All PLTS Faculty

Adam F. Braun, PhD

Assistant Professor in New Testament and Theology
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 2017
Critical Theory, New Testament, Psychoanalysis and Literature, Post-coloniality, Queer Hermeneutics

Katy Grindberg, MDiv, MA, MSe

Director of Contextual Education and Lecturer
Graduate Theological Union 2009
I work with students, agencies, and congregations in field work placements as well as teach worship and other courses

Shauna K. Hannan, PhD

Professor of Homiletics
Princeton Theological Seminary 2011

Sheryl Johnson, PhD

Visiting Lecturer in Ethics

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, PhD

Professor of Theological and Social Ethics
Union Theological Seminary 2001
Theological/social ethics. Ecological ethics. Intersections of economic justice, racial justice, and climate justice. Public theology, moral agency, liberationist and eco-feminist ethics.

Moses Penumaka, ThD

Director, Theological Education for Emerging Ministries [TEEM]
Theology and Religion, especially Asian and Oceania regions. Theology and Christolgy from the margins. Expert in providing theological education for multicultural leadership in ELCA.

Kirsi I. Stjerna, PhD

First Lutheran, Los Angeles/Southwest California Synod Professor of Lutheran History and Theology
Boston University 1995
Luther's theology and the Reformations; Lutheran theology; Luther and the Jews; Women in Christianity and the Reformations; Gender perspectives and reading Christian sources.

Alicia Vargas, PhD

Dean of PLTS; Associate Professor of Multicultural and Contextual Studies
PhD, University of California, Irvine 1985

Joel Kiekintveld

Adjunct Faculty Member

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