This online edition is the authoritative version of the Seminary of the Southwest's Catalog. It contains all changes and updates made since the 2007-08 Catalog was printed in April 2005.

The Very Reverend Douglas Travis
Dean and President
Sixth-generation Texan and a fourth-generation clergyman, the Very Rev. Douglas Travis joined the seminary community as Dean-elect at the beginning of 2007 and became Dean in June that year. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he holds five academic degrees including a Master of Sacred Theology in Spiritual Direction and a Doctor of Ministry. Travis’ academic interests focus on Christian formation, spirituality and leadership. He describes himself as a moderate who is deeply committed to the unity of the Anglican Communion. Devoted to Anglicanism in its essentials, Travis thinks that the great challenge of the Episcopal Church in a postmodern and largely post-Christian world is to remember and embrace heartily the essentials of our tradition – especially as expressed in the historic creeds and the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral – while also being responsive to the developing needs of an emerging culture. Doug came to the seminary after being rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in The Woodlands, Texas. Prior to that he served three parishes in the Diocese of Dallas where he was also the Dean of the Anglican School of Theology, and he was a fellow and lecturer at The General Theological Seminary in New York.
B.A., Trinity University. M.A.T.S., McCormick Theological Seminary. M.A., University of Chicago Divinity School. S.T.M., General Theological Seminary. D.Min., Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.

The Reverend Alan P. R. Gregory
Frederic and Alma R. Duncalf Associate Professor of Church History. Academic Dean.
Professor Gregory taught historical and systematic theology and served as Director of Academic Studies at Salisbury and Wells Theological College , England , before coming to the U.S. for doctoral studies at Emory University in the late 1980s. He earned his Ph.D. in historical theology, specializing in Romanticism and the work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Dr. Gregory is the author of Moving Gnomes by Midnight, a volume of sermons, and Coleridge and the Conservative Imagination, in addition to being a contributor to Oxford Guide to Romanticism and Coleridge’s Assertion of Religion. Professor Gregory has complemented his teaching and research with service in several parochial ministries in Britain and Atlanta , Georgia . His third book, Quenching Hell, an introduction to the Anglican mystic, William Law, will be published September 2008. Currently, Dr. Gregory is working on a theological study of science fiction. He also has a particular interest in the integration of theology and spirituality, and in Christian responses to technological change. He joined the Seminary of the Southwest faculty in 1995 and became Academic Dean in 2004.
B.D., Kings College, University of London. M.Th., University of London. Ph.D., Emory University.

Dr. Anthony D. Baker
Assistant Professor of Theology.
Professor Baker joined the seminary faculty in 2004.  His academic interests include Thomas Aquinas, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Russian Orthodoxy, political theology, Ressourcement, Radical Orthodoxy, the English Holiness Tradition and theological metaphysics. He offers electives periodically on many of these topics. Professor Baker has published articles in Modern Theology, the Journal of Anglican Studies and other journals and collections. He is currently at work on a book entitled Diagonal Advance: Christian Perfection and the Perfect God, a critical engagement with the idea of perfection in the history of Christian thought. He also is a great fan of the Marx Brothers, plays the guitar very poorly and is learning to dance.
B.A., M.A., Olivet Nazarene University. Ph.D., University of Virginia.

The Reverend Paul T. Barton
Associate Professor of Hispanic Church Studies.
Professor Barton joined the seminary faculty in the fall of 1999, following the completion of his Ph.D. studies at Southern Methodist University. The heart of his MDiv program at Perkins School of Theology and his doctoral studies at SMU was the historical, cultural and theological investigation of Latino/a Christianity. His book, Hispanic Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists in Texas , was published in 2006. Professor Barton is writing two books on the history of Hispanic Christianity in North America . He brings his Latino perspective to bear on the courses he teaches in History, Hispanic Church Studies and Missiology, in addition to administering a website (www.latinoreligion.com) he has developed for Hispanic Theological Education and Hispanic Ministry. A second generation Mexican-American, he is an ordained elder in the Rio Grande Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Professor Barton was pastor of three Hispanic congregations and a campus minister after completing his MDiv degree.
B.A., Southwestern University. MDiv, Perkins School of Theology. Ph.D., Southern Methodist University.

Ms. Molly Bennett
Director of the Certificate Programs in Youth Ministry and Christian Education. Lecturer in Christian Education.
A veteran director of religious education and consultant throughout Province VII, Ms. Bennett has worked in the field of Religious Education for more than 20 years. She is a strong supporter of theological education for everyone – not just persons intending ordination. Ms. Bennett views lifelong learning about the presence of God in our lives as a necessity for the living out of vows undertaken at baptism. She has taught at both the Seminary of the Southwest and the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest. Ms. Bennett leads workshops and consults regularly with churches throughout Province VII.
B.A., Western Washington University.

