Education

Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, 2013
Dissertation: “A Performance-Critical Analysis of Lamentations”
M.A.T.S., Bethel Seminary, 2005
B.A., University of St. Thomas, 2001
 
Academic Interests

Old Testament
Lament literature
Biblical Hebrew
Performance Criticism
Women in the Bible
Feminist Biblical Interpretation

Publications

“Daughter Zion Speaks at Auschwitz: A Post-Holocaust Reading of Lamentations,” in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 37 (September 2012): 93-108.
 
Contributor to the New Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible

Academic Presentations
“Once More with Feeling: A Performance-Critical Analysis of Lamentations 1,” paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature regional meeting (Luther Seminary, 2012)
 
“Daughter Zion Speaks at Auschwitz: A Post-Holocaust Reading of Lamentations,” paper presented at the Society of Biblical Literature regional meeting (Luther Seminary, 2011)

Teaching Experience

University of St. Thomas, Adjunct Professor, 2005-2007; 2010-current
The Catholic University of America, Teaching Assistant and Teaching Fellow, 2007-2011.
 
Courses Taught

Theo 101: Introduction to Christian Theological Tradition
Theo 205: Introduction to the Old Testament
Theo 210: Introduction to the New Testament
Theo 345: Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke
Theo 352: The Pentateuch
TRS  260: Christianity and Culture (online)

Professional Membership

Society of Biblical Literature
Catholic Biblical Association