Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Perkins School of Theology: Faculty and Staff


Bryan P.Stone, Leighton K. Farrell Endowed Dean

Hugo Magallanes, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Perkins Administration

O. Wesley Allen, Jr., Ph.D., Emory University, Co-Director of the Lois Craddock Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence

Tracy Anne Allred, Assistant Dean of Student, Alumni, and Community Engagement

Herbert S. Coleman II, Director of Retention and Student Success, Cultural Intelligence Officer

Anthony Elia, Director of the Bridwell Library and J.S. Bridwell Foundation Endowed Librarian

Dallas Gingles, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and Assistant Dean of Hybrid Education

Roy Heller, Director of the Graduate Program in Religious Studies

Robert Hunt, Director of Global Theological Education

Andrew Keck, Chief of Staff

Hugo Magallanes, Director of CASA (Centro de Acompañamiento, Solidaridad y Adiestramiento) and the United Methodist Regional Course of Study School

Alyce McKenzie, Co-Director of the Lois Craddock Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence

John Martin, Director of Development

Bart Patton, Assistant Dean for External Programs and Church Relations

Brice Priestley, Financial Officer

Christina Rhodes, Assistant Dean of Enrollment Management

Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Director of the Master of Sacred Music Program and Director of the Doctor of Pastoral Music Program

Melissa Gooch, Registrar and Director of Academic Services

Intern Faculty

April Bristow, Associate Director of Intern Program

Pam White, Director of Intern Program

Perkins Faculty

O. Wesley Allen, Ph.D., Emory University, Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics

Christopher S. Anderson, Ph.D., Duke University, Associate Professor of Sacred Music

Frederick Aquino, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Professor of Systematic Theology

Karen Baker-Fletcher, Ph.D., Harvard University, Professor of Systematic Theology

Ashley Boggan, Ph.D., Drew Theological School, Affiliate Assistant, Research Professor of Methodist Studies

Jaime Clark-Soles, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor of New Testament

Dallas J. Gingles, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Associate Professor of Practice in Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics

Roy L. Heller, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor of Old Testament

Robert A. Hunt, Ph.D., University of Malaya, Professor of Christian Mission and Interreligious Relations, Director of Global Theological Education

James Kang Hoon Lee, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Associate Professor of the History of Early Christianity

John R. Levison, Ph.D., Duke University, The William Joseph Ambrose Power Professor of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation

Tamara E. Lewis, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Professor of the Practice of Historical Theology

D. Stephen Long, Ph.D., Duke University, University Professor, Cary M. Maguire Professorin Ethics

Hugo Magallanes, Ph.D., Drew University, Associate Professor of Christianity and Cultures

Bruce D. Marshall, Ph.D., Yale University, Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine

Alyce M. McKenzie, Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, Geo. W. and Nell Ayers LeVan Professor of Preaching and Worship

Rebekah Miles, Ph.D., University of Chicago, Susanna Wesley Centennial Professor of Practical Theology

Emily Nelms Chastain, Ph.D., Boston University, Assistant Professor of Christian History and Methodist Studies

Priscilla Pope-Levison, Ph.D., University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Research Professor of Practical Theology

Harold J. Recinos, Ph.D., American University, Professor of Church and Society

Susanne Scholz, Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary, Professor of Old Testament

Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Ph.D., Baylor University, Associate Professor of Church Music, Director of the Master of Sacred Music, Director of Pastoral Music

Abraham Smith, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Professor of New Testament

Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner, Th.D., University of Basel, Professor of Pastoral Care and Pastoral Theology

Bryan P. Stone, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Dean, Professor of Theology

Theodore D. Walker, Jr., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Associate Professor of Ethics and Society

Sze-kar Wan, Th.D., Harvard University, Professor of New Testament

Perkins Emeritus Faculty

William S. Babcock, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus of Church History

Jouette M. Bassler, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emerita of New Testament

Ted A. Campbell, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Professor Emeritus of Wesley Studies

Victor Paul Furnish, Ph.D., Yale University, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of New Testament

Ruben L. F. Habito, D. Litt., University of Tokyo, Professor Emeritus of World Religions and Spirituality

C. Michael Hawn, D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Church Music

Craig C. Hill, D.Phil. University of Oxford, Professor Emeritus of New Testament

John C. Holbert, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Professor Emeritus of Homiletics

Leroy T. Howe, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology

Susanne Johnson, Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, Professor Emerita of Christian Education

James E. Kirby, Ph.D., Drew University, Professor Emeritus of Church History

William B. Lawrence, Ph.D., Drew University, Professor Emeritus of American Church History

Richard D. Nelson, Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation

Evelyn L. Parker, Ph.D., Northwestern University, Professor Emerita of Practical Theology

Klaus Penzel, Th.D., Union Theological Seminary, Professor Emeritus of Church History

Edward W. Poitras, Ph.D., Drew University, Professor Emeritus of World Christianity

W. J. A. Power, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Professor Emeritus of Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament Interpretation

Marjorie Procter-Smith, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Professor Emerita of Preaching and Worship

Mark W. Stamm, Th.D., Boston University, Professor Emeritus of Christian Worship

James M. Ward, Ph.D., Columbia University, Professor Emeritus of Old Testament

Charles M. Wood, Ph.D., Yale University, Professor Emeritus of Christian Doctrine