PUBLICATIONS: Rachel s Lament: The Impact of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss upon the Religious Faith of Ordinary Christians, Journal of Pastoral Theol

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Millicent C. Feske Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Joseph s University 5600 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA / (o) 610/ (h) 610/ (FAX) mfeske@sju.edu PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor of Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA (August 1993 to present); Director of the Graduate Program in Theology and Society (May 2012 to present) EDUCATION: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Ph.D., 1992, Theological Studies Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, M.Div., 1980, summa cum laude Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, B.S. Elem. Ed., 1975, summa cum laude GRANTS, HONORS, AWARD AND RECOGNITIONS: Decades of Service Recognition (20 years), Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Curriculum Development Grant, Developing Writing-Intensive Courses: 1) Feminist Theologies, and 2) Writing Theology as Spiritual Practice, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Summer Curriculum Development Grant, Developing the Signature Course in Theology: Faith, Justice and the Catholic Tradition, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Summer Sabbatical Year Study Grant, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Theta Alpha Kappa Theology Honor Society, 2004, Saint Joseph s University. Decades of Service Recognition (10 years), Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Faculty Merit Award for Teaching, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Service and Academic Study Development Grant, Pennsylvania Campus Contract, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, Faculty Research and Development Grant, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Summer Dempster Fellow, , United Methodist Board of Higher Education and Ministry George W. Woodruff Fellow, , Emory University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean s Award Scholar, , Candler School of Theology, Emory University Omicron Delta Kappa, 1979, Candler School of Theology, Emory University Theta Phi Scholastic Honor Society, 1978, Candler School of Theology National Merit Scholar, Centenary College of Louisiana,

2 PUBLICATIONS: Rachel s Lament: The Impact of Infertility and Pregnancy Loss upon the Religious Faith of Ordinary Christians, Journal of Pastoral Theology, 22.1 (2012): "Feminist Theologies and the Possibility of God Talk," Invited Contributor, Quarterly Review 22:2 (Summer 2002) Christ and Suffering in Moltmann, The Asbury Theological Journal 55:1 (Spring 2000) History, Hermeneutics, and the Historical Jesus, Quarterly Review 19:2 (Summer 1999) Mistaking Death for Life: Thelma and Louise and Tashi and the Christian Construction of Redemption, The Journal of Religion and Abuse: Advocacy, Pastoral Care and Prevention 1:1(1999) Silent Sorrow: Mourning Infertility and Pregnancy Loss, Circuit Rider (September-October 1998) Silent Sorrow: Mourning Infertility and Pregnancy Loss, Living Pulpit (July-September 1998) Making the Most of Your Interviews: A Perspective on the EIS Process, Openings (March 1997) 6. Book Note: Jacques Taminiaux, Poetics, Speculation, Judgment: The Shadow of Art from Kant to Phenomenology (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993) reviewed in Religious Studies Review, 24:2 (April 1998) Book Review: Kathleen M. Sands, Escape from Paradise: Evil and Tragedy in Feminist Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994, reviewed in Critical Review of Books (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996) Christian Theology as the Practice of Hope, Quarterly Review (Summer 1995) Claiming the Salvation of the God of Life, The Living Pulpit, 4:3 (July-Sept. 1995) Discipleship, Suffering, and the Context of Forgiveness, The Living Pulpit. 3:2 (April-June 1994) 8-9. Great Expectations, Pulpit Digest. 71:503 (May-June 1990) JURIED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS: Rachel s Lament: The Impact of Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, and Newborn Death on the Religious Faith of Ordinary Christians, Practical Theology Group, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, November 1, 2010, Atlanta, GA. The Material Promise of Karl Rahner's Theological Anthropology for A Feminist-Liberationist Soteriology, Liberal Theologies Consultation, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Washington, D.C., November 20, Quilting as Metaphor and Practice in the Teaching of Feminist Theology, Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion Section, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Washington, D.C., November 20, Against a Wall and Off a Cliff: Reclaiming Redemption in Thelma and Louise, Religion, Film and Visual Culture Group, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Nashville, TN, November Unrealized Desire: The Material Promise of Karl Rahner s Theology, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Arlington, VA, February 24, 1999.