Dr. Steven Bishop
Assistant Professor of Old Testament
Dr. Bishop came to the Seminary of the Southwest from the Boston area in 2004 where he earned three graduate degrees and taught at several universities. Formerly an ordained minister of the Church of Christ, he served churches in Texas and Massachusetts before beginning graduate studies in the early 1990s. Dr. Bishop’s academic interests include the poetry of the Hebrew Bible and literary translations of it into English, and the influence of Hellenistic thought on Hebrew wisdom literature. In addition to writing book reviews and presenting scholarly papers, Dr. Bishop assisted the well known Old Testament scholar Bernhard Anderson in editing and revising two books: Out of the Depths: The Psalms Speak for us Today and Contours of OldTestament Theology. Dr. Bishop worked again with Anderson as an editor and contributor for the fifth edition of Understanding the Old Testament. That book was published in spring 2006.
B.S., Abilene Christian University. M.S., Texas A&M University. M.T.S., Boston University School of Theology. M.A. and Ph.D., Boston University.

The Reverend Charles James Cook
Joe and Jessie Crump Chair of Cultural Research. Professor of Pastoral Theology.
Professor Cook teaches a variety of pastoral theology courses. He also created the seminary’s St. Luke’s, Atlanta, program where students take part in that church’s extensive outreach work during the seminary’s January Term every year. Professor Cook served in churches in Texas, North Carolina and St. Louis before joining the seminary faculty in 1984. He works frequently with dioceses, parishes and vestries throughout Province Seven and other parts of the country on pastoral and planning issues, in addition to being active in several Episcopal Church groups in the Austin metropolitan area.
B.A., Drake University. MDiv, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

The Reverend Micah T.J. Jackson
Assistant Professor of Homiletics.
A candidate for the Ph.D. degree in Homiletics at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., Rev. Jackson joined the Seminary of the Southwest faculty in June 2008. His academic interests include the spiritual discipline of preaching, homiletic form and postmodern construction of the relationship between preacher and congregation. During his doctoral studies, he taught at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Church Divinity School of the Pacific and the Graduate Theological Union. His courses ranged from “New Media in Worship and Preaching” to “Political Preaching.” Rev. Jackson is slated to be an instructor of the Episcopal Preaching Foundation’s Preaching Excellence Program in Summer 2008. He had been an Associated Clergy at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley for two years before moving to Austin.
MDiv, Meadville Lombard Theological School. M.T.S., Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. Ph.D. (candidate), Graduate Theological Union.

Dr. Nathan G. Jennings
Assistant Professor of Liturgics and Anglican Studies.
A native of Austin, Professor Jennings returned to his hometown when he joined the faculty of the Seminary of the Southwest in 2005. Dr. Jennings came to the seminary from the University of Virginia. In teaching liturgy, Jennings seeks to explore and reflect upon how liturgy places the Christian in contact with God and reality. Jennings ’ approach to liturgy is therefore theological, and he is committed to liturgy as the living context of theological reflection. His research interests include liturgics, dogmatics, asceticism and theological hermeneutics. Jennings’ dissertation engages the relationship between Christian asceticism, liturgical discipline and the practice of Christian dogmatic theology.
B.A., University of Texas. MDiv, Yale Divinity School. M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Ms. Ellen Jockusch
Director of the Master’s Program in Pastoral Counseling, Spiritual Formation and Chaplaincy.
Ellen Jockusch has 25 years of experience in higher education – coordinating academic programs and advising students at the University of Texas. She served as director of the Texas Union Informal Class Program and developed the pilot program for Freshman Interest Groups, in which 1,000 UT students are now enrolled and which is recognized nationally as a model for learning communities. In addition, Ms. Jockusch was the academic coordinator of the interdisciplinary honors program, Plan II, where she had extensive experience with curriculum development, academic advising and working with adjunct, as well as tenured, faculty. Ms. Jockusch is a graduate of St. Stephen’s Episcopal School and a life-long Episcopalian who believes in the importance of theological education and spiritual community in the formation of Christians for lay ministry and service.
A.B., Stanford University. M.A., University of Texas.

Dr. Donald E. Keeney
Director of the Booher Library.
Dr. Keeney has been Director of the Booher Library since the beginning of 2007. Prior to coming to the seminary, he was director of seminary libraries in metropolitan New York City, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Kansas City, Kansas. He has also taught classes in research methods, Greek, Hebrew, and other courses. Dr. Keeney considers the library a central component during seminary and in active ministry. The library therefore seeks to include resources for both clergy and laity. The Booher Library relies increasingly on computerized resources, providing many full-text articles and books online for both students and alums. Dr. Keeney believes that our energetic and competent staff makes it possible for the Booher Library to contribute significantly to seminary education.
B.A and M.A., Wheaton College. MDiv and Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. M.S.L.S., Columbia University.

The Reverend Cynthia Briggs Kittredge
Ernest J. Villavaso, Jr., Associate Professor of New Testament.
Educating preachers and teachers to be conscious and responsible interpreters of Scripture, Professor Kittredge is committed to giving students the exegetical and interpretive tools both to appreciate and to critically engage with the biblical texts for theological reflection. Her research specialty is hermeneutics and the letters of Paul. Professor Kittredge, a contributor to the new Oxford Annotated Bible, is the author of Conversations with Scripture: The Gospel of John and Community and Authority: The Rhetoric of Obedience in the Pauline Tradition. She co-edited The Bible in the Public Square: Reading the Signs of the Times and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom: Essays in Honor of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. Prior to joining the seminary faculty in the fall of 1999, Professor Kittredge taught at Harvard University and the College of the Holy Cross. She serves as Assisting Priest at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin.
B.A., Williams College. MDiv, Th.M. and Th.D., Harvard Divinity School.

