Alumni Class Notes
Class of 2004
Andrea Olsen Lam and Alan Lam were married in April 2010.
KURT LEVENSALER serves as associate priest at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Danville, CA. He and Leighanne enjoy watching Luke, now 3, continue to dazzle them with his amazing vocals, his impressionistic art, and his zest for life....
MERCEDES NALLS and her husband, Luke, both successfully defended their dissertations this past spring (’11). Mercedes plans to continue publishing her research while teaching online for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and American Public...
SIDNEY SYMINGTON is in his third year at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Henrietta, NY. He serves as a chaplain at the University of Rochester Medical Center/Strong Memorial Hospital, teaches writing at SUNY Geneseo, and continues to work in...
TYLER WIGG-STEVENSON resides in Toronto with NATALIE ‘05, where Natalie teaches at Emmanuel College. Tyler continues to lead the Two Futures Project, is chairman of the Global Task Force on Nuclear Weapons, and is...
Class of 2003
GWENDOLYN KEHAUNANI HILL pastored Koloa Union Church in Hawaii for seven years. She is presently doing pulpit supply. In May 2010, she completed her D.Min. in preaching from Chicago Theological Seminary.
JULIET IDE enjoys teaching high school English literature and language at a bilingual Hong Kong school. She is Church Council secretary at Emmanuel Church.
LISA JEFFCOAT teaches at Myers Park High School. She sings at Myers Park Presbyterian, where she is a member, and with Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, NC.
CHRIS JONES is the new clinical director of the Eating Disorder Program at Rebecca’s House. He and wife, Elena, married in 2008 after years of travelling the world together. They live in Orange County, CA.
ZACK MABE and Melissa have two sons, Joshua, 4, and Connor, almost 2. Zack is in his third year in the Hartford Seminary D.Min. program.
AUDREY SCANLAN received her D.Min. from Hartford Seminary and had her first volume of lesson plans published last summer. In August 2011 she became canon for mission collaboration in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut.
MARK SCOTT is visiting assistant professor of Christianity at the University of Missouri. He and Esther have three children: David, born Nov. 8, 2010; James, 5; and Hannah, 3. Mark explores Origen of Alexandria’s creative, complex, and...
JAMES CLEMENT VAN PELT coordinates the programming for Yale’s Initiative in Religion, Science & Technology, which he co-founded in 2003-04.
Class of 2002
KELLY MCGANNON graduated from the Holistic Studies Institute in NYC in January 2011 and opened her healing practice, Bridge Between Two Worlds (www.bridgebetweentwoworlds.com), where she helps clients rediscover a...
JULIE FAITH PARKER completed her Ph.D. in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible at Yale. She is now teaching Bible as a visiting assistant professor at Colby College in Waterville, ME. Julie also teaches at YDS during the Summer Study program, so come...
Class of 2001
Paul Krampitz continues to serve as pastor of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Bristol, CT and is currently a doctoral candidate (D.Min.) at Hartford Seminary. His doctoral work is in the area of practical theology and focuses on the ministry of integrating,...
LYNNE MIKULAK was certified as a full supervisor by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., at the annual conference in Salt Lake City, UT, in the spring. An ordained United Church of Christ minister, she is the coordinator of...
JOSEPH PAE serves as a missioner in the Diocese of Long Island at Great Neck Episcopal Ministry (GEM), which is a collaborative ministry of three congregations: St. Paul’s, All Saints, and St. Joseph’s Korean Church. He is the father of two...
At Convocation and Reunions 2011, EVALYN WAKHUSAMA, who founded a school in Kenya for children who are orphans or who have been affected by the AIDS crisis, was honored by the Alumni Board with the Lux et Veritas Award....
Class of 1999
ANTHONY CERULLI won an EURIAS Fellowship, with affiliation at the Insitut d’études avancées-Paris, for 2012-13. He has also been awarded an NEH Fellowship for 2012-13. Currently an ACLS fellow, he teaches at Hobart and William Smith Colleges...
Class of 1998
Paula Jenkins has been acting as the Young Adults Retreat Leader as a volunteer at San Damiano in Danville, CA. She has been leading day and three-day weekend retreats at this Franciscan retreat center in her hometown for the last five years. For full-time...
Class of 1997
KAREN L. MULDER is an art and architectural historian who continues teaching in the masters’ programs at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington, DC, as well as James Madison University’s Art History Department. She has spoken on...
Class of 1995
JENNY ARTHUR was ordained by Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in May 2011. She serves as minister of pastoral care.
RICHARD BUGYI-SUTTER is master-general of the Society of St. Michael, an Anglo-Catholic priestly fraternity, and convenes the “Anglican Use Society in Colorado,” a local response to Anglicanorum Coetibus.