3 Looking for Jesus: Locating the Body as a Praxis with the Text, Theology and Religious Reflection Section, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Orlando, FL, November Panelist: Don Browning, et.al, From Culture Wars to Common Ground: Religion and the American Family Debate, Person, Culture and Religion Group, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Orlando, FL, November I Hear You Knockin, But You Can t Come In: Conflicting Subjectivities in the Christology of Jürgen Moltmann, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion, New Brunswick, NJ, March 13, History, Hermeneutics and the Historical Jesus: A Peculiarly Christian Praxis, Theology Department Colloquium, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, December 5, Struggling with the Happy Ending : Tragedy and Utopia in Contemporary Women s Theology, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, LA, November 26, Reconstructing Redemption in A Feminist Materialist Voice, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, November 20, Mistaking Death for Life: Thelma and Louise and Tashi and the Christian Notion of Redemption, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion, New York, NY, March 18, Modern Christology and the Sacrifice of the Margins, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, The Victims of Violence and a No-Fault Messiah, Southeastern Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Georgia, March, Dealing with Difference: René Girard, Mark C. Taylor, and Julia Kristeva, Southeastern Regional Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Macon, Georgia, March, INVITED SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS Rachel s Lament: The Effect of Infertility on the Lives of Ordinary Christians, SJU Series on the Family, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, September 23, Silent Sorrow: Infertility, Pregnancy Loss, and Religion, Dean s Colloquium Series, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, December 4, Invited Speaker, Expansive Language: An Issue for the Church in the New Millennium? Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA, November 17, Panelist, The Ability to Find God in All Things, Jesuit Ideals conversations, St. Joseph s University, February 6, Making the Most of Your Interviews: A Perspective on the EIS Process, Employment Information Services Opening Session, American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual (National) Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 22, A Response to An Invitation to a Conversation: Sharing a Commitment, University Convocation, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, October 15, As Wise as Serpents and As Innocent as Doves: Claiming Our Authority without Losing Our Lives, and Proverbs for the Road, Featured Invited Speaker, Candler School of Theology Women s Week, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, October 23-25, A Brief Exploration of the Theo-ethical Project of Katie Geneva Cannon, Faculty Symposium, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, September 28, 1994.

4 Sacrificial Salvation: A Critique from the Margins, Philadelphia Consortium on the Study of Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, October SELECT WORK IN PROGRESS For Want of a Child: Infertility and Pregnancy Loss as Theological Issues. Book length project. Abingdon Press has requested right of first refusal. Unrealized Desire: The Material Promise of Karl Rahner s Theology, to be submitted to Crosscurrents. Quilting as Metaphor and Practice in the Teaching of Feminist Theology, submitted to Theological Education. Article-length manuscript on the roles of imagination and utopia in a feminist-materialist soteriology, in progress. SELECT SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY Ad Hoc Committee on Institutional Effectiveness: Student Learning Outcomes, Spring Director, Graduate Program in Theology and Society, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, May 2012 to present. General Education Policy (GEPO) Committee member, Spring 2015 to present. Learning Management System (LMS) Committee member, Fall 2014 to present. Dorm Talk Presenter, October 27, 2015 (upcoming). Interviewee, SJU Series on the Family webpage videos, September Advisor to First-Year Students, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, ; ; ; ; ; Fall 2010 to present. Panelist, Why Vatican II Matters, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, October 25, SJU Reads Discussion Leader, Zeitoun, Orientation Fall Member, Faith and Reason Course Certifying Committee, Fall 2011 to Spring Department coordinator of resources for Signature Course, Faith, Justice and the Catholic Tradition, Spring 2010 through Fall 2011 Member, Academic Policy and Procedures Standing Committee, Faculty Senate, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Fall 2008-present. Secretary, Fall 2009-Spring Invited Facilitator, Women s Student Retreat, Campus Ministry, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, March 24-25, Participant, Planning Committee for Technology in the Classroom Workshop, March First Year Seminar Instructor, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Fall Member, Assessment and Planning Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Fall 2004 to Spring Member, Faculty Review Board, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, January 2002-Spring Member, Middle States Re-accreditation Task Force II, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Spring Chair, Department of Theology, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, June 2002 to May Chair, College of Arts and Sciences Council, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA,