The Reverend Kathleen Sams Russell
Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology for Ministry
Professor Russell brought a range of chaplaincy, parish, and social justice ministry to the Seminary of the Southwest when she joined its faculty in 2005. She has taught in many settings – parishes, programs of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), multi-disciplinary rounds in hospitals, workshops in diocesan settings and other small groups. She supervised CPE students at the Center for Urban Ministry in San Diego and the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Her areas of expertise include theological reflection and integration, spiritual and pastoral assessment, faith development in the context of human growth and personality, and crisis ministry and intervention. Before coming to Austin, she served three years as acting rector of a San Diego church where she helped the vestry and parishioners through a period of crisis and transition. Prior to ordination, she organized retired and disabled textile workers in South Carolina in the late 1970s and early 80s.
B.A., Daemen College. MDiv, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary.

Dr. Russell E. Schulz
Associate Professor of Church Music. Organist and Choirmaster.
Professor Schulz’s work focuses on sacred music, especially liturgical music and hymnody, but his real job, he says, is to keep music in the air of the Seminary of the Southwest. He chaired the music committee of The Hymnal 1982 and was tapped by Yale to co-edit its New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. Formerly Dean of the Evergreen ( Colorado ) Music Conference for many years and past President of the Hymn Society of the U.S. and Canada , he has made presentations on hymnody in the U.S. and in Europe , including an American hymn festival in Westminster Abbey. To further his interest in folkloric (“intuitive”) music, he has interviewed people in the former Communist countries, as well as Copts in Egypt and all sorts of faithful in India , Mexico and Brazil , about how religious music speaks to ordinary folks. Professor Schulz, who has taught at the seminary since 1974, is composer of about 250 published works. He also is Director of Music at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin.
B.Mus., Valparaiso University. M.Mus., Union Theological Seminary. D.M.A., University of Texas.

Dr. Jana Strukova
Assistant Professor of Christian Education and Formation.
A native of former Czechoslovakia, Dr. Strukova came to this country in the mid-1990s to study Christian education. Her cross-cultural experiences give her a global lens and a spirit of tolerance while empowering her with a voice for witnessing to the struggle of the oppressed faith and to the sustaining gift of God’s grace in Christ. Dr. Strukova, who enjoys exploring the relationship between faith and a person’s socio-cultural situation, is committed to nurturing young people in values and habits that assist in building a just and socially-minded society. Before joining the seminary faculty in 2008, she was pastor of a Lutheran church, youth minister and Christian educator. She was a postdoctoral Fellow in Religious Practices at Emory University during the last academic year where she researched faith-based transformative practices that nurture and sustain youth in their life of faith – namely, the practices of table talking, care giving and sharing commons.
M.Ed., Philosophical Faculty of Safarik University. M.A.R. and S.T.M., Lutheran Theological Seminary. Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary.

Dr. Corinne Ware
Assistant Professor of Ascetical Theology.
Dr. Ware teaches courses in spirituality. She was a clinical therapist specializing in work with adults, in marital therapy and spiritual formation at the Samaritan Counseling Center, St. Joseph, Mo., for seven years before joining the faculty and administration of the Seminary of the Southwest in the fall of 1997. A Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a licensed marriage and family therapist, she holds the Doctor of Ministry degree in pastoral counseling. Dr. Ware has written three books on spirituality: Saint Benedict on the Freeway, published by Abingdon, Discovering Your Spiritual Type and Connecting to God: Nurturing Spirituality Through Small Groups, both published by the Alban Institute. She is also the author of What Is Liturgy?, a Forward Movement publication.
B.S., Texas Christian University. MAR, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. D.Min., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Associated Faculty

Ms. Kathy Barrett
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
A Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and a National Certified Counselor, Ms. Barrett specializes in workforce development, career counseling, mental health counseling and teaching and topics ranging from visioning and planning to implementing and team building. She has a thirty-plus years career in direct service delivery and administration of workforce development programs in the Rural Capital Area with emphasis on special populations, particularly low-income and dislocated workers. Ms. Barrett provides mental health and career counseling at the Samaritan Counseling Center . She returns to campus after teaching in the seminary’s MAC program in the spring semester of 2007.
B.A., Southwestern University. Ed.S. and M.S., Florida State University.

The Reverend William M. Bennett
Instructor in Church Administration.
The Reverend Dr. Bennett is the former provost of the Seminary of the Southwest and served as rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Austin from 1996 to 2007. He is interested in how individuals and groups perceive the mission of the church and how they order and structure their work and ministry to carry out that mission. He believes that the work of the church is formation for ministry and that the task of the seminary is to prepare lay and ordained leaders for that work. His course introduces students to the skills and techniques necessary for leadership in tomorrow’s church.
B.S., Portland State University. MDiv, Church Divinity School of the Pacific. D.D., Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Dr. Jim Bentley
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. Bentley has been in the private practice of psychology and hypnotherapy since 1979. Prior to that he was a counselor-therapist, a director of programs for youth centers in black and brown East Austin, a supervisor with the Austin public school’s diagnostic intervention program, and a crisis intervention counselor and classification officer for the Travis County Jail. His background includes two years with Virginia Theological Seminary and an internship and chaplaincy at the New Jersey Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Princeton , New Jersey . His work in hypnosis and hypnotherapy deals with anxieties, depression, relationships, study skills, stress, and habits such as weight, smoking, and drug addiction. Dr. Bentley is Greek Orthodox and has taught Sunday school at St. Elias in Austin for ten years. He has served on the board of directors of Eremos, a contemplative center in Austin for three years. He is currently revising a book entitled Pastoral Counseling as A Performing Art and Devotional Practice.
B.A., University of Wyoming. MDiv, Yale Divinity School . Ph.D., University of Texas.

