018)
English Professor
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
Project Title: On God, Faith and the Myth of Arrival
James (Jim) Hofmann (2017/18)
Professor and Chair of Liberal Studies
California State University Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
Project Title: Catholicism and Evolution in Historical and Philosophical Context
Jaisy Joseph (2017/18)
Doctoral Candidate/Teaching Fellow
Boston College
Newtonville, MA
Project Title: Reimagining Catholicity: An Interstitial Perspective
Robert (Bob) Kitchen (Spring 2018)
Retired Minister/Teacher
Sankt Ignatios Theological Academy
Regina, Saskatchewan
Project Title: Resurrecting the Library of Mar Behnam Monastery, Mosul
Reid Locklin (Spring 2018)
Associate Professor
St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto
East York, Ontario, Canada
Project Title: Advaita Mission, Christian Mission
Ernest Simmons (Spring 2018)
Professor of Religion; Director, Dover Center for Faith and Learning
Concordia College
Moorhead, MN
Project Title: The Entangled Creation: Quantum Biology and Theology
David Smoker (2017/18)
PhD Candidate
Luther Seminary
Saint Paul, MN
Project Title: Ecclesiology, A Crisis in Meaning: Reviving the Church in an Age of Cynicism
Toshihiro (Toppo) Takamura (2017/18)
PhD Candidate (ABD), Pastor
The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Project Title: Preaching the Gospel in a Time of Unrest: Martin Luther’s Biblical Hermeneutics in the Sermons of First Peter
Short Term Scholars
The following scholars will be at the Collegeville Institute for less than one semester.
Mary Frances Coady (September-October 2017)
Writer/Instructor
Catholic New Times/Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Project Title: The Practice of Perfection
John Hudson (Spring 2018)
Senior Pastor
Pilgrim Church, United Church of Christ
Sherborn, MA
Project Title: Spiritually Speaking
Asher Marron (November 2017)
Campus Minister, Theology Faculty, Service Learning Coordinator
Oakland, CA
Project Title: Altogether Beautiful: Coming Out as Queer and Catholic
Mersha Mengistie (September-October 2017)
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Technology
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Project Title: A Lexicography of the Abennat Temehert: An Oldest Ecclesiastical System of Learning of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Rachel Miller Jacobs (October-November 2017)
Assistant Professor of Congregational Formation
Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Goshen, IN
Project Title: “Ordinary Time” Forgiveness
Bonnie Miller-McLemore (Spring 2018)
Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture
Vanderbilt University
Brentwood, TN
Project Title: The Undersides of Living Out Our Callings
Lynn Prouty (October 2017)
Artist and Art Instructor
Founder, Impact Gallery
Bismarck, ND
Project Title: Brace Yourself
Milan Spak (September 2017)
Teacher
School of Applied Arts
Kosice, Slovakia
Project Title: Lonely Cedars: Spiritual Vocation as an Art, Art as a Spiritual Vocation
Jean Sullivan (November 2017)
Co-Pastor
United Church of Monticello
Monticello, IA
Project Title: Compassion, Advocacy and Healing: The Church Responds to Adverse Childhood Experiences
William (Bill) Sullivan (September 2017)
Scholar-in-Residence
Former Director
Carnegie Foundation Preparation for the Professions Program
San Francisco, CA
Project Title: Liberal Arts and the Ethics of Economic Inequality
Rachel Twigg Boyce (October 2017)
Pastoral Associate
saint benedict’s table
Winnipeg, MB
Project Title: Alien Baby: The Incredible Adventures of the Amazingly Invisible Girl
