Academic Degrees & Education
2007 Brunel University/London School of Theology
London, England
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
(Practical Theology)
1989 Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Evanston, Illinois
Master of Divinity (M.Div.)
1982 National College of Education
Evanston, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Dual Major, Mathematics/
Elementary Education
Other Qualifications & Awards
- Christians for Biblical Equality International Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017
- Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary’s Center for the Black Experience (CBE) 45 Outstanding
Alums, 2016
- Wiley College’s Women of Excellence Award, 2014
- Member, International Society of Theta Phi
- Named a Christian Woman Role Model in Preaching for 1998 by the Ecumenical Coalition on
Women and Society
Academic Appointments
Northeastern Seminary
Roberts Wesleyan University
Rochester, New York
Litfin Divinity School
Wheaton College
Wheaton, Illinois
Northern Seminary
Lisle, Illinois
Huntingdon College
Montgomery, Alabama
Luther Seminary
St. Paul, Minnesota
Adjunct Professor (2026- present)
Visiting Scholar in Practical Theology (2026-present)
President and Professor of Homiletics (2024 – 2025)
Chapman-Benson Scholar in Residence (2024)
Visiting Professor of Religion (2023-2024)
Professor of Biblical Preaching, (2020 – 2024)
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Academic Dean
Northern Seminary
Lisle, Illinois
Wesley Biblical Seminary
Ridgeland, Mississippi
Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, Indiana
Wesley Seminary
at Indiana Wesleyan University
Marion, Indiana
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California
(2020 – 2022)
Associate Professor of Biblical Preaching (2019 – 2020)
Adjunct Professor (2022)
Adjunct Professor (2020, 2022)
Affiliate Professor of Practical Theology (2018)
Associate Professor of Practical Theology (2017 – 2018)
Assistant Professor of Preaching (2012 –2017)
Academic Liaison to the William E. Pannell Center for
African American Church Studies (2015 -2017)
Founding Associate Dean for the William E. Pannell
Center for African American Church Studies
(2015)
Associate Dean for African American Church Studies
(2012 – 2015)
Duke University Divinity School
Durham, North Carolina
Visiting Professor of Preaching (2008 - 2012)
Associate Dean for Church Relations (2008 – 2012)
Associate Dean for Black Church Studies (2009 – 2012)
Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning (2008- 2009)
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, Kentucky
Assistant Professor of Preaching (2003 – 2007)
Instructor of Preaching (2001 – 2003)
Director of Student Life (1999 – 2001)
Director of Women and Ethnic Ministries (1997 – 1999)