Dr. Michael S. Bishop
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. Bishop is Co-Director and Founder of the Austin Family Institute, a post graduate training program in marriage and family therapy. He has been in private practice since 1987.Dr. Bishop is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Texas and is an Approved Supervisor in each license. He is a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Currently, he is the Past-President of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. In addition, he is a Psychological Consultant for Covenant Connection within the Southwest Conference of the United Methodist Church . His teaching experiences also includes having been on the Adjunct Clinical Faculty in Marriage and Family Therapy with University of Houston-Clear Lake and being an Adjunct Professor in Marriage and Family Therapy at St. Edward’s University.
B.A., Howard Payne University. M.A., Ph.D., Southwestern Seminary.

Ms. Lisa Blackwood
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry
With extensive experience in the fields of mental and chemical health, Ms. Blackwood is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor and a Certified Secondary Educational Counselor and has a private practice at Weavings Wellness Group. A graduate of the Seminary of the Southwest, she has developed programs for inpatient, outpatient and long-term treatment programs for patients with mental health and addictive disorders. As a pastoral counselor, Ms. Blackwood works with individuals, couples and groups utilizing both theological and psychological themes and also leads workshops for marital education. Before entering the mental health field, Ms. Blackwood was Executive Director of both a Big Brothers and Big Sisters and a YWCA.
B.S. and M.A., Texas Tech University. M.A.C. Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

The Reverend Donald T. Carr
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry
A former Baptist minister with the Southern and American Baptist churches in Kentucky and Indiana, Dr. Carr has recently taught courses on Christian Spirituality based on the theme of the Book of Revelation; “Theology in a Nutshell,” a comparison of basic theological differences in the major branches of Christianity; a survey of Early Church History; and “A Formula for Fragmentation,” a five-part series on the development of denominationalism in the American church at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin. In addition, he has taught courses in Bible, Spirituality, Church History and Theology at Episcopal churches in Raleigh , North Carolina , and St. Petersburg , Florida . Dr. Carr’s areas of specialization are Patristics, Reformation, Nineteenth Century Social History and Historical Homelitics.
B.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock. MDiv and Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

The Reverend Canon Jaime Case
Instructor in Hispanic Church Studies.
Rev. Case guided the growth of a multicultural mission – San Francisco de Asis – and its Jubilee Center – El Buen Samaritano – in Austin for nine years before being named Executive Director of Province VII’s Center for Hispanic Ministries in 2003. In 2005 he was named Canon for Multicultural Ministry for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas. Case, who grew up in the Philippines with missionary parents, brings a multicultural view to the Hispanic Center . Founded in 1977, the Center provides support and advocacy for missions to Hispanics in Province VII and around the nation, as well as in Latin America.
B.A., Coe College. MDiv, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

The Reverend Sandra Casey-Martus
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Rev. Casey-Martus, a Seminary of the Southwest graduate, is the Associate Rector at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Austin. Prior to moving to Texas, she was Vicar of St. Francis of the Tetons parish and director of the Alta Retreat Center in Wyoming. Her commitment to the Christian Contemplative Tradition is foundational. The Lessons – How to Understand Spiritual Principles,Spiritual Activities, and Rising Emotions, co-authored with Carla Mancari, was published in 2008. She conducts workshops/retreats and teaches throughout the country. Her article, “Centering Prayer and Priestly Formation,” appears in Continuum Press’s publication, Centering Prayer in Daily Life and Ministry. Prior to ordination, she taught theology in Washington, D.C., directed a university campus ministry program in San Antonio and served as Executive Director of CONTACT, an ecumenical suicide hotline in Lubbock, Texas. She received the Hal Brook Perry Award in 2005. The Seminary of the Southwest alumni/ae association’s honors an ETSS graduate each year in recognition of outstanding and faithful ministry.
B.S., M.Ed., Springfield College. M.T.S., Oblate School of Theology. C.I.T.S., Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Dr. Hal G. DeShong
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. DeShong, who taught at the seminary in the fall semester of 2007, has been in private practice as a psychologist since 1972. He specializes in marital and family difficulties, relationship problems and individual psychotherapy. Dr. DeShong has presented programs about Clinical Applications of Bowen Theory, Management of Stress and Promoting Responsibility and Leadership from a Family Systems Perspective throughout his professional life. In addition to writing articles for professional journals, he has talked about “The Teacher as a Person” for two public television shows in Austin and San Antonio.
B.A., St. Mary’s University. M.Ed. and Ph.D., University of Texas.

