Our Core Faculty
Members of our Iliff faculty, one–third of whom are people of color, represent a wide variety of denominations and faiths, including American Baptist, Buddhist, Catholic, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Episcopal, Jewish, Lutheran (ELCA), Presbyterian Church (USA), United Church of Christ and United Methodist. Each of our Iliff faculty has an extraordinary commitment to teaching and scholarship that ensures an enriching and rewarding learning environment, while their dedication to developing caring, collegial relationships nurtures and challenges each student in ways textbooks and lectures cannot.
Amy Erickson
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible
Director of the Master of Theological Studies Program
Boyung Lee
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Practical Theology
Co-Dean, DU-Iliff Joint Doctoral Program in the Study of Religion
Catherine Kelsey
Dean of the Chapel and Spiritual Formation
Gerald L. Schlessman Professor in Methodist Studies
Eric C. Smith
Assistant Professor of Early Christianity and Contemporary Christian Practices
Girim Jung
Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Religion and Contextual Theologies
Louisville Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow
Jennifer S. Leath
Assistant Professor of Religion and Social Justice
Director of the MASJE Degree Program
Katherine Turpin
Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education
Director of the Master of Divinity Program
Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi
Assistant Professor of Leadership and Formation
Director of the Office of Professional Formation
Mark K. George
Professor of Bible and Ancient Systems of Thought
Director, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint Ph.D. in the Study of Religion
Philip Butler
Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Posthuman Artificial Intelligence Systems
Theodore M. Vial, Jr.
Associate Dean of Curriculum and Institutional Assessment
Harvey Potthoff Professor of Theology and Modern Western Religious Thought
Thomas V. Wolfe
President
Chief Executive Officer
Bishop Henry White Warren Professor of Leadership and Ministry Praxis
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