Faculty

Mitzi Jarrett Budde, D.Min.

Head Librarian and the Arthur Carl Lichtenberger Chair for Theological Research

Marty Wheeler Burnett, D.Min.

Associate Professor of Church Music and Director of Chapel Music

Stephen L. Cook, Ph.D.

The Catherine N. McBurney Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature

Elizabeth DeGaynor, Th.D.

Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Formation

The Rev. James W. Farwell, Ph.D.

Professor of Theology and Liturgy

The Rev. Judy Fentress-Williams, Ph.D.

The Dodge Professor of Biblical Interpretation

The Rev. Robert S. Heaney, Ph.D., D.Phil.

Professor of Theology and Mission

Sharon E. Heaney, Ph.D.

Director of the Academic Resource Center and Associate Professor of Theology and Latin American Studies

The Rev. Ruthanna Hooke, Ph.D.

Professor of Homiletics

The Rev. E. Ross Kane, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Theology, Ethics, and Culture and Director of Doctoral Programs

Elisabeth M. Kimball, Ph.D.

Vice President for Lifelong Learning and the James Maxwell Professor Chair of Lifelong Christian Formation

The Rev. Melody Knowles, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Old Testament

The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D.

Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary

The Rev. Rode Molla, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, the Berryman Family Chair for Children’s Spirituality and Nurture

The Rev. Canon Altagracia Pérez-Bullard, Ph.D.

Director of Contextual Ministry and Assistant Professor of Practical Theology

The Rev. Rachelle Sam ’19

Associate Dean of Students

The Rev. Shawn Strout, Ph.D. ’12

Associate Dean of Chapel, Director of Assessment, and Assistant Professor of Worship

The Rev. Joseph Thompson, Ph.D. ’18

Associate Dean of Multicultural Ministries

The Rev. John Yueh Han Yieh, Ph.D.

The Molly Laird Downs Professor of New Testament

The Rev. A. Katherine Grieb, Ph.D. ’83

The Meade Professor of Biblical Interpretation and New Testament

The Rev. Katherine Sonderegger, Ph.D.

Chair of Systematic Theology

John Allan Knight, J.D., Ph.D.

Sprigg Visiting Professor of Philosophical Theology and Ethics and Director of Faculty Research

The Rev. Elizabeth Ford Friend, Ph.D.

Doctoral Senior Lecturer

The Rev. Daniel R. Heischman, D.D.

Doctoral Senior Lecturer

The Rev. Peter John Hobbs, D.Min.

Doctoral Senior Lecturer

Rowena Chen, Ph.D

Lecturer in the Doctoral Programs at Ming Hua Theological College

Helen Cheung, Ph.D

Lecturer in the Doctoral Programs at Ming Hua Theological College

Matthew Jones, Ph.D

Lecturer in the Doctoral Programs at Ming Hua Theological College

The Rev. John Kater, Ph.D., D.Div.

Lecturer in the Doctoral Programs at Ming Hua Theological College

The Most Rev. Paul Kwong, D.Phil

Lecturer in the Doctoral Programs at Ming Hua Theological College

Stephen Lim, Ph.D

Lecturer in the Doctoral Programs at Ming Hua Theological College

The Rev. Patricia Lyons, D.Min.

Affiliated Faculty

Kathleen Hope Brown, D.Min.

Affiliated Faculty

Margaret (Peggy) Adams Parker

Affiliated Faculty

The Rev. Francis Wade, D.Min. ’66, ’81, ’13

Affiliated Faculty

Jacqueline Ballou, M.B.A.

Senior Vice President for Finance, Administration and Operations

Nicky Burridge

Vice President for Communications

Linda L. Dienno

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Elisabeth M. Kimball, Ph.D.

Vice President for Lifelong Learning and the James Maxwell Professor Chair of Lifelong Christian Formation

The Rev. Melody Knowles, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Old Testament

The Very Rev. Ian S. Markham, Ph.D.

Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary

The Rev. Rachelle Sam ’19

Associate Dean of Students