Faculty and Staff

President Ursula King
MA (Delhi), PhD (London),
DD h.c. (Oslo, Edinburgh, Dayton)

Professor Emerita University of Bristol; Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bristol; Professorial Research Associate University of London.

Ursula King is a world expert in feminism and gender studies. Her research and professorial positions in universities of Asia, Europe and North America have given her a truly international access to the field. Many of her books are classics and she is a frequent speaker at top academic conventions.

Among her numerous publications we find: * The Search for Spirituality
Our Global Quest for a Spiritual Life *Women and Spirituality: Voices of Protest and Promise * Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin * Christ in All Things: Exploring Spirituality with Teilhard de Chardin * Turning Points in Religious Studies (ed.)* Feminist Theology from the Third World: A Reader (ed.) * Religion and Gender (ed.) Full CV here

Joint Vice Presidents Deborah Rose-Milavec MA Theol and Aaron Rose-Milavec STB (Fribourg) ThD (Berkeley) - Joint Vice-Presidents

Deborah has worked for gender justice for many years. She served as the Executive Director of a domestic violence prevention agency working to reduce and eliminate all forms of violence against women and children. She has also been an active peace advocate working for justice and condemning war and its disproportionately devastating effects on women and children as well as working with young women and men to obtain the higher levels of education and training needed to engage in careers that are both satisfying and economically viable. Finally, Deborah has worked to evolve a worldwide culture of dignity and respect for all women where basic human needs are met and education, as well as, the opportunity for social, political, and economic growth is the norm and not the exception.Full CV here

Aaron has a wide experience of specialized biblical and theological research, lectureships and professorships at a number of colleges and seminaries, preparing academic courses for e-learning, publishing articles and books.

Among his publications we find: * Salvation Is from the Jews: Saving Grace in Judaism and Messianic Hope in Christianity* The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary * The Didache: Faith, Hope, and Life of the Earliest Christian Communities, 50-70 C.E. * Scripture Sleuth: Faith Journeys for Inquiring Adults* Exploring Scriptural Sources: Rediscovering Discipleship * A Pilgrim Experiences the World's Religions: Discovering the Human Faces of the Hidden God * To Empower as Jesus Did: Acquiring Spiritual Power Through Apprenticing Full CV here

Academic Coordinator Patricia Pinsent BSc MA PhD

Pat is a Principal Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University. She has extensive experience of tutorship and dissertation supervision in distance learning at the Civil Service Correspondence College, the Open University and Roehampton University. She wrote and edited many books on children’s literature, including * Children’s Literature and the Politics of Equality (sole author) * Language, Culture and Young Children * The Power of the Page * Pop Fiction: Proceedings from the 5^th British IBBY Conference * Books and Boundaries: Writers and Their Audiences * East meets West in Children’s Literature. Full CV here

Doreen Wyatt CSOE MTh - Course Tutor

Doreen is married and has two children. She has a wide experience of life. She worked as a Radar Plotter in the Royal Navy (1962-1967), served as a Tax Officer Higher Grade for the Government (1970-1981) and as Tax Assistant in an accountants' office (1988-1995). She obtained a Master’s in Theology at Bristol University in 2003. Full CV here

Karen T Waters Ed.D - Course Tutor for Women writing for change

Karen is licensed by Women Writing for (a) Change - Cincinnati to provide a unique experience of writing in community. Karen is an experienced facilitator, teacher and counselor who has been writing with WWf(a)C since 1999

Phebe (Karen) Beiser BA MLS - Course Tutor for Women writing for change

After receiving her Bachelor's Degree in English with certification to teach from Miami University (1972), she changed her mind about teaching. She found herself drawn to libraries instead, ultimately getting her Masters in library science in 1987 from The University of Kentucky. Her library career spanned the fields of education, religion, history, and genealogy.

Amy Klooz, BS - Course Tutor for H7 Women in Islam

Amy Klooz brings to Catherine College an extraordinary grasp of Muslim practice and theory. Moreover she has a gift for presenting issues in easy to understand terms since she has lived much of her life outside Islam. Amy began her formal studies in Fiqh (jurisprudence), the Islamic Creed, Qur'an, Arabic, Hadith, and Seerah (biography of Muhammad) within a school (madrasa) attached to a mosque. She did advanced studies in Qur'an recitation and Arabic grammar through the Bayyinah Arabic Institute. She completed further advanced studies in both the Seerah and Fiqh regarding prayer through the AlMaghrib Institute. Amy recently completed a BS in electrical engineering. She enjoys being involved in outreach activities at schools and churches, as well as teaching a discussion class for 9th grade girls at a local Islamic Sunday School. She has participated in a Faith Club that fosters in-depth exchanges between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim women.

Anne Dawson B.Ed, M.LitSt, PhD - Course Tutor for H20 Prophetic Spirituality of Justice

Anne has had a long involvement and experience in tertiary education beginning as a lecturer in education and curriculum development at McAuley College of Teacher Education where she was co-ordinator of the practice teaching component. In 1995 Anne joined the Brisbane College of Theology faculty and since then has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Christian spirituality and studies in feminist theology. Besides her academic focus, Anne is involved in developing spiritual formation courses and guiding retreats. She is also commmitted to justice and peace projects.

Michelle Superle, PhD - Course Tutor for H14 Role Perceptions of Women in Children's Literature

Michelle obtained her doctorate in Children's Literature from the University of British Columbia. She teaches English and Children's Literature at the University College of the Fraser Valley, UBC's Writing Centre, and Capilano College's Continuing Education Program.

I chose to write, teach, and study children’s literature because I love the stories. Equally, I find this body of texts a revealing portal into both society and human nature. Without a doubt, children’s literature is a shared cultural experience. The books we read as children give us our literary apprenticeship and a language to communicate with and relate to one another. Indeed, the very characters become part of our shared psyche. Don’t believe me? Just think about the all the ways Cinderella infiltrates popular culture . . . and your ideas about yourself and the world.

Michele Birch-Conery, PhD - Course Tutor for P4 Developing Gender Awareness for Empowerment

Michele is a published poet and a feminist literary critic. She taught at North Island College on Vancouver Island and lives in Parksville. From 1963 to 1974, she studied and taught with the Sisters of the Holy Names in Oregon and Washington.

John R. Hudson - Course Designer for our management courses

After initially working with young people, John Hudson moved into teaching psychology and management to mature students, studied systems thinking and information management and then moved into management consultancy as well as working for the Open University in the UK.

His interest in people led to an early interest in gender and race issues which informed his approaches to staff development and quality management. He has worked with staff teams in government departments, voluntary and private organisations, predominantly in the welfare field.