Scholarship & Teaching

Kate’s interdisciplinary research and teaching draws on feminist, womanist, and queer theologies, design thinking, biblical studies, and theopoetics.

As a theological educator, Kate’s passion is to share tools and knowledge in a mutual learning environment where students can imagine just, sustainable, and generative change across a variety of contexts.

Books:

Undoing Conquest: Ancient Israel, the Bible and the Future of Christianity (Orbis Books, Feb. 2024)

Desiring Utopia: The Queer Feminist Church (In progress, AAR Academy Series/Oxford University Press)

Current graduate courses:

Transforming Leadership by Design

Justice and Practices of Ministry

Engaging the Bible in Community and Culture

Social Justice and Sacred Texts

Cross-cultural Immersions (South Africa, Chiapas, Mexico, Costa Rica, Arizona, American South)

Feminist & Womanist Ethics of Leadership

Equipping students with a nuanced approach to Christianity so they can critique oppressive theologies and amplify liberative aspects of the Christian tradition.