White Faculty Currently Serving Candler School of Theology

Ellen Ott Marshall, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Conflict Transformation

Jennifer R. Ayres, Associate Professor of Religious Education and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program

Alison Collis Greene, Associate Professor of American Religious History

Jonathan Strom, Professor of Church History, Senior Associate Dean

Joel Marcus LeMon, Associate Professor of Old Testament

Letitia M. Campbell, Assistant Professor in the Practice of Ethics and Society, and Director of Contextual Education I and CPE

Ted Smith, Professor of Preaching and Ethics

Thomas Elliott, Jr., Associate Professor in the Practice of Practical Theology, Director of Con Ed II, Teaching Parish, and Internships

Elizabeth M. Bounds, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics 

Anne Burkholder, Associate Dean of Methodist Studies and Professor in the Practice of Ecclesiology

Elizabeth W. Corrie, Associate Professor in the Practice of Youth Education and Peacebuilding

Larry M. Goodpaster, Bishop-in-Residence

Timothy P. Jackson, Professor of Christian Ethics

Susan Reynolds, Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies

Steven J. Kraftchick, Professor in the Practice of New Testament Interpretation

Deanna Womack, Assistant Professor of History of Religions and Multifaith Relations

Ryan Bonfiglio, Assistant Professor in the Practice of Old Testament; Director of The Candler Foundry

Kyle Lambelet, Postdoctoral Fellow

Susan E. Hylen, Associate Professor of New Testament

Tara Nancy Doyle, Visiting Research Scholar

David S. Pacini, Professor of Historical and Philosophical Theology

Anthony Briggman, Associate Professor of Early Christianity

Marie Friedmann Marquardt, Scholar-in-Residence

R. Kendall Soulen, Professor of Systematic Theology

Jan Love, Dean and Professor of Christianity and World Politics; Interim Provost and Executive Vice President, Emory University

Pierce Lang Lowrey, Professor in the Practice of Church Leadership and Director of the Episcopal and Anglican Studies Program

Walter T. Wilson, Professor of New Testament

Joy McDougall, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology

Richard Manly Adams, Jr., Margaret A. Pitts Assistant Professor in the Practice of Theological Bibliography

L. Edward Phillips, Associate Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology

John Snarey, Franklin Parker Professor of Human Development and Ethics

Ian A. McFarland, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Theology

Supporting Signatories

Although this document and set of commitments are particular to the work that current white faculty must do, we also invited any current or retired faculty or staff members who endorse the spirit of this statement and/or would like to join us in any part of these actions to add their signatures.

Carol A. Newsom, Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Old Testament

Jacob L. Wright, Assoc. Prof. of Hebrew Bible (signed as a Jewish member of the faculty) 

Don E. Saliers , W. R. Cannon Professor Of Theology and Worship, Emeritus; Theologian-in-Residence

Alice Hunt, Executive Director, American Academy of Religion

Sarah Bogue, Director of Digital Learning

Belle Miller McMaster, Director of Advanced Studies Emerita

Rex D. Matthews, Research Fellow and Professor Emeritus in the Practice of Historical Theology and Wesleyan Studies

James L. Waits, Dean Emeritus and Asa Griggs Candler Emeritus Professor of Divinity

Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching

Brooks Holifield, Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Church History, Emeritus

Steven M. Tipton, Charles Howard Candler Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Religion; Senior Research Fellow

Steffen Lösel, Theologian and Pastor, Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Bavaria

R. Kevin LaGree, former Dean and Professor of Divinity

Barbara Day Miller, Associate Dean Emerita for Worship and Music; Associate Professor Emerita in the Practice of Liturgy and Music

Jon P. Gunnemann, Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus

Kwok Pui Lan, Dean’s Professor of Systematic Theology

Mary Lou Greenwood Boice, Former Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid and of Development and Alumni Relations

Arun W. Jones, Dan and Lillian Hankey Assoc. Prof. of World Evangelism

Robyn W. Pollette, Manager, Faculty Development and Educational Support

L. Wesley de Souza, Arthur J. Moore Associate Professor in the Practice of Evangelism

Jillinda Weaver, Director of YTI and YTI IMPACT

Helen Jin Kim, Assistant Professor of American Religious History

Shelly E. Hart, Director of Academic Administration and Registrar

Roger S. Nam , Acting Professor of Hebrew Bible

Sarah Carlson, Director of Career Services and Adjunct Professor

Brinna Michael, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, Pitts Theology Library

Karen D. Scheib, Professor of Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology, Emerita

Armin Siedlecki, Head of Cataloging and Rare Book Cataloger

Ellen Echols Purdum, Assistant Dean of Student Life and Spiritual Formation

Peng Yin, Postdoctoral Fellow 

Philip L. Reynolds, C. H. Candler Professor of Medieval Christianity

Ann McShane, Project Digital Asset Librarian

Kevin M. Watson, Associate Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies

Gregory C. Ellison II, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling 

Laurel Hanna, Director of Communications

David O. Jenkins, Associate Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology

Theodore R. Weber, Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics

Claire Asbury Lennox, Communications Specialist 

Russell E. Richey, Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History,  Emeritus

Antonio Eduardo Alonso, Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture, Director of Catholic Studies

Rachel Katherine Williams, Admissions Recruiter 

Samuel J. Martinez, Assistant Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

Helen Pearson Smith, Emerita Professor of Theology, Acting Director of the Program for Women in Ministry and Theology, Associate Dean for Community Life

M. Thomas Thangaraj, Professor Emeritus of World Christianity

Ted Brelsford, Affiliate Associate Professor of Religion & Education

Charles R. Foster, Professor of Religion and Education Emeritus