Contacts and Information for Institutions Supporting Students of Color
Consult a list of institutional links and contacts for Black Church Studies programs in North America below. This list is not comprehensive.
- Ashland Theological Seminary
- Dr. William H. Myers, Director, Black Church Studies Program
- wmyers@ashland.edu
- Boston University School of Theology
- Dr. Theodore Hickman-Maynard, Associate Dean for Students and Community Life; Assistant Professor of Black Church Studies
- teddyhm@bu.eu
- Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University
- Dr. Oluwatomisin Oredein, Director, Black Church Studies
- o.oredein@tcu.edu
- Candler School of Theology at Emory University
- Dr. Nichole R. Phillips, Director, Black Church Studies
- Nichole.r.phillips@emory.edu
- Chicago Theological Seminary
- Dr. Christophe Ringer, Director, Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life
- christope.ringer@ctschicago.edu
- Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
- Dr. Deborah Rogers, Vice President, Academic Affairs
- drogers@crds.edu
- Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis
- Dr. Frank A. Thomas, Director and Professor of Homiletics
- fthomas@cts.edu
- Duke Divinity School
- Dr. David Emmanuel Goatley, Director, Office of Black Church Studies
- dgoatley@div.duke.edu
- Fuller Theological Seminary
- Dr. Dwight A. Radcliff, Assistant Provost, William E. Pannell Center for African American Church Studies
- DRadcliff@fuller.edu
- Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary
- Taurean J. Webb, Director, Center for the Church and the Black Experience
- Taurean.webb@garrett.edu
- Hartford Seminary
- Dr. Benjamin Watts, Director, Black Ministries Program
- bwatts@hartsem.edu
- Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
- Dr. Angela Cowser, Associate Dean of Black Church Studies and Doctor of Ministry Program
- acowser@lpts.edu
- McCormick Theological Seminary
- Dr. Stacey Edwards-Dunn, Director, Center of African American Ministries and Black Church Studies
- Sedwards-dunn@mccormick.edu
- Perkins School of Theology, SMU
- Dr. Abraham Smith, Professor of New Testament
- abrahams@smu.edu
- Princeton Theological Seminary
- Kermit Moss, Interim Director, Center for Black Church Studies
- Kermit.moss@ptsem.edu
- Oblate School of Theology
- Sister Addie Walker, Director, Sankofa Institute for African American Pastoral Leadership
- awalker@ost.edu
- San Francisco Theological Seminary at the University of Redlands Graduate School of Theology
- Rev. Yolanda Norton, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible/H. Eugene Farlough Professor of Black Church Studies
- Yolanda_norton@redlands.edu and ynorton@redlands.edu
- United Lutheran Seminary
- Dr. Quintin L. Robertson, Director of the Urban Theological Institute & Black Church Studies
- https://www.unitedlutheranseminary.edu/
- Vanderbilt Divinity School
- Dr. Forrest Harris, Director, Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies, and President, American Baptist College
- Forrest.e.harris@vanderbilt.edu
- Virginia Theological Seminary
- Dr. Joseph Thompson, Director, Multicultural Ministries and Assistant Professor of Race and Ethnic Studies
- jthompson@vts.edu
- Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University
- Dr. W. Kinney, Professor of Theology and Director, The Center for African American Pentecostalism and Leadership Development
- jwkinney@vuu.edu
- Wesley Theological Seminary
- Dr. Asa Lee, Director, African American Church Studies
- alee@wesleyseminary.edu
- Yale Divinity School
- Joanne Jennings, Director, Black Church Studies
- Joanne.jennings@yale.edu
Institutions with Programs Supporting Students of Color
(This list is not comprehensive)
- Baylor University
- Boston University
- Chicago Theological Seminary
- Claremont School of Theology
- DU/Iliff Joint PhD in the Study of Religion
- Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
- Graduate Theological Union
- Princeton Theological Seminary
- PhD Studies – https://www.ptsem.edu/academics/phd/overview
- Scholarships & Financial Aid – https://www.ptsem.edu/academics/phd/financial
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- Request Information – https://apply.ptsem.edu/register/inquiry_form
- Visit Princeton Seminary – https://www.ptsem.edu/student-life/visit-the-seminary
- Housing – https://www.ptsem.edu/student-life/housing/overview
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