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.
Daniel Brunner (Spring 2020)
Professor of Christian History and Formation
Portland Seminary of George Fox University
Portland, OR
Project Title: The Paradox of Formation: Building Bridges between Catholic Spiritual Formation and an Emerging Evangelical Audience
Hans Harmakaputra (2019/20)
Teaching Fellow/Ph.D. Candidate
Boston College
Brighton, MA
Project Title: The Community of Friends of God and Cloud of Witnesses: Muslim-Christian Comparative Theology Exploration for the Construction of an Inclusive Theology of Sainthood
Jane Kelley Rodeheffer (Fall 2019)
Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
Project Title: Miming Salvation: Biblical Imagination and Catholic Tradition in the Stories of Flannery O’Connor
Anne Rowthorn (Spring 2020)
Lecturer at the Hartford Seminary and special projects writer for the Episcopal Church, USA
Overseas Ministries Study Center
Salem, CT
Project Title: A Deafening Silence: A Deeper Examination of the Climate Crisis and the Churches
Jeffery Rowthorn (Spring 2020)
Bishop, Liturgist, Hymn Writer
Overseas Ministries Study Center
Salem, CT
Project Title: All Our Hope on God is Founded: Hymns for a Time of Planetary Crisis
Thomas Schönberg (Spring 2020)
Manager/Director
Firma Ars Nova
Stockholm, Sweden
Project Title: Bach Book Project
John Shea (Fall 2019)
Researcher and Writer
Fordham University and Boston College (retired)
South Yarmouth, MA
Project Title: Adult Jesus, Adult Followers, Adult Eucharist
Columba Stewart (2019/20)
Professor of Theology/Executive Director
Saint John’s University, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML)
Collegeville, MN
Project Title: Toward a New Understanding of the Origins of Christian Monasticism
Jana Trajtelová (Fall 2019)
Lecturing Professor
Trnava University
Nitra, Slovakia
Project Title: The Praise of Elusiveness: On Selfhood and Identity in Western Mysticism. Phenomenology of Christian Spirituality
Lynn Underwood (Fall 2019)
Senior Research Associate
Case Western Reserve University
Chagrin Falls, OH
Project Title: Tough Times, Delusions, and the Flourishing of the True Self
Short Term Scholars
The following scholars will be at the Collegeville Institute for less than one semester.
Victoria (Vicki) Barnett (September-October 2019)
Independent Scholar
Falls Church, VA
Project Title: In the Winter Kingdom: Reflections on an Engaged Pilgrimage through History
Mary Lautzenhiser Bellon (March 2020)
Director, Office of Pastoral Care and Counseling
Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Urbandale, IL
Project Title: On the Farside of Yesterday
Alexandra Russell Brown (February 2020)
Professor of Religion
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
Project Title: Commentary on 1 Corinthians
Sarah Lane Cawte (November-December 2019)
Free Churches Education Officer
Free Churches Group England and Wales
Essex, United Kingdom
Project Title: Law, Policy, Practice and Experience: Applying Goodlad’s Conceptual Framework to Collective Worship through Case Studies in four Schools in England
Mary Frances Coady (November 2019)
Writer, Instructor
Catholic New Times/Ryerson University
Toronto, Canada
Project Title: The Practice of Perfection
Lucia Greskova (November 2019)
State Counselor/Assistant Professor
Ministry of Culture/Comenius University
Kalinkovo, Slovakia
Project Title: Culture and Religious Conflict
Beth Kissileff (April 2020)
Independent Scholar and Writer
Pittsburgh, PA
Project Title: Finding God in the Basement: A Christian Minister Gets Sober and Finds Faith Again Through Alcoholics Anonymous
Mersha Mengistie (November-December 2019)
Assoc. Professor and Assoc. 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
Michele (Mickie) Micklewright (October 2019, March-April 2020)
Chaplain
Alfred J. Hofstede Care Center
Brooklyn Park, MN
Project Title: In the Dawn of Shadows: A Hybrid Narrative
Natalia Pecherskaya (September-November 2019)
President
The St. Petersburg School of Religion and Philosophy
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Project Title: Building a Russian-American Team to Study Religious Perspectives of Paradigms of Visions of Beauty
Camilla Russell (November 2019)
Publications Editor, Honorary Research Associate, Conjoint General Curia of the Society of Jesus, University of Divinity, University of Newcastle
Rome, Italy
Project Title: Being a Jesuit in Renaissance Italy – A Historical Biographical Exploration of the Society of Jesus in its First Century
Thomas (Tom) Ryan (January-February 2020)
Director, Paulist North American Office for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations
Paulist Fathers
Boston, MA
Project Title: Reaping the Harvest, Sharing the Fruits
Kathy Snider (September-October 2019)
Executive Director/Missionary
Ixcan Ministries
Mandan, ND
Project Title: Peregrinatio: Along the Way of Saint James – Finding God in the Ixcan Jungle and in Compostela Spain
Chanequa Walker-Barnes (March-April 2020)
Associate Professor of Practical Theology
Mercer University McAfee School of Theology
Atlanta, GA
Project Title: The Role of Spirituality in the Social Activism of Radical Women of Color
Frederick (Fritz) West (December 2019)
Ordained Minister, United Church of Christ
Marine on St. Croix, MN
Project Title: Why That Text? A Guided Tour through the Revised Common Lectionary
