Carolyn Medine, Phd is the inaugural All Shall Be Well Professor in Religion and the Director for the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include, religion and politics, theory from classical to postmodern, arts and literature, particularly Southern and African American women’s religious experiences. Medine teaches courses on Religion and Literature, African American Religions and Literatures, Religious Theory and Thought, and Women’s Spirituality and Writings.
Tat Siong Benny Liew, PhD is the 1956 Chair in New Testament Studies at College of the Holy Cross. Liew’s fields of study include the synoptic gospels, gospel of John, cultural and racial interpretations and receptions of the Bible, acpocalypticsm, and Asian American history and literature.
Roger S. Nam, PhD is a Professor of Hebrew Bible and the Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Nam’s research interest centers the economies of the ancient Near East and the book of Ezra-Nehemiah. Before joining the faculty at Candler, Nam served as a dean and professor of biblical studies at George Fox University in Oregon.
Willie Jennings, PhD is an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale Divinity School. He writes in the areas of anthropology, liberation theologies, and cultural identities. Jennings recently published After Whiteness: An Education in Belonging (Eerdmans, 2020) which examines problems in theological education within the western education. Before joining the faculty at Yale, Jennings served as Senior Associate Dean of Academic Programs and professor at Duke University Divinity School.