M.A., University of Notre Dame, Theology (1994)

M.A., 1988, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Biblical Literature and Languages
Israel Study Program
Thesis: Healing and Inclusion in the Gospel of Mark

B.A., 1977, Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY, Philosophy & Religious Studies (double major)
Senior Thesis: The Concept of God in Process Thought: A Comparative Analysis of Whitehead and Hartshorne

Articles in books
"Women in the New Testament," in Richard W. Miller (ed.), Women Through the Ages: Women and the Shaping of Catholicism. Kansas City: Liguori Press (2009). Pp. 12-37.

"The One Sent: Mary Magdalene and Jesus, the Christ," in Sue Perry (ed.), The Art of Janet McKenzie: Empowering Holiness, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press (2009). Pp. 102-106.

" The Shape of Family and Family Values: 'The Bible Tells Us So," or Does It?" in Ron Simkins and Gail S. Risch (eds.), Religion and the Family. Omaha, Nebraska: Creighton University Press (2008) 223-246.

"Prayer in the New Testament." In Richard Miller II (ed.), Prayer and the Catholic Tradition. Kansas City: Liguori Press, 2007. Pp. 18-40.

"Thecla 'Tried and True' and the Inversion of Romance." In Amy-Jill Levine (ed.), Feminist Companion to the New Testament Apocrypha. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2006. Pp. 163-185.

"The Radicalism of Jesus the Prophet: Implications for Christian Family" in Marriage and the Christian Tradition: Scripture, Tradition, and Experience. Edited by Todd Salzman et al. New York: Crossroads, 2004. Pp. 53-65.

"By Grit and Grace: Women on the Early Christian Frontier." In Michael G. Lawler and Gail S. Risch (eds.), Practical Theology. Perspectives from the Plains. Omaha, NE: Creighton University Press, 2000. Pp. 78-103.

Journal Articles
"Charting New Territory: Religion and 'The Gender-Critical Turn,' " Journal of Religion and Society, Supplement Series #5, 2009. Pp. 1-5.

"Kephale, Coverings, and Cosmology: The Impenetrable Logic of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16," Journal of Religion and Society, Supplement Series #5 (2009). Pp. 21-44.

Edited Volumes
With Ronald Simkins, Women, Gender, and Religion, Journal of Religion and Society, Supplement Series #5 (2009). Pp. 1-200.

Invited Critical Reviews
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Democratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space. In Horizons 37 (2010) 370-371.

George Aichele and Richard Walsh, eds., Those Outside. Noncanonical Readings of the Canonical Gospels. In Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69 (2007) 847-849.

Klaus Berger, Identity and Experience in the New Testament. Tr., Charles Muenchow. In Journal of Religion and Society 7 (2005).

Bruce W. Winter, Roman Wives, Roman Widows. The Appearance of New Women and the Pauline Communities. In Theological Studies 66 (2005) 930-31.

Satoko Yamaguchi, Mary and Martha. Women in the World of Jesus. In Theological Studies 64 (2003) 658-659.

John L. White, The Apostle of God. Paul and the Promise of Abraham. In Theological Studies 62 (2001) 610-611.

Gregory W. Dawes (ed.), The Historical Jesus Quest. Landmarks in the Search for the Jesus of History. In Journal of Religion and Society 3 (2001).

John G. Gager, Reinventing Paul. In Theological Studies 62 (2001) 201-202.

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Rhetoric and Ethic. The Politics of Biblical Studies. The Journal of Religion 81 (2001) 278-80.

John J. Pilch, Healing in the New Testament. Insights from Medical and Mediterranean Anthropology. In Theological Studies 61 (2000) 788-789.

Robert Jewett, Saint Paul Returns to the Movies: Triumph Over Shame. Journal of Religion and Society 2 (2000).

Halvor Moxnes (ed.), Constructing Early Christian Families as Social Reality and Metaphor. In The Journal of Religion 80 (2000) 120-22.

Margaret Y. MacDonald, Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion: The Power of the Hysterical Woman. In The Journal of Religion 78 (1998) 621-22.

Dictionary/Encylopedia Entries
"Acts of Paul," in The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. IV. Edited by Katharine Doob Sakenfeld. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2009. Pp. 402-03.

"Acts of Paul and Thecla," The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by Katharine Doob Sakenfeld. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 2009. Page 550.

"Jesus," "Peter," and "Paul." In Andrew G. Traver (ed.), From Polis to Empire: An Interdisciplinary Biographical Dictionary of the Ancient World. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.

" Blasphemy," "Holy Family," "Koinonia." In Richard P. McBrien (ed.), The Harper Collins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. San Francisco: Harper-San Francisco, 1995. Pp. 185, 619, 740.

Magazine and Newspaper Articles
"Coming to a Parish Near You: John's Good News," Liguorian (March 2011) 23-26.

"Coming To A Parish Near You: Luke's Good News," Liguorian (December 2006) 8-12.

"The Mary Magdalene of The DaVinci Code: Fact or Fiction? Creighton University Magazine (Summer 2006) 16 - 21.

"The Real Mary Magdalene," The New Freeman (St. John, New Brunswick, Canada: May 27, 2005) 13 -15.

"The Real Mary Magdalene: Replacing Fiction with Fact," Liquorian (October 2004), 22 - 26.

"Mary Magdalene of The DaVinci Code: Fact or Fiction?" The Leaven (November 26, 2004).

• Religious Inquiry: Christianity in Context
• Introduction to the Bible
• Sickness, Disability, and Healing in the Bible
  
• Honors Sickness, Disability, and Healing in the Bible
• Reading the New Testament
• Women and the Bible
• The Gospel of John
• Pauline Writings (Graduate)
  
• Historical and Social Context of the Bible (Graduate)
• Introduction to the New Testament (Graduate)
• Gospel of Mark (Graduate)
• Scriptural Foundations of Spirituality (Graduate)
• Sickness, Disability, and Healing in the Biblical and Modern Worlds
• Philosophy of Religion
• Biblical and Historical Foundations of Theology