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EDUCATION

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Baylor University, Truett Seminary

Texts and Traditions II – Reformation Theology, Spring 2022
Texts and Traditions III – Modern Theology, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2027
Intro to Christian Ethics, Summer 2023, Spring 2026
Constructive Theology, Fall 2023
Independent Study - Readings in New Testament, Spring 2024

PUBLICATIONS

Between Resistance and Submission: Bonhoeffer, Luther, and Christian Witness as Political Theology, T&T Clark, 2026.
“Bonhoeffer on the Border” in Bonhoeffer and Contemporary Challenges: Crisis and Hope, ed. Michael Mawson, Dianne Rayson, Phil Ziegler, and Jenny McBride. T&T Clark, 2026.
“Bonhoeffer and a Christian Response to International Conflict,” St. Marks Review, Number 26 (December 2022): 50-61.
Review of Parables in Times of Moral Conflict, by John Perry, Studies in Christian Ethics, forthcoming
Review of ¡Presente! Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead, by Kyle Lambelet, Studies in Christian Ethics, Volume 36, Issue 1 (February 2023): 201-2.
Review of Baptists and the Catholic Tradition, by Barry Harvey, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Volume 29, Issue 3 (July 2022): 142-4.
Review of Bonhoeffer’s Questions: A Life-Changing Conversation, by John W. de Gruchy, Studies in Christian Ethics, Volume 34, Issue 3 (Summer 2021): 390-2.
Review of Lutheran Political Identity and Theology, ed. C.H. Grenholm and G. Gunner, Modern Believing, 57.2 (April 2016): 186-7.
Review of Relativism and Religion: Why Democratic Societies do not need Moral Absolutes, by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Political Theology, (November 2017).

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

“The Political Church: Exploring Ecclesial Responsibility in Bonhoeffer’s Ethics,” Society for the Study of Theology, 15 April 2015.
“The Dangerous Power of Silence: Reimagining Political Theology in the Aftermath of the Stuttgart Confession,” Society for the Study of Christian Ethics, 6 September 2015.
“Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer and Loving the Noisy, Annoying, and Unredeemed Neighbor,” Society for the Study of Theology, 6 April 2016.
“Sanctorum Communio in the Sunday Assembly,” International Bonhoeffer Congress, July 2016.
“Luther, Bonhoeffer and the Challenge to Political Obedience,” American Academy of Religion, Bonhoeffer: Theology and Social Analysis Group, November 2016.
“Bonhoeffer and the Border: Responding to the US Border Crisis and Christian Witness.” International Bonhoeffer Society, January 2024.

PUBLIC LECTURES

“Bonhoeffer and the Responsible Engagement of Church and State,” Center for Ministry Studies Bonhoeffer for Pastors Conference, University of Aberdeen, 28 March 2015.
“Bonhoeffer and the Responsibility of the State,” South Main Baptist Church, Houston, Texas, 28 August and 4 September 2016.
“On the Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation: Luther, Bonhoeffer, and the Legacy of Antisemitism in Germany and the Third Reich,” Holocaust Museum of Houston, 24 October 2017.
Ibid. Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio, 14 November 2017.
“Church and State under the Third Reich,” Texas A&M University- San Antonio, Modern European History Course, 14 November 2017.
“Bonhoeffer and the Question of Political Authority,” St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, 27 November 2017.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND FUNDING

2018 Fellow, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty
2017 Humanities Texas Grant Recipient
$1000 awarded grant for lecture at the Holocaust Museum Houston
2015 Santander Mobility Fund Grant
2014 The Theology and Ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Elphinstone PhD Scholarship, University of Aberdeen
Inaugural department recipient of a Competitive funding scheme for full funding of tuition and institutional fees associated with a doctoral project.
2012 University Ministerial Scholarship, Truett Seminary
Scholarship covering full tuition of the master’s program

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SERVICE

2026-present, Great Houston Community Foundation Next Gen Giving Circle Member
2025-present Board Member, Institute for Spirituality and Health
2025-present Development Board Member, UT Health Houston
2024 Teacher Development Cohort Mentor, South Main Baptist Church
2020-present Adjunct Faculty, Institute for Spirituality and Health
2016 Self-Assessment Team, Athena SWANN Award Committee
The Self-Assessment Team (SAT) is composed of faculty, staff, and students in the Divinity, History, and Philosophy Department at the University of Aberdeen to assess and measure gender relations and inclusivity in the department for the 2016 Bronze Prize.
2015 Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Gender and Advancement for the Society for the Study of Christian Ethics
As a member, researched, catalogued, and presented findings to the SSCE committee on the status of women in the Academy and r recommendations to break down barriers for advancement. This committee has now expanded to look at other underrepresented groups.
2015 Student Co-Coordinator, Ethics of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Conference
Assisted with the organizing and day of running for the two-day international conference.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

2016 Symposium Organizer and Convener: The Intersections of Humanity and Technology, Granite: The Aberdeen Graduate Student Journal
2015 Senior Copy Editor, Granite: The Aberdeen Graduate Student Journal
2010-2012 Editor-in-Chief, Truett Journal of Church and Mission

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