Mr. Marshall A. Divita
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Mr. Divita is in private practice, as well as being Manager of Counseling Services at SafePlace in Austin . With experience as a therapist at the Waterloo Counseling Center and Child and Family Services in Austin , he has been a counselor at the universities of Texas State and St. Edward’s. Mr. Divita is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and an Approved Supervisor for Licensed Professional Counselor Interns. In addition to his counseling work, he is a registered massage therapist in the state of Texas.
B.S., Texas A&M University. M.Ed., Texas State University.

The Reverend Mary C. Earle
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Rev. Earle, a Seminary of the Southwest graduate, is an Episcopal priest in San Antonio who is Author in Residence at The Workshop, a ministry of St. Mark’s Church. Among her interests are Christian spiritual practice, including prayer, retreats, spiritual direction and rule of life and the ways in which these practices shape moral action in the world. Co-author of Holy Companions: SpiritualPractices from the Celtic Saints and Praying with the Celtic Saints and author of Broken Body, Healing Spirit: Lectio Divina and Praying with Illness, Beginning Again: Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Illness, and The Desert Mothers: Spiritual Practices from Women of the Wildnerness. Professor Earle is currently working on a book of her poetry. A presenter at the 2003 and 2007 International Thomas Merton Conferences, a regular writer for explorefaith.org, and frequent teacher of online courses at the seminary, she received the 2003 Durstan McDonald Award for Teaching from the seminary.
B.A., M.A., University of Texas. MDiv, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Mr. John C. Fenner
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Mr. Fenner is a Clinical Social Worker with Weavings Wellness Group, a private, not-for-profit counseling center in Austin . About half of his 36 years of clinical social work practice has been in faith-based programs, as well as administrative experience in various mental health settings. Mr. Fenner is a Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy & a board certified Diplomate in clinical social work. He worked for the Permian Basin MHMR in Odessa , Texas , for ten years. In addition to teaching at the University of Texas-Permian Basin, Mr. Fenner maintained a private practice; worked for an inpatient chemical dependency facility, as well as for the Ector County Independent School District , before returning to Austin in the late 1980s to work for the Samaritan Counseling Center.
B.A., M.S.S.W., University of Texas.

Dr. Betty Sue Flowers
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Poet, professor and participant in numerous media projects, Dr. Flowers is director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum. Before this appointment, she directed the creative writing program in the University of Texas English Department and the Plan II Honors Program, in addition to serving as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies. Her published books of poetry include BlueLioness and Extending the Shade. She has worked with Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell in producing books such as Genesis: A Living Conversation and The Power of Myth.
B.A., M.A., University of Texas. Ph.D., University of London.

Dr. Ismael García
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. Garcia is Professor of Christian Ethics at the Austin Presbyterian Seminary. He joined the seminary faculty in 1986 after teaching eight years at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago . In addition to teaching, he has led the Hispanic Summer Program in Austin . The author of numerous articles and reviews, Professor García has written two books: Dignidad: Ethics Through Hispanic Eyes and Justice in Latin American Theology of Liberation. His third book, Introducion a la etica cristiana, has recently been published by Abingdon.
B.A., University of Puerto Rico. M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Dr. Greg Garrett
Writer in Residence.
Dr. Garrett's role as Writer in Residence involves helping future (and current) leaders of the church learn to read, interpret and communicate effectively so they can carry out their vocational callings. Professor of English at Baylor University , where he has twice won university-wide teaching awards, Dr. Garrett is the author of the novels Free Bird and Cycling, the spiritual autobiography Crossing Myself, books on religion and culture including Holy Superheroes and The Gospel According toHollywood and a number of books for The Voice scripture project for the emerging church, among them The Voice of Mark.
B.A., M.A., University of Central Oklahoma. M.Div., Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest. Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.

Ms. Judy C. Haralson
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Ms. Haralson is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor. She has been in private practice with individuals, families and groups since 1988 after being a therapist at the Counseling and Pastoral Care Center of Austin for the previous eight years. Her professional presentations range from stress and mediation to the adolescent years and compassionate parenting.
B.S., Hardin-Simmons University. M.Ed., University of Texas.

Dr. Raymond C. Hawkins II
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. Hawkins has been a clinical psychologist practicing in Austin since 1979. Now practicing at New Life Institute, his current clinical research interests involve treatment outcomes databases and the study of individual differences in personality, consciousness, spirituality and treatment outcomes. An Episcopalian and the author of numerous articles in professional journals, Dr. Hawkins is on the core faculty of the Ph.D. clinical psychology program at Fielding Graduate University . He also teaches in the psychology department at the University of Texas , where he directed the clinical psychology training clinic for three years. Dr. Hawkins has also served as a board member of the Austin Jung Society.
B.A., Brown University. M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania .

The Reverend David L. Jones
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. Jones is Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Austin Presbyterian Seminary. Professor Jones serves as the Vice President of the Association for Doctor of Ministry Education (ADME). He is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, has experience as an emergency room crisis counselor, a hospital chaplain, a police chaplain, a college chaplain, and a community-based pastoral counselor. For seven years he served as executive director of the Harmony Grove Counseling Center in Lilburn , Georgia . In both Long Island and Hudson River Presbyteries Jones served on the Committee on Ministry. Prior to coming to the Presbyterian Seminary in 2003, he spent 21 years in pastoral ministry serving several churches in New York State and Georgia.
B.A., Messiah College. MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary. AAS, Sullivan County Community College. Th.D., Candler School of Theology, Emory University.