5 Executive Committee Member, College of Arts and Sciences Council, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, ; Coordinator, Theology Department/Dean s Lecturer, Sharon D. Welch, February Presenter, "Academic Expectations," SJU Student Orientation, Saint Joseph s University, August Coordinator, Theology Department/Diversity Lecturer, Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, October Acting Director, Gender Studies Program, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Spring Assessment Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Fall 1999 to Spring Search Committee, Advisor to Greek Letter Student Organizations, Saint Joseph s University, Spring Inaugural Ignatian Identity Committee, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, 1997 to Member, Arts and Humanities College Council, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Fall 1994-Spring Member, Academic Honesty Advisory Board, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Fall Member, Gender Studies Committee, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Spring Member, Latin American Studies Committee, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, Spring Coordinator, Dean s Lecturer, Katie Geneva Cannon, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, October SELECT SERVICE TO THE ACADEMY Honors Examiner, "Jesus in History, Literature, and Religion," Swarthmore College Honors Program, Ellen Ross, Ph.D., Instructor, Swarthmore, PA, Spring 1999, Spring 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2015; Spring PhD candidate mentor program, Division of Religion, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Fall 2011 to present. Textbook Reviewer, Bradley Hanson s Introduction to Christian Theology, Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN, Summer Presider, Literature and the Arts: Telling the Story, 40th Annual Scholars (International) Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, March 8, Member, Liberal Theologies Consultation, American Academy of Religion, November 2006 to March Advisory Committee, Scholars International Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Philadelphia, PA, ; ; ; Peer Reviewer, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, Spring Presider, Christian Anti-Semitism, 35 th Annual Scholars (International) Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, March 7, Presider, "Primacy and Communion Ecclesiology in Jean Tillard and John Zizioulas," Eastern Orthodox Studies Group and Roman Catholic Studies Group, Annual (National) Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Denver, CO, November 2001.

6 Presider, Scholars International Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Philadelphia, PA, , SJU Representative to the Philadelphia Consortium on the Study of Religion, Philadelphia, PA, Spring Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Region, American Academy of Religion, June Manuscript Reviewer, Abingdon Press, The United Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, TN, upon request since SELECT SERVICE TO THE CHURCH AND COMMUNITY Chair, Staff-Parish Relations Committee, Ardmore United Methodist Church, Ardmore, PA, July 2014 to present. Teacher, Adult Sunday School Class, Ardmore United Methodist Church, Ardmore, PA, September 2012 to May Volunteer Assistant to the Pastor, Ardmore United Methodist Church, Ardmore, PA, 2000 to the present. Volunteer Parent Photographer, Girls Varsity Soccer and Softball Teams, Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA, Member, Committee on the Order of Elders, Board of Ordained Ministry, Louisiana Conference, United Methodist Church, June Member, Board of Ordained Ministry, Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, June 1992-June Consultant, American Jewish Congress Sabbath of Domestic Peace, Philadelphia, PA, Spring-Fall, SELECT SERVICE AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES Chair, Systematic Theology section, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, Fall Director-elect, Inaugural Women s Studies Program, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, 1990 (relinquished position to accept appointment at Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, TX, Fall 1990). AREAS OF TEACHING COMPETENCE: Primary: Christian theology (systematic and constructive). Christology. Contemporary theory. Theological Method. Feminist Theologies. Liberation and Political Theologies. Evil as a Theological Problem. Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Theologies and Theologians. Faith and justice in the Roman Catholic tradition. Writing Theology as Spiritual Practice. Secondary: Writing Theology as a Spiritual Practice. History of Christian Thought. Contemporary Jewish-Christian dialogue. The Holocaust. Eucharistic history and theology. The New Testament and the historical Jesus. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Member, American Academy of Religion, 1987-present. Member, Catholic Theological Society of America, Member, College Theology Society, , 2016-present Member, American Association of University Professors, Member, Penn Mid-Atlantic Seminar for the Study of Women in Society,

7 Member, Philadelphia Women s Studies Consortium, Philadelphia Human Studies Consortium, Member, American Association of University Women, Member, Philosophy of Religion Reading Group, Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, , Member, Delaware Valley Medieval Association, Member, Women's Caucus, American Academy of Religion, Ordained Elder 1 and member in Full Connection, Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1981-present. Retired relationship, Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, as of October RELEVANT FORMER EMPLOYMENT: Academic Full-time Instructor, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, Systematic Theology. Feminist Theologies. Liberation Theology. Theological Method. Christology. Adjunct Instructor, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, Department of Theology, Summer 1989, Spring Feminist Theologies. Christology: The Historical Jesus. Pastoral and Administrative Local Church Pastor, Louisiana Conference, the United Methodist Church, , at churches in rural south Louisiana and inner-city New Orleans. Served as pastor to five congregations. Initiated and directed a shared ecumenical soup kitchen ministry with New Orleans Catholic Worker. Initiated and directed church-based food bank and multi-cultural day care ministry. Ordained Deacon, 1979; Ordained Elder i, Executive Director, Felicity Urban Outreach (day care center, food bank, soup kitchen for the homeless), Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, New Orleans, LA, Local Church Pastor, Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, Patterson, LA; Bayou Vista, LA, DISSERTATION: A Reading of Sacrificial Elements in Modern Christology A reflection on the contribution of the modern theological project to the practical problem of sacrificial discourse as a primary mode of communal identity formation and stabilization in our time. Specifically, the project addresses the relationship between modern theological discourse on Jesus as a saving figure and the maintenance of sacrificial systems. It does so by offering a critical reading of the work of René Girard, and through the use of this reading, a critique of the christologies of Karl Barth, Karl Rahner and Jürgen Moltmann In the United Methodist Church, the term Elder, a translation of the New Testament word, presbyter, was selected by John Wesley as the designation for ordained clergy and is equivalent to priest or ordained minister in other Protestant denominations such as the worldwide Anglican Communion or the Presbyterian Church (USA). It conveys authority within the United Methodist Church to preach and to celebrate the sacraments, including the celebrating of Holy Communion.

