Faculty

Jacqueline Ballou, M.B.A.

Senior Vice President for Finance, Administration and Operations

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

Nicky Burridge

Vice President for Communications

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

Linda L. Dienno

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mitzi Jarrett Budde, D.Min.

Head Librarian and the Arthur Carl Lichtenberger Chair for Theological Research

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. E. Ross Kane, Ph.D.

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

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

Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary

Stephen L. Cook, Ph.D.

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

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

The Dodge Professor of Biblical Interpretation

The Rev. Melody Knowles, Ph.D.

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

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

The Molly Laird Downs Professor of New Testament

Elizabeth DeGaynor, Th.D.

Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Formation

Elisabeth M. Kimball, Ph.D.

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

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. Joseph Thompson, Ph.D. ’18

Associate Dean of Multicultural Ministries

Marty Wheeler Burnett, D.Min.

Associate Professor of Church Music and Director of Chapel Music

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

Professor of Theology and Liturgy

The Rev. Ruthanna Hooke, Ph.D.

Professor of Homiletics

The Rev. Shawn Strout, Ph.D. ’12

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

Linda L. Dienno

Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Jacqueline Ballou, M.B.A.

Senior Vice President for Finance, Administration and Operations