Mr. Fito R. Kahn
Instructor of Electronic Technologies.
Mr. Kahn has been Director of Instructional Technology at the Seminary of the Southwest since 1998. He came to the seminary from Texas A&M International University where he held a similar post. Mr. Kahn regularly teaches the Web Site Creation and Management for Ministry course on campus, in addition to providing technical support for the seminary’s online course program. Owner of Intuitive Solutions, a web design and consulting firm, he also directs the Network for Young Artists, a non-profit organization that helps build confidence and self esteem in youth through music. His bachelor’s degree was in radio, television and film while his master’s degree work was in media studies.
B.S., University of Texas. M.A., New School University.

The Reverend Stephen W. Kinney
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
An Episcopal priest, Rev. Kinney is a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Psychology at the University of Texas where he earned a master’s degree in School and Program Evaluation. Married with three children, he has taught high school and pastored parishes. His interests focus on human learning and development, social theory, marriage and family studies, and psychology of self-identity in community.
B.A., M.A., University of Texas. MDiv, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

The Reverend Arthur G. Kirby II
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Mr. Kirby is a counselor for individuals and families, as well as a consultant for businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. In addition to teaching at the seminary, he is the director of the Methodist Health System’s Pastoral Counseling and Training in San Antonio .  His past experience includes training ranch horses and dogs, being a pastor, chaplain in medical and psychiatric hospitals, and supervisor and trainer of chaplains and pastoral counselors.  He has been an executive director of a nonprofit pastoral counseling center and director of employee assistance for Baptist Health Systems in San Antonio .  Rev. Kirby studied at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and St. Mary’s University, in addition to taking part in an integrative program for psychiatric residents and pastoral counselor residents at the Univeristy of Louisville Medical School.  Considered a master storyteller, he blends professional counseling, spiritual and consulting skills with folk wisdom and humor.  He is in love with his wife and three kids.
B.S., M.S. and MDiv, Abilene Christian University.

The Reverend John G. Lewis
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
John Lewis is Co-Director of the WorkShop and the Center for Faith in the WorkPlace in San Antonio , where, along with the Rev. Jane Patterson, he helps people bridge the workplace and worship place. This takes place in a variety of settings, as they show participants how to lead and interpret their daily lives through the lens of scripture and the Christian tradition. Lewis, an Episcopal priest, is also part-time Assistant Rector at St. Mark’s Church, San Antonio; part-time faculty member at Trinity University, San Antonio, where he teaches a variety of New Testament courses; faculty associate at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio as a facilitator in the medical school Humanities and Ethics program; and an experienced Texas civil trial attorney. Lewis has authored one book, Looking for Life: The Role of “Theo-Ethical” Reasoning in Paul’s Religion.
B.A., Houston Baptist University. J.D., University of Houston Law Center. MDiv , Virginia Theological Seminary. D.Phil., University of Oxford.

Ms. Janet L. Maykus
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Ms. Maykus is Principal for the College of Pastoral Leaders and the Director of Christian Leadership Education at the Austin Presbyterian Seminary. Prior to that, she directed spiritual care and bereavement services at Hospice Austin and supervised students from both the Episcopal and Presbyterian seminaries. Maykus has been a chaplain of pastoral care and crisis ministry at the Seton Medical Center in Austin . Ms. Maykus currently serves on community committees that deal with ethics; family elder care and medical/surgical ethics. She previously served on the boards of Austin Area Interreligious Ministries and Interact, a group providing care to people living with HIV/AIDS.
B.A., Texas Christian University. MDiv, Duke University.

Dr. Christopher J. McCarthy
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. McCarthy, a Roman Catholic, is professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas . His academic interests include stress and coping, career development, family attachment and health psychology. He is the author of numerous articles in professional journals and has presented research papers at several conferences. Recent articles include psychological studies of college students and challenge course participation by counselors-in-training.
B.A., University of Virginia. M.A., Boston College . Ph.D., Georgia State University.

The Very Reverend Durstan R McDonald
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dean and President-Emeritus.
The integration of theory and practice is at the heart of all Dean-emeritus McDonald’s teaching whether it is philosophical theology, ethics, apologetics or Christian spirituality. Since retiring as dean of the seminary in 2002, after 19 years of leadership, he has been interim dean and rector of the American Cathedral in Paris, interim rector at St. James’ Church, Florence, Italy, and theologian-in-residence in the Diocese of Utah. He was Director of Trinity Institute and a college chaplain before coming to the seminary in 1983.
A.B., Trinity College. S.T.B., Philadelphia Divinity School. Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. D.D., Hobart and William Smith Colleges. D.H.L., Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Dr. Horacio Peña
Instructor in Spanish.
Nicaraguan born poet and linguist, Dr. Peña has taught the Spanish language at the Seminary of the Southwest since 1980. As professor of Spanish at the nearby Huston-Tillotson University in Austin , he teaches Spanish at all levels. He has also taught at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey , Calif. , during many summers. Several of Dr. Peña’s poems, short stories and essays – including “The One Thousand Faces of God in Central American Poetry” – have been published in the United States , Costa Rica , and Central and South America . Dr. Peña is a member of the Nicaraguan Language Academy . “Canto para poner Dios de moda”(Song to Make God Trendy), his 11-page poem, was published recently in Mexico in An Anthology of the Latinoamerican Religious Poetry of the Twentieth Century.
M.A., Universidad Nacional de Nicaragua. Ph.D., University of Texas.

