Student Profile

Letitia M. Campbell

Course of Study:

Ethics and Society

Year of Entry:

2005

Areas of Focus:

Christian Social Ethics
Social and Political Theory
Sociology of Religion
Race and Gender Studies
Colonialism and Postcolonialism
Pedagogical practices for teaching ethics

Education:

Degree Institution City State Graduation Year
M.Div. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York New York NY 2003
B.A., M.A. (Oxon) Oxford University Oxford, England 1998, 2004
B.A. Davidson College Davidson NC 1996

Teaching Experience:

Course Title School Role Professor
Science and Religion Manhattan College Instructor
DNA, Evolution and the Soul: Science and Religion in the Western Tradition Columbia University Co-Instructor
Faith, Ethics and the City Youth Theological Initiative, Candler School of Theology (Emory) Co-Instructor
Sociology of Religion Emory College and Candler School of Theology (Emory) Teaching Associate Steve Tipton
History of Christian-Muslim Encounter Emory University Teaching Associate Richard Martin
Religion Internship Emory University Teaching Associate Barbara Patterson
Introduction to Christian Ethics Candler School of Theology (Emory) Teaching Assistant and Colloquy Leader Timothy Jackson
Introduction to Western Religious Traditions Emory University Teaching Assistant Richard Martin
Introduction to First Testament and Exegesis Practicum New York Theological Seminary Teaching Assistant and Colloquy Leader Jin Hee Han
Introduction to Second Testament New York Theological Seminary Teaching Assistant and Colloquy Leader Obery Hendricks

Conference Presentations:

Format Presentation Title Conference Name Conference Date
Paper Learning to Question, Learning to See: A Critical Pedagogy of Christian Ethical Praxis Southeast Regional Commission on the Study of Religion (forthcoming) March 2009
Paper Youth as Public Theologians: Place-Based Education for Faith-Based Social Transformation Layers of Place, Movements of People: Public Engagement in a Diverse America (Conference of the Imagining America Consortium) October 2008
Paper Collecting Scattered Lives: The Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion March 2001

Work Experience:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Managing Editor Practical Matters: a Multimedia Transdisciplinary Journal of Religious Practices and Practical Theology Atlanta GA 2007-present
Program Associate New York Sabbatical Institute, Auburn Theological Seminary New York NY 2004-2005
Young Adult and Campus Minister Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew, United Methodist, and Columbia University New York NY 2003-2004
Youth Minister Brick Presbyterian Church New York NY 2003-2004
Program Coordinator Archives of Women in Theological Scholarship, Burke Library, Union Theological Seminary New York NY 2000-2001
Newspaper Reporter The Anniston Star Anniston AL 1998-1999
Newspaper Reporter The Times Herald-Record Middletown NY 1999-2000
Anti-Racism Workshop Facilitation various academic and religious contexts 2002-present

School Community Involvement:

Position / Role Institution City State Dates
Co-Chair, Consultation on Teaching Feminism/Womanism Southeastern Commission on the Study of Religion 2006-2009
Participant, Transforming Community Project (Dialogue on Race) Emory University Atlanta GA 2007
Planning Committee, "Rethinking Resistance: Literature, Religion and Politics in Global Context" (Conference) Emory University Atlanta GA 2006-2007
Convener, Ethics and Society Colloquy Emory University Atlanta GA 2007-2008
Participant, Consultation on Theological Education and Racism Committee on Theological Education, Presbyterian Church (USA) Louisville KY 2005
Co-Chair, Student Senate Union Theological Seminary New York NY 2002-2003
Member, Academic Affairs Committee Union Theological Seminary New York NY 2002-2003

Practices Concentration:

Core Seminar Paper: Congregation and Counterpublic: Queer Churches at the Crossroads

Experiential Requirement: Faith, Ethics and the City: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Christian Ethical Praxis