CHI CHUEN CHAN and Fong have been in Hong Kong since 1997. He has a Ph.D. in Psychology.
DAHN DEAN GANDELL has been rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Honoeye Falls, NY, for 10 years. She is missioner for global companionship and chair of the Rochester deputation for General Convention in 2012. She is a certified yoga...
LISA B. HAMILTON is a member of the CREDO spirituality faculty.
DAVID C. MAHAN is the director of the Rivendell Institute at Yale. He is a guest lecturer with ISM.
CHRISTINE TRAINOR MCSPADDEN is canon for cathedral life at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.
At Convocation and Reunions 2011, OTIS MOSS III, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, was honored with the alumni award for Distinction in Congregational Ministry.
SHAWNTHEA MONROE MUELLER is senior minister at Plymouth Church (UCC) of Shaker Heights, OH. She has written two books, one co-authored with classmate Shannon Craigo-Snell. She sits on the board of the Deaconess Community Foundation.
JULIE REUNING-SCHERER is pastor of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Newington, CT.
GRETCHEN STROHMAIER is a bereavement counselor for Hospice in Missoula, MT and is the church school director at Holy Spirit Episcopal Parish.
PAM TYLER and Charles own San Geronimo Lodge, which they are remodeling as a retreat center. She serves St. James Episcopal Church in Taos, NM.
Class of 1992
SCOTT BARKER was consecrated the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Nebraska on Oct. 8 at the La Vista Convention Center in Omaha, NE. Ecumenical and interfaith guests were included in the gathering, considered a “homecoming” for Barker, 48, an...
MAGNUS T. BERNHARDSSON lives with his wife, MARGARET MCCOMISH ’93 in Williamstown, MA. They have two children, Benni (14) and Karen Magnea (11). Magnus teaches Middle Eastern History at Williams College and Margaret is...
BECKY GARRISON has three new books out (see Alumni Books section). Also, she is a panelist with the Washington Post’s “On Faith” column.
Class of 1991
SCOTT BADER-SAYER completed his Ph.D. at Duke under Stanley Hauerwas, taught for 12 years at the University of Scranton in Scranton, PA (yes, home of “The Office”), and is in his third year as professor of Christian ethics and moral theology at...
DAVID BRYCE is in his third year as senior minister of The First Church In Belmont, Unitarian Universalist in Belmont, MA. He is currently taking a class in the supervision of student ministers at (gasp!) Harvard Divinity School; but he wears...
KEVIN CORCORAN earned a Ph.D. in philosophy, got a job in the philosophy department at Calvin College (where Nick Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology Emeritus, taught before moving to YDS in ’89 and where current Noah...
MARK RIGG earned an S.T.M. at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in 2008 on the way to being ordained in January of this year. Ordination marked the end of an 18-year teaching career and the start of parish ministry. Mark serves...
DAVID WILLIAMSON is the pastor of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Hermitage, PA. A heart attack in March 2010 hasn’t slowed him down—he’s also the chaplain of the fire department, police department, and the local Boy Scout camp, and a...
Class of 1990
STEVEN C. BOGUSLAWSKI was re-appointed to a second term as president of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology at the Dominican House of Studies, effective June 9, 2011.
JOSEPH CISTONE received his D.Min. form Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis in May. Joe writes, “Living on Mount Desert Island, Maine this academic year as my spouse Alyne serves as a visiting professor in human rights law at the College of...
EMILY GIFFORD received an MA in modern U.S. history from Central Connecticut State University in May of this year, and in November, she appeared on “Jeopardy!” and became a one-day champion. She shares, “Unfortunately, my winning game aired on...
ELIZABETH RIPLEY transitioned from a long career in the hospital field to serving as executive director of the Mat-Su Health Foundation in 2008. This foundation shares ownership in the local hospital and makes grants to improve the health of...
CAROLINE STACEY is currently serving as rector of St. Luke in the Fields Episcopal Church in the West Village in NYC. She married Scott Askegard, a research scientist in microbiology currently working for a biotech company in Long Island. They...
TOM VAN TASSELL is in his 15th year as co-pastor of the First Congregational Church of Spencer, IA. He co-pastors with his wife, Wendy. Tom is serving as chair of the Congregational Foundation for Theological Studies for the National...
Class of 1989
RICK KING is in his fourth year as senior minister of First Congregational UCC in Longmont, CO, and in April received a Healthy Community Award from Boulder County Public Health for his work with the St. Vrain Valley Safe Schools Coalition,...
Class of 1986
LYNN CARMAN BODDEN is now a “Coach~Consultant~Interim Minister!” after 25 years of ministry experience. She is also teaching regularly for the Interim Ministry Network. Lynn and Peter (Carman) relocated two years ago to Durham, NC, and both...
