EDUCATION
Master of Divinity 2014, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
| Thesis: | Story City, storytelling as a way of being together, self-knowing, and knowing ourselves through the other |
Bachelor of Arts May 2009 Bates College, Lewiston, ME
| Major: | Religious Studies, Concentration in Asian and Biblical Studies |
| Thesis: | “Systems of Dominance and Submission: From the Bible to Faith Communities“ |
| Honors: | Dean’s List fall ’06, spring ’07, fall ’07 |
| Willis Award for Excellence in Reading from the Bible | |
| Otis Fellowship, summer 2007, Homorodszentpeter, Romania. Travel and summer-long visitation to 450 year old remote and rural Unitarian village. Assistant to the Minister, sister church cultural exchange, English teaching | |
| Seminar presented: | “Spiritually Based Land Use in Transylvania – Rebirth after Vitality Sucking Dictatorship” |
| College Key Society: | Award given to 10 Bates College students showing exceptional community and academic skills. |
Ancillary Academic Studies
Antioch College
Buddhist Studies Program, fall ‘07, Bodh Gaya, India
Semester abroad: meditation, yoga, temporary ordination, Tibetan medicine
University of Utah
National Outdoor Leadership School, fall ‘05, Patagonia, Chile
Semester abroad: leadership training, sea kayaking, mountaineering
University of Montana
Wilderness and Civilization Program, fall ‘04, spring, ‘05, Missoula, MT
Two semester Intensive: conservation, ethics, literature, ecology, philosophy, politics
EMPLOYMENT and EXPERIENCE
| Resident Chaplain | Fairview Riverside Hospital, Minneapolis, MN |
| summer 2015-summer 2016 | Chaplaincy to the ill and dying with special attention to behavioral and mental health and addiction |
| Lewis Ministerial Intern | First UU Church of St. Louis |
| 2014-2015 | Bi-monthly worship leading for 250 member congregation, ;eadership during Ferguson uprising, governance, pastoral care, teaching |
| Seminarian-in-Residence | First UU Congregation of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY |
| fall 2012-spring 2014 | Director of large COA program; participant in governance, worship planning, re-visioning of small group ministries, membership |
| Seminarian-in-Residence | U-Bar-U Retreat and Conference Center |
| summer 2013 | Chaplaincy, covenant building, worship planning, UU identity-building workshops three times a week |
| Fellow | Poverty Initiative at Union Theological Seminary, NYC, NY |
| fall 2011-spring 2014 | Anti-poverty community organizing with a theological twist and scriptural grounding |
| Clinical Pastoral Education | United Hospital Office of Spiritual Care, St. Paul, MN |
| summer 2012 | Chaplaincy to the ill and dying, participation in group clinical education and didactics, pastoral formation |
| Religious Education Teacher | First UU Congregation of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY |
| fall 2011-spring 2012 | Lesson planning, coordination of weekly volunteers, active participant in congregational activities |
| Founding Youth Director | Wildflower Unitarian Universalist Church, Austin, TX |
| fall 2010-present | Youth leadership, program and volunteer coordination, event organization, religious education |
| Chaplain’s Assistant | Office of Multi-Faith Chaplaincy, Bates College, Lewiston, ME |
| 2006-2009 | “Room To Love” — Weekly worship service leadership: design, liturgy, sermon, rituals, music |
| Multi-Faith Group founder and facilitator | |
| Co-Leader of Student Trip: “Festival of the Black Christ” October, 2008 Portobelo, Panama | |
| Residence Hall Advisor | Substance-Free House, Dean’s Office, Bates College, Lewiston, ME |
| UU and YMCA Camps, staff | |
| summers 2008-2010, 2013 | U-Bar-U Unitarian Universalist Retreat and Conference Center, Mountain Home, TX |
| Assistant Director, food service director, 2008-10, 2013 Chaplain, lifeguard |
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| summer 2005 | YMCA Camp Widjiwagan, Ely, MN |
| Rocky Mountains and Boundary Waters | |
| summers, 2000-04, 2006 | Camp Unistar, Prairie Star District UUA, Cass Lake, MN |
| Church Nursery and Preschool Assistant | Unity Church-Unitarian, St. Paul, MN |
| 2002-2004 |
INTERESTS and SKILLS
| Writing: | committed journal writer, 42 volumes and counting |
| Languages: | conversational Spanish and Hungarian, smattering of Hindi |
| Arts: | cello, knitting, cooking, paper-arts, fashion |
| Health and fitness: | yoga, swimming, Wilderness First Responder, Lifeguard |
| Camping: | 900 km solo walking pilgrimage across northern Spain “El Camino de Santiago de Compostela” from St Jean Pied du Port, France to Finisterre, Spain May ’06, August ’07 |
| Camp Widjiwagan, Ely, MN 1998-2004 |
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| Women’s wilderness expeditions: | Boundary Waters, Quetico, Isle Royale, Spanish Peaks, Wind River Range, Bear Tooth |
| Range Mountaineering Capstone: | 40 days in the Brooks Mountain Range of Alaska |