Education
- PhD, Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel, Vanderbilt University
- M.T.S., Biblical Studies, University of Notre Dame
- B.A., Biblical Studies & Spanish, Olivet Nazarene University
- Rothberg International School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
- Nazarene International Language Institute, Quito, Ecuador
Courses Taught
- BIB 1001/HON 2001/BST 1001 Old Testament History & Religion
- BIB 1002 New Testament History and Religion
- BIB 2040 Reading Scripture Faithfully
- BIB 3043 The Bible, Environment, and Creation Care
- BIB 3065 Apocalyptic Literature: Daniel, Revelation, and Their Interpretation
- BIB 3078 Old Testament Psalms and Wisdom Literature: Worship and Wisdom in a World of Suffering and Injustice
- BIB 4013 Old Testament Torah and Israel’s People: God's Story and God's People
- BIB 4014 Old Testament Prophets and the Holy Imagination: Power, Gender, Justice, And Economics
- BST 3004 Biblical Perspectives
- CHU 3040 Women in the Christian Tradition
- HEB 2005 & HEB 2006 Biblical Hebrew I & II
Experience in Field
- Guest Preacher, local congregations
- Theology Team, Nashville First Church of the Nazarene
- Megiddo Expedition, Megiddo, Israel
- Kenya Gender-Based Violence Partnership
Professional and Community Involvement
- Member, Society of Biblical Literature
- Member, Wesleyan Theological Society
- Member, Church of the Nazarene
Awards and Honors
- Excellence in Teaching Award 2020-2021. PLNU.
- Faculty Writing Retreat Grant. Center for Teaching and Learning, the Wesleyan Center, and the Academic Deans’ Center, PLNU. 2019
- Lilly Theology and Practice Program Fellowship. Vanderbilt University. 2012-2018
Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications
Dissertation:
- “In Pain You Shall Bear”: In Conversation with Eve’s Maternal Pain (Vanderbilt, 2020)
Publications:
- “Psalms of Praise,” Holiness Today. Jan/Feb 2023.
- The Old Testament in Twelve Verses. Edited by Brad Kelle and Stephanie Smith Matthews. (The Foundry Publishing, 2022).
- Encountering the God of Love in the Old Testament. Edited by Brad Kelle and Stephanie Smith Matthews. (The Foundry Publishing, 2021).
- “Mercy.” Global Wesleyan Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Ed. Robert Branson. (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2020).
- “Following Jesus with Prophetic Imagination,” Following Jesus: Prophet, Priest, and King. Edited by Timothy Gaines and Kara Lyons-Pardue. (Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2018).
Presentations:
- “The Lectionary and the AuDHD Preacher,” Homiletics and Biblical Studies. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, November 2024.
- “Beyond Childbirth: Women’s Reproductive Health Pains in the Hebrew Bible and the Lamashtu Corpus,” Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World. Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, November 2024.
- “Eve’s Physick 2024: a biblical, Wesleyan mandate for alleviation of women’s reproductive health pains,” Wesleyan Theological Society Annual Meeting. March 2024.
- “Maternal Pain in the Hebrew Bible: a multidisciplinary conversation,” Emerging Critical Theory and Perspectives. Society of Biblical Literature – Pacific Coast Region, February 2022.
- “In the Beginning. . .Eve,” Woman and Christianity: A History of Faith, Struggle, and Valor. Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA. March 2019.
- “The Role of Gender and Socioeconomic Status in Child Loss in the Hebrew Bible,” Emerging Critical Theory and Perspectives. Society of Biblical Literature – Pacific Coast Region, March 2019.
