Student Profile

Almeda Wright

Course of Study:

Person, Community, and Religious Life

Year of Entry:

2004

Areas of Focus:

Practical Theology
African American Religious Practices
Religious Education
Adolescent Spiritual Development
Race Identity Development

Education:

Degree Institution City State Graduation Year
Ph.D. candidate Emory University Atlanta GA
M. Div. Harvard Divinity School Cambridge MA 2004
M. A. T. Simmons College Boston MA 2001
S. B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 1999

Teaching Experience:

Course Title School Role Professor
Issues in Educational Ministry with Youth: Gender, Race, Sexuality and Consumerism Candler School of Theology (Emory University) Adjunct Professor
Beyond Christianity: Black Religions of Protest Emory College (Emory University) Teaching Assistant Dianne Stewart
Global Feminisms & Christian Theology Candler School of Theology (Emory University) Teaching Assistant Mary Elizabeth Moore
Religious Education as Formation & Transformation Candler School of Theology (Emory University) Teaching Associate Ted Brelsford
Religious Education as Formation & Transformation Candler School of Theology (Emory University) Teaching Assistant Jennie Knight
American Religious Radicalism Youth Theological Initiative Teacher

Conference Presentations:

Format Presentation Title Conference Name Conference Date
Youth as Public Theologians Imaging America Conference: Layers of Place, Movements of People: Public Engagement in a Diverse America October 1-3, 2008
Paper Respondent Adolescent Centered Soteriology Koinonia Journal Annual Conference, Princeton Theological Seminary April 2006

Work Experience:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Assistant Director and Research Coordinator The Youth Theological Initiative, Candler School of Theology Atlanta GA Jan. 2007- Present
Taking Wing Community Organizing and Youth Mentoring Coordinator Women's Theological Center Boston MA Sept. 2003-May 2004
Math and Literacy Teacher Young Achievers Math and Science Academy Boston MA Summers 2000-2004
5th and 6th Grade Teacher Martin L. King, Jr. Open School Cambridge MA Sept. 1999-May 2001

Practices Concentration:

Core Seminar Paper: Un-mistakably, Un-questionably & Un-paradoxically Black and Christian: Race Identity Rituals in Black Nationalist and Africentric Christian Churches

Dissertation:

Title: Integrated-Integrating Pedagogy: A Practical Theological Analysis of Fragmented Spirituality among African American Adolescents