Staff

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

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: * 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

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

Academically qualified, Deborah's strength lies in her practical involvement with grass-roots level feminist work. She has worked 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. 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. At the moment she is working to help disadvantaged youth in the Cincinnati area. 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

Patricia Pinsent BSc MA PhD - Academic Coordinator

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.

John Wijngaards LSS DD - Project Director

John was dean of studies at St. John's College, Hyderabad. Lecturer at the Missionary Institute London (affiliated to Middlesex and Louvain Universities). He published more than 20 books, among them:
* No Women in Holy Orders? * The Ordination of Women in the RC Church * The Gospel of John * The Spirit in John * Communicating the Word of God * Did Christ Rule Out Women Priests? * The Dramatization of Salvific History in the Deuteronomic Schools. Full CV here

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