EDUCATION

2013 Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley and Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA)

Near Eastern Studies

Dissertation: Abraham’s Uncircumcised Children: The Enochic Precedent for

Paul’s Paradoxical Claim in Galatians 3:29

Director: LeAnn Snow-Flesher, Ph.D.

Minor Concentrations: Jewish Apocalyptic Literature; Rhetorical Criticism

2001 M.A., cum laude Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Hamilton, MA)

Biblical Languages: Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Koine Greek, Latin and German

1997 B.A., cum laude Northwest University (Kirkland, WA)

Philosophy major, Church History minor

TEACHING EXPERENCE

2007-2008 Adjunct Professor – New Testament

Christ Divinity School of the Pacific, Center for Anglican Learning (Berkeley, CA)

Courses Taught: Reading Paul

Introduction to the New Testament

Continuity and Contrast: The Synoptic Gospels

2008 Adjunct Professor – New Testament

American Baptist Seminary of the West (Berkeley, CA)

Course Taught: Luke-Acts: The Rhetoric of Narrative

2005-2007 Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies

North Park University (Chicago, IL)

Courses Taught: Introduction to the Bible

Paul

2004 Teaching Assistant (Eugene Eung-Chun Park, Ph.D.)

San Francisco Theological Seminary (San Anselmo, CA)

Course Taught: Synoptic Gospels

2003-2004 Instructor – Biblical Literature

Oakland School of Ministry (Oakland, CA)

Courses Taught: Introduction to Paul

Apocalyptic Literature

Narrative Criticism in Luke-Acts

Sociology of Millenarian Movements

2003 Teaching Assistant (LeAnn Snow-Flesher, Ph.D.)

American Baptist Seminary of the West (Berkeley, CA)

Courses Taught: Apocalyptic Literature

2001-2002 Instructor – Latin and French

Boxford Academy (Boxford, MA)

Courses Taught: Introductory and Intermediate Latin, Introductory French

2000-2004 Private Tutor

Introductory and Intermediate Greek and Latin

PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES

2014 Abraham's Uncircumcised Children: How and Why Late Second Period Jews Came to Value

Gentileness as a Category of Being. (Published dissertation 2014)

2014 Entries on "Centaur," “Griffin” and “Rimmon” in The Routledge Dictionary of Ancient

Mediterranean Religions. Edited by E. Orlin. New York: Rutledge (forthcoming)

2014 “N. T. Wright, Paul and the Faithfulness of God.” Book Review in the Covenant Quarterly

February-May 2014.

2012 “A Cautionary Tale.” The Covenant Companion, February, 2012.

2007 “Glorious Appearance: Transfiguration and the Face of God.” The Covenant Companion,

July, 2007.

2007 “Daniel 9: Confession and the Listening Face of God.” The Covenant Companion, April 2007.

2006 “An Uncommon Life: Catherine of Siena.” The Covenant Companion, March 2006.

CONFERENCE PAPERS & INVITED TALKS

“Abraham’s Uncircumcised Children: The Enochic Precedent for Paul’s Program of Gentile Reclamation qua Gentiles” Houston Baptist University, March 19-20, 2014 (Houston, TX)

“Audience as a Projection of Self: Rhetorical Analysis in the Pauline Epistles.” Midwest Society of Biblical Literature Conference, February 8, 2014 (Bourbonnais, IL)

“Call and Response: a Primer on the Modern Slave Trade.” Beloit College, April 2014 (Beloit, WI)

“Abolitionism Now and Then.” McHenry County College, November 16, 2011; April 11, 2012 (Crystal Lake, IL)

“Human Trafficking.” Covenant Central Conference Women Ministries, March 17, 2012 (DeKalb, IL)

“Dying to Live: The Logic of New Testament Baptism.” Northern District Covenant Central Conference Women Ministries, March 19, 2011 (Rockford, IL)

“Redeeming Pandora: Rereading the Story of Eve.” Women’s Studies Department, North Park University, March 21, 2007 (Chicago, IL)

“Envisioning Utopia: Paul and His Tradition.” Congregation Beth El Guest Lecture Series, November 20, 2004 (Berkeley, CA)

“Life, Death and Eternity: Perspectives from Antiquity.” Bay Area Covenant Women Ministries, Oct 11, 2003 (Oakland, CA)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

New Testament Text Criticism Project, 2000-2001, Assistant to William D. Mounce, Ph.D.

Archeology Study Bible Project, 2000-2001, Assistant to Duane A. Garrett, Ph.D.

FELLOWSHIPS

UC Regents Fellowship, 2002-2004

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Biblical Literature

CIVIC SERVICE

Chair of the Society for the Abolition of Modern-Day Slavery, 2010-present