30 Mar 2023
30 Mar 2023

ATS Women in Leadership Webinar Series

  • Price: FREE

Overview

By registration; The topic of this month's panel webinar will be Women in Theological Education: Sharing our Journeys and Celebrating our Stories.” The Women in Leadership (WIL) Webinar Series will provide peer learning opportunities and a place to share resources and celebrate the unique leadership skills of women in theological schools. Throughout the series, women will engage in discussions around topics related to gender, leadership, and theological school administration, and gain wisdom and identify good practices from experienced and seasoned women leaders.


Agenda

MARCH 30
1:00 - 2:15 p.m. ET
"Women in Theological Education:  Sharing our Journeys and Celebrating our Stories"
Panelists
Chung-Yan (Joyce) Chan
, Principal, Canadian Chinese School of Theology Vancouver (start date August 1, 2023)
Charisse Gillett, President
, Lexington Theological Seminary
Shawn L. Oliver
, Senior Associate Academic Dean, Princeton Theological Seminary
Barbara Reid
, President, Catholic Theological Union

 

 


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Presenters
Chung-Yan (Joyce) Chan

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Chung-Yan (Joyce) Chan

Chung-Yan (Joyce) Chan is the incoming principal of the Canadian Chinese School of Theology Vancouver, effective August 1, 2023. She most recently served as the academic vice president and professor of church history at Carey Theological College. She has a deep sense of calling toward nurturing and formative ministries expressed within the framework of congregational and institutional life, and she holds a strong conviction in the priesthood of all believers and theological education for the whole people of God. Her most recent publications include Rediscover the Fading Memories: Early Chinese Canadian Christian History (2013) and William Dean and the First Chinese Study Bible (2014). Chan earned her PhD from Baylor University.

 

 

Charisse Gillett

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Charisse Gillett

Charisse Gillett was named president of Lexington Theological Seminary in September 2011, and she is the former vice president of administration and special projects at Lexington Theological Seminary. She is a former member of the Lexington Theological Seminary Board of Trustees and officer of the Board (2005–2010). Gillett is the first African American and the first woman called to the presidency in the 154-year history of Lexington Theological Seminary. She was a member of the first cohort of leaders in the Foundations of Christian Leadership program with Leadership Education at Duke University Divinity School, in collaboration with the Center for Creative Leadership and a participant in the Kaleidoscope Leadership Institute for Women in Higher Education. She was commissioned by the Christian Church in Kentucky (Disciples of Christ) and serves as a minister at East Second Street Christian Church in Kentucky. Gillett was recently awarded a Reflective Leadership Grant of $15,000 from Leadership Education at Duke University Divinity School to build capacity to lead from crisis to stability. Gillett earned an EdD from Northern Illinois University.

Shawn L. Oliver

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Shawn L. Oliver

Shawn L. Oliver serves as the senior associate academic dean at Princeton Theological Seminary. Since joining the seminary in 2011, she has served in many roles, including the associate dean for curricula, where she oversaw the PhD program. In her role as associate dean for planning and assessment, she worked in the areas of strategic planning, accreditation, and assessment. Oliver continues in those roles as the senior associate academic dean while also assisting in curriculum review and revision, disability services, advising, and budgeting. She has served as an administrator in theological education for the past 22 years. She previously served at Ashland Theological Seminary, leading the MDiv cohort program redesign, academic support, curriculum review, strategic planning, organizational restructuring, assessment, and accreditation. She received her PhD in higher education administration from Kent State University with a dissertation focused on a grounded theory study of a comprehensive curriculum review process. Oliver served on the ATS/COA Board of Commissioners from 2016–2022. She has participated in approximately 25 accreditation visits for ATS and for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

 

Barbara Reid

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Barbara Reid

Barbara E. Reid, OP is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is president and professor of New Testament Studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Her most recent books are Wisdom’s Feast. An Introduction to Feminist Interpretation of the Scriptures (Eerdmans Press, 2016); Abiding Word: Sunday Reflections for Year A, B, C (3 vols., Liturgical Press, 2011–2013); Taking up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations Through Latina and Feminist Eyes (Fortress Press, 2007; Spanish translation, Reconsiderar la Cruz, Verbo Divino, 2009), The Gospel According to Matthew, New Collegeville Bible Commentary Series (Liturgical Press, 2005); Parables for Preachers (3 volumes; Liturgical Press, 1999-2001), Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke (Liturgical Press, 1996). Reid is general editor for the 58-volume feminist commentary on the Bible, Wisdom Commentary Series (Liturgical Press), and she is past president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (2014–2015). She has led may study tours and retreats in the Holy Lands. Reid holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and an MA in religious studies from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.


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Mary Young

 

 

Date & Time
Thu, Mar 30, 2023 , 1:00 p.m. ET
Thu, Mar 30, 2023 , 2:15 p.m. ET

Location
Zoom

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