Dr. Michael H. Quinn
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. Quinn is Board Certified by the Academy of Family Psychology , ABPP, and licensed in Texas . His private practice includes individual and family psychotherapy and organizational consulting. He is a member of the board of directors of the Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family, a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, and associate member of Lake Travis United Methodist Church . Dr. Quinn also holds an appointment as Lecturer in Psychology at Texas State University-San Marcos. His clinical and research interests include the application of family systems principles to family, organizational and school systems.
B.A., Texas Tech University. M.S., University of Texas at Dallas. Ph.D., Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Dr. Frank C. Richardson
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas , Dr. Richardson has taught for over 25 years in the areas of counseling and personality psychology, in addition to being a part-time practicing psychologist. In recent years, he has written mainly in the areas of the philosophy of social science and philosophical psychology. He has co-authored three books: Coping with Exam Anxiety, Stress, Sanity and Survival and Re-envisioning Psychology: Moral dimensions of Theory and Practice, in addition to being an editor of Critical Thinking about Psychology: Hidden Assumptions and Plausible Alternatives. He serves on the editorial board of several other journals. Also, he is an editor of and author of two articles in a recent special issue of The Journal of Psychology and Theology.
B.A., Ohio State University. B.D., Yale Divinity School. Ph.D., Colorado State University.

Mr. Terry L. Sheneman
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
A graduate of the seminary’s Master of Arts in Counseling degree program, Terry Sheneman is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, Advanced Addictions Counselor and Certified Prevention Specialist. He is currently Transition Counselor at Hendrickson High School in the Pflugerville Independent School District and has been working in the substance abuse and mental health field for over 20 years. Instructor Sheneman was awarded the 2004 Texas Association of Addiction Counselors Elves Smith Counselor of the Year Award, and in 2005 received the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor’s Lora Roe Memorial Counselor of the Year Award.
B.S., Texas State University. MAC, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Dr. Edward L. Shirley
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Dr. Shirley, Professor of Religious Studies at St. Edward’s University, specializes in the Trinity, Christology, Mariology and Interreligious Dialogue. He possesses the theological mandatum from the Catholic Diocese of Austin and has given classes and presentations for numerous dioceses, parishes and church-affiliated groups across the country. A professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order since 1980, he currently serves as the chair of that order’s Ecumenical/Interfaith Committee. A faculty member at St. Edward’s for 22 years, he is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Catholic Theological Society of America and is past secretary for the Society of Buddhist Christian Studies.
A,B., University of Missouri-Columbia. M.A., St. Louis University. Ph.D. Fordham University.

Ms. Delda S. Skinner
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Ms. Skinner, a graduate of the Seminary of the Southwest, founded the First Frontier Collage Society here in Austin , serves on the board of the Society of Layerists in MultiMedia and is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and the National Collage Society. Her paintings have been published in 15 art books and an article she wrote, “Spiritual Essence of Art,” appears in Bridging Time and Space – Essays on Layered Art. She has taught art in all levels of public and private schools, presented private art and spirituality seminars for many years and has taught Visual Theology workshops in the Austin Lay School and area churches. She recently completed a series of paintings of little known women in the Bible to create a curriculum involving “Seminal Events in the Bible.” Her paintings are in collections in the United States , Mexico, and England.
B.B.A., Baylor University. B.A., Dominican College. MAPM, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Ms. Patricia M. Speier
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Ms. Speier is a spiritual director, teacher and retreat facilitator who specializes in the use of literature and writing for spiritual growth and ethical development. She is Executive Director of Seton Cove, an Austin interfaith center for spiritual formation and renewal. Ms. Speier is passionate about the connection between Spirituality and Leadership and has developed a year long intensive for leaders in all fields (business, medicine, law, religion, non-profit) which is now in its fourth year. A graduate of the Seminary of the Southwest, she has studied spirituality at the Pecos Benedictine Monastery in New Mexico and Integral Spirituality with Ken Wilbur. She has also practiced Big Mind work with Genpo Merzel Roshi.
B.S.Ed., University of Texas. M.A., University of Texas. MAR, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Dr. Steven R. Tomlinson
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Before becoming Director of Curriculum at the Acton School of Business, Dr. Tomlinson taught economics and finance in the Graduate School of Business at the University of Texas for fifteen years where he won numerous teaching awards, including the prestigious Texas Excellence Teaching Award, and designed and directed the McCombs Plus Program, a professional development curriculum for M.B.A. students. A frequent faculty member in the seminary’s MAPM & MAC program, Dr. Tomlinson has taught Austin Lay School of Theology courses on “Adam Smith, American Express and the Kingdom of Heaven ” and “Money as Metaphor.” In addition to his teaching, Dr. Tomlinson, an Episcopalian, is an accomplished theatre artist.
B.A., University of Oklahoma. Ph.D., Stanford University.