8 SELECT LIST OF ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: Bread of Life, Embodied, Ardmore United Methodist Church, Ardmore, PA, August 19, Jesus Meets His Match: Jesus and the Canaanite Woman in Matthew 15, Franktown United Methodist Church, Franktown, VA, June 24, 2012, Ardmore United Methodist Church, Ardmore, PA, March Invited speaker, Miriam s Cup: A Women s Passover Seder, Student-led Passover Seder, Sarah Zollkower, student presider, Spring Little Altars Everywhere, Ardmore United Methodist Church, Ardmore, PA, August 20, Panelist, Race, Class and Katrina: From Uncovering, to News Coverage, to Recovery, Faith-Justice Institute, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, October Presenter, John Wesley on Prayer, First Annual SJU Prays Ecumenical Prayer Service, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, February 3, Can You See Me? A Meditation on the Widow s Mite, Ardmore United Methodist Church, November 9, Benediction, Elie Wiesel Convocation, International Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, Philadelphia, PA, March Presenter, "Tikun Olam: A Service of Healing and Hope," St. Michael's Chapel, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, November Liberation Theology, Bellarmine Theological Society, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, October 14, Liberation Theology and Christian Spirituality, to Spirituality and Liberation course, SJU work trip to the Dominican Republic. Faculty sponsors: Sr. Anne McCoy and Dr. Frank Bernt. Saint Joseph University, Philadelphia, PA, February 26, Claiming Our Heritage: Women in the Bible, Day of Reflection and Prayer, Assumption Spiritual Center, Merion, PA, September 21, Talking about Teaching: A Gender Studies Faculty Luncheon, Gender Studies Committee Luncheon, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, March 19, Invocation, Commencement Ceremonies, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, May 11, Feminist Theology as the Practice of Hope, Invited Lecturer, Outreach Program in Faith-Justice Institute, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, November 9, Theology, Pedagogy, and Ecclesiology: Three Aspects of A Spiritual Journey, Berwyn United Methodist Church, Berwyn, PA, October 23, Homily, Lenten Soup and Substance Series, Campus Ministry, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, March 24, Thelma and Louise and Tashi and Ada: Women s Stories as Loss and Redemption, Woman s History Month Brown Bag Lunch Lecture Series, Saint Joseph s University, Philadelphia, PA, March 1, Proverbs for the Road: A Sermon for Women Setting Forth, Women s Blessing Service, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, Texas, April A Response to Ada María Isasi-Díaz s Mujerista Theology, Hispanic Week, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, Texas, October "Using New Images and Language for God: What s at Stake? Northaven United Methodist Church Fall Lecture Series, Dallas, Texas, October Thinking about God, Covenant Class, Lovers Lane United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, October 1992.

9 Review of Susan Faludi s Backlash: The Undeclared War on American Women, Women s Week, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, Texas, October Feminist Theology: What Is It? Covenant Class, First United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, September And They Heard Him Gladly: Jesus, the Bible and the Least of These, Birmingham-West District UMC Bible Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, April Women s Experiences and Christian Theology, Perkins School of Theology Laity Week, SMU, Dallas, Texas, March Feminist Theology as Liberation Theology, (About) Great Theologians Lecture Series, First United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, June Derailing Miss Daisy, University Worship, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, TX, February The Theological Implications of Gender Inclusiveness, Gender Inclusiveness Workshop, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, Texas, February, Christian Theology as the Practice of Hope, Minister s Week Luncheon, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, Texas, February, Gender Relations and the Individual, Piedmont College, Chapel Lecture Series, Demorest, Georgia, September, 1989.