SKSM - Key Persons

Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Emerita

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Professor of Religion and Culture

Dr. Ashley London Bacchi

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Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Ancient Mediterranean Religions

Dr. Ghazala Anwar

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Research Faculty / Research Scholars

Dr. Hugo Córdova Quero

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Director of Digital Learning and Associate Professor of Critical Theories and Queer Theologies

Dr. Robert Kimball, the school's next president, launched the school on a period of creative growth. He recruited new faculty, established an endowment, secured accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools, held innovative summer schools, started the all-school meeting tradition and increased participation in the GTU. He also expanded the student body from 25 to 50 students. During Kimball's 14-year leadership, women increased their presence at Starr King, transforming what at the time was an all-male student body and faculty. In 1981, the school established the Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Professorship to ensure a feminist perspective on the faculty and appointed Dr. Clare Benedicks Fischer to fill the position.

Dr. Shannon Frediani

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Assistant Professor of Pedagogy in Multireligious Decolonial Liberative Education

Dr. Som Pourfarzaneh

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Associate Professor of Islamic and Digital Media Studies

Dr. Tuli Patel

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Trustee

Earl Morse Wilbur

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First President

The first president, Earl Morse Wilbur, led the Pacific Unitarian School of Religion for nearly 30 years, establishing a library of rare books and educational principles that continue to guide Starr King School more than a century later. He wrote, "In all our teaching we strive to keep in view the practical end; and while we aim always to cultivate thorough scholarship, yet we mean to ask at every point, What has all this to do with the actual work of the ministry?"

Erica Toyama

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Director of Annual Giving

Fred Williamson

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School Safety Officer

Glenna Matthews

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Research Scholar

Hilda Mason Teaching

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Fellow
Fellow / Staff

J. Tyson Casey

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Assistant Professor of Leadership and Movements

Jessica Neno Cloud

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Vice President of Advancement

Joanna Macy

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Research Scholar

Juliet Chan

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Registrar

Kellie Kinsman

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Trustee
Ex - Officio Trustee Representing Student Body, Gardena, CA

Kim Moebius

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Assistant to the Dean of Faculty and Coordinator of Academic Affairs

Liesl Dees

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Trustee
Ex - Officio Trustee Representing Student Body, Farmington, NM

Linda Laskowski

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Trustee

Matthew Waterman

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Director of Admissions & Recruitment

Owais Qureshi

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Student Accounts Manager, Finance Assistant

Parker Becomes - President

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President

In 1983, the Rev. Gordon McKeeman, a Universalist minister, took the school's helm, signing on for a five-year commitment. Professor Til Evans then served as acting president until the Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker, a parish minister from the Pacific Northwest, arrived to lead the school in 1990. During Parker's presidency, the school grew in terms of student body, program offerings and endowment size. The school increased its engagement with Unitarian Universalist congregations; expanded the study of Unitarian Universalist history; created new educational programs in scholarship; broadened its donor base; renovated its building and incorporated new educational technologies. In addition, the school made an explicit commitment to Unitarian Universalist theological education that is counter oppressive and committed to just and sustainable community.