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.

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Core Faculty

Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt

President, Professor of Unitarian Universalist Ministry and Heritage

Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini

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

Rev. Dr. Christopher Schelin

Dean of Students, Director of Contextual Education

Dr. Som Pourfarzaneh

Assistant Professor of Islamic and Digital Media Studies

Rev. Dr. Meg Richardson

Interim Dean of the Faculty, Associate Professor

Rev. Dr. Sheri Prud’homme

Assistant Professor of Religion and Education

Faculty

Rev. Kevin Alan Mann

Assistant Professor of Multicultural Chaplaincy and Community Ministries

Rev. Dr. Pamela D. Hancock

Assistant Professor of Spiritual Practice & Care for the Soul, Chaplaincy Program Director

Dr. Ashley London Bacchi

Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Ancient Mediterranean Religions

J. Tyson Casey

Assistant Professor of Leadership and Movements

Taya Shere

Assistant Professor of Organic Multireligious Ritual

Rev. Tera Landers

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Congregational Life

Rev. Dr. Matta Ghaly

Assistant Professor of Liberation Theology, Collective Ritual and Sacred Organizing

Dr. Hugo Cordova 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

Distinguished Visiting Lecturer

Rev. Dr. Joanne Braxton

Distingushed Visiting Lecturer

Adjunct Faculty

Katrina Leathers
Ayize Jama-Everett

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Pravina Rodrigues

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Shane Nelson

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Dr. Megan Visser

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Keyona Lazenby

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. John Buehrens

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Gabriel Estrada

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Leslie Takahashi

Adjunct Faculty

Rev. Dr. María Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa

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. 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

Amina Wadud

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

Jennifer Springsteen

Hilda Mason Teaching Fellow

Sara Elizabeth Dyer-Santa Cruz

Hilda Mason Teaching Fellow

Staff

Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt

President, Professor of Unitarian Universalist Ministry and Heritage

Rev. Dr. Gabriella Lettini

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

Rev. Dr. Christopher Schelin

Dean of Students, Director of Contextual Education

Rev. Dr. Meg Richardson

Interim Dean of the Faculty, Associate Professor

Dr. Hugo Cordova 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

Jacob Carroll

Marketing Coordinator

Rev. Jacqueline Duhart

Director of Spiritual Services

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

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

Rev. Alison Miller

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

Bruce Field

Wrentham, MA

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. Mykal O’Neal Slack

Community Minister for Worship and Spiritual Care, Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism, East Point, GA

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

Ted Fetter

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rev. Dr. Traci West

Madison, NJ