Mentors and Areas of Interest

Ph.D. Program Director, Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of Biblical Studies
(Accepting applicants for Fall 2027)

• Epistle to the Hebrews
• Mary in the NT
• Gender in the NT
• Select topics in the Synoptic Gospels, especially Mark

The Jonathan Blanchard Associate Professor of New Testament and Public Theology
(Accepting applicants for Fall 2027)

• Topics in Pauline Theology and Exegesis (Particularly the letters of Galatians, Philemon, Colossians, and Ephesians)
• African American Biblical Interpretation and Theology (and other contextually informed Exegesis)
• New Testament Ethics (especially topics related to the Roman military and it's policing powers, slavery, and justice)
• Intertextuality
• Luke/Acts

Professor of Old Testament
(Accepting applicants for Fall 2027)

• Isaiah, Psalms, and the Prophets
• Theological/Canonical Interpretation
• Literary-thematic approaches to the Old Testament
• Old Testament theology
• Integration of ancient context, literary analysis, and reception

Associate Professor of Old Testament
(Accepting applicants for Fall 2027)

• Historical Books (esp. Joshua and Judges)
• Poetry Embedded in Narratives (e.g., Exod 15, Judg 5, 1 Sam 2)
• Violence in the Old Testament (esp. herem war and “texts of terror”)
• Narrative and Rhetorical Criticism
• Intertextuality (esp. narrative use of torah)
• Theological/Ethical Appropriation of Narrative Texts

Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Theology
(Accepting applicants for Fall 2027)

• Theological Method
• Theological Interpretation of Scripture
• Contextual Theologies
• Ecclesiology
• Virtue and Theological Formation

Blanchard Professor of Systematic Theology
(Accepting applicants for Fall 2027)

• Doctrine of God (especially divine action, providence, or love of God)
• Doctrine of Scripture; use of Scripture in theology; doctrinal development
• Methods, norms, and systems of theology
• Issues in Reformed theology (including what makes theology "Reformed")
• Other topics in contemporary systematic theology (especially touching on sin, atonement, or election)