MEET US

Our faculty and staff come from a variety of academic and professional backgrounds. Their work supports the school’s mission to prepare people for Unitarian Universalist and progressive multi-religious faith ministries and religious leadership in society.

Core Faculty

Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt

President, Professor of Unitarian Universalist Ministry and Heritage

Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini

Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the Faculty, Aurelia Henry Reinhardt...

Rev. Dr. Christopher Schelin

Dean of Students, Director of Contextual Education

Dr. Som Pourfarzaneh

Associate Professor of Islamic and Digital Media Studies

Rev. Dr. Meg Richardson

Associate Dean of the Faculty, Associate Professor

Rev. Dr. Sheri Prud’homme

Assistant Professor of Religion and Education

Rev. Dr. Pamela D. Hancock

Assistant Professor of Spiritual Practice & Care for the Soul

Faculty

Rev. Kevin Alan Mann

Assistant Professor of Multicultural Chaplaincy and Community Ministries

Dr. Ashley London Bacchi

Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Ancient Mediterranean Religions

J. Tyson Casey

Assistant Professor of Leadership and Movements

Taya Mâ Shere

Assistant Professor of Organic Multireligious Ritual

Rev. Dr. Tera Landers

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Congregational Life

Rev. Dr. Matta Ghaly

Assistant Professor of Practical Theology

Dr. Hugo Córdova Quero

Director of Digital Learning and Associate Professor of Critical Theories and Queer Theologies

Dr. Shannon Frediani

Assistant Professor of Pedagogy in Multireligious Decolonial Liberative Education

Adjunct Faculty

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Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Elijah Eckert-Smith

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Dr. Samantha Wilson

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Eric Harvey

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Pravina Rodrigues

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Shane Nelson

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Keyona Lazenby

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. John Buehrens

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Leslie Takahashi

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Sabrina Dent

Adjunct Faculty

Faculty Emeriti/ae

Clare Benedicks Fischer

Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Emerita Professor of Religion and Culture

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Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker

Emerita Professor of Theology

Research Faculty

Dr. Andrea Vestrucci

Research Professor

Clare Benedicks Fischer

Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Emerita Professor of Religion and Culture

Dr. Ghazala Anwar

Research Faculty

Research Scholars

Aisha Hauser

Research Scholar

Alex Rodriguez

Research Scholar

Alex Kapitan

Research Scholar

Betty Jeanne Rueters-Ward

Research Scholar

Charles Garfield

Research Scholar

Glenna Matthews

Research Scholar

Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore

Research Scholar

Rev. Dr. Jay Atkinson

Research Scholar

Joanna Macy

Research Scholar

Làszlò Major

Research Scholar

Letizia Tomassone

Research Scholar

Rev. Tet Gallardo

Research Scholar

Szabolcs (Szabi) Czire

Research Scholar

Hilda Mason Teaching Fellow

Dr. Yvonne C. Garrett

Hilda Mason Teaching Fellow

Kelly Ann (KA) Nelson

Hilda Mason Teaching Fellow

Staff

Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt

President, Professor of Unitarian Universalist Ministry and Heritage

Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini

Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the Faculty, Aurelia Henry Reinhardt...

Rev. Dr. Christopher Schelin

Dean of Students, Director of Contextual Education

Rev. Dr. Meg Richardson

Associate Dean of the Faculty, Associate Professor

Dr. Hugo Córdova Quero

Director of Digital Learning and Associate Professor of Critical Theories and Queer Theologies

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Jessica Neno Cloud, CFRE, MA

Vice President of Advancement

Erica Toyama

Director of Annual Giving

Dawn Higdon

Advancement Assistant

Fred Williamson

School Safety Officer

Rev. Jacqueline Duhart

Director of Spiritual Care

Juliet Chan

Registrar

Kim Moebius

Assistant to the Dean of Faculty and Coordinator of Academic Affairs

Matthew Waterman

Director of Admissions & Recruitment

Owais Qureshi

Student Accounts Manager & Finance Assistant

Teresa Joye

Assistant to the President and Director of Operations

Xander Huffman

Director of Communications

Trustees

Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt

President, Professor of Unitarian Universalist Ministry and Heritage

Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini

Chief Academic Officer and Dean of the Faculty, Aurelia Henry Reinhardt...

Rev. Alison Miller

Chair, Board of Trustees, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church of Portland

Bruce Field

Wrentham, MA

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Kellie Kinsman

Ex-officio Trustee representing student body, Gardena, CA

Liesl Dees

Ex-officio Trustee representing student body, Farmington, NM

Dr. Tuli Patel

Summit, NJ

Linda Laskowski

Berkeley, CA

Rev. Lyn Cox

Secretary, Board of Trustees, Baltimore, MD

Rev. Zeb Green

Ex-officio Trustee representing the Graduate Association, Freeport, ME

Rebecca Cooke

Treasurer, Board of Trustees, Secane, PA

Rochelle Fortier Nwadibia

Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Daly City, CA