The Reverend Margaret Waters
Instructor in Pastoral Ministry.
Margaret has been rector of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Austin since July 2005. After graduating from the Seminary of the Southwest in 2000, she served as assistant and associate priest at St. David’s Episcopal Church, focusing on Evangelism and Adult Christian Formation, as well as serving as chaplain to the day school. As a spiritual director, she has a special interest in literature (particularly poetry and short fiction), dream work, and the Enneagram. She leads Enneagram workshops in Austin and around the U.S. and also leads retreats. Preaching is a particular passion. Co-teaching Art and Soul, she and Delda Skinner will offer an experience of the interface of art, theology, literature, and spirituality.
B.A., Stanford University. MDiv, Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Lutheran-Episcopal Theological Education

The promises inherent in the Called to Common Mission accord for full communion between the Lutheran and Episcopal Churches have long been a reality here in Austin. Just across the street from each other, the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest and the Seminary of the Southwest have been intertwined in theological education, community worship and student life for more than 25 years. Most Lutheran classes are held on the ETSS campus. Lutheran and Episcopalian seminarians take many courses together. The two communities worship together frequently throughout the week and, once each week, the principal daily Eucharist uses the liturgy of the Lutheran Book of Worship.

The Faculty of the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest

The Reverend Wayne L. Menking
Director of the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest.
Dr. Menking was ordained into the Office of Word and Sacrament in 1975, whereupon he served rural congregations in the Upper Midwest. After completing a CPE residency in chemical dependency and mental health ministry, he then served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Fort Worth. He returned to clinical ministry at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, obtaining his certification as a CPE Supervisor from the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education. He remained at Children’s as the Associate Director of Pastoral Care until 1997, at which time he became the Executive Director of the Ministry Development Center in Arlington, Texas. Dr. Menking was appointed as the Director of the Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest, and in this position, he remains committed to the vocational and leadership formation of pastors and seminarians.
B.A., Capital University. MDiv, Luther Theological Seminary. S.T.D., San Francisco Theological Seminary.

The Reverend Raymond W. Pickett
Professor of New Testament.
Dr. Pickett is committed in helping students imagine the world that shaped the New Testament and how these texts formed identity and practice in the earliest Christian communities. Professor Pickett’s main area of expertise is the letters of Paul, and the development of the Pauline communities in the context of Greco-Roman society. He is the author of The Cross in Corinth: The Social Significance of the Death of Jesus and is also interested in the Gospels and a contributor to A Peoples History of Christianity: Christian Origins. He is also interested in interpreting the Gospels in the context of Second Temple Judaism and the Roman Empire, and has published articles on the Gospel of Mark. As a Lutheran pastor with several years experience in the parish, he has also been involved in adult and continuing education.
B.A., M.A., Oral Roberts University. MDiv, Wartburg Theological Seminary. Ph.D., University of Sheffield, England.

The Reverend Javier Alanís
Associate Professor of Theology, Culture and Mission.
Associate Academic Dean.
Professor Alanis’ academic interests include liberation theology and ethics from the underside of history; missiology in a multicultural context; and peace and justice concerns as they relate to the role of the church in society, and in particular along the U.S. - Mexican border. He has a particular interest in Hispanic/Latino theology and ethics and the contribution that U.S. liberation theologians bring to the theological roundtable. He also brings with him training in spiritual direction and formation as a discipline and model for the spiritual life and the vocational discernment process. After graduation from LSPS in 1992, he served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in San Antonio for four years. During that time he chaired the Southwestern Texas Synod’s Multicultural Committee and Anti-Racism Team. He has written numerous articles on the Image of God from a Hispanic/Latino perspective and is currently working on a borderlands hermeneutics as a lens for understanding and interpreting the ethical response to migration.
B.A., Washington University. M.B.A., American Graduate School of International Management. J.D., University of Texas. MDiv, Lutheran Seminary Program in the Southwest. Th.M., Ph.D., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

The Reverend Eliseo Pérez-Álvarez
Associate Professor of Contextual Theology and Praxis.
Coordinator of Theological Education for Emerging Ministries Program.
Professor Pérez-Álvarez taught at Seminario Teológico Presbiteriano de México and at Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico before joining the Lutheran faculty in 2004. His academic interests include historical theology, Kierkegaard’s social thought, and Hispanic and Liberation Theology. During six years he was interim pastor of Kingshill Lutheran Church in St. Croix , Virgin Islands. The author of several articles and reviews, Dr. Pérez-Álvarez has written three books: We Be Jammin: Liberating Discourses from the Land of the Seven Flags; The Gospel to the Calypsonians: The Caribbean, Bible and Liberation Theology; and Comentario de Marcos. He is co-editor of Lutero al habla; Antología.
B.A., Seminario Teológico Presbiteriano de México. B.A., Universidad Iberoamericana de México. Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary. Th.M. and Ph.D., Lutheran School of Theology.

The Reverend Faye E. Schott
Professor of Systematic Theology.
Professor Schott has been a part of the Lutheran faculty since 1990. As a former parish pastor, she is committed to relating theology to individual faith and congregational life as well as the church’s mission in a changing society and world. Her field is systematic theology and she has particular interest in the areas of trinitarian thought, christology and eschatology. She also teaches courses in Lutheran confessions, history and ministry.
B.A., Ohio State University. M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. MDiv, Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Th.M., Th.D., The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

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