Program Committee

The Program Committee shall have authority to determine the content of the program of the SCE Annual Meeting, with the exception of the SCE plenary speakers and conference theme, which shall be chosen by the President.  The Program Committee shall be chaired by the President and shall include the Presidential Cabinet (ex officio with voice and with vote) and one member (not necessarily a member of the Board) appointed by the president for that year only. The Program Committee shall also include the Editor or co-editors (ex officio with voice and with vote) and at least three additional members appointed by the President from the elected members of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors or, with the approval of the Board of Directors, the Program Committee itself, shall have the authority to include more participants in the selection process, provided that (1) the additional members be restricted to preliminary electronic voting only, (2) the additional members and the terms of their appointment shall be communicated to the membership as a whole, and (3) no less than 60 percent of the votes deciding the content of the program shall be cast by representatives elected directly by the membership as a whole.  Weighted voting may be used.

The Program Committee selects proposals and designs the program for the Annual Meeting, largely through a blind electronic ballot carried out before the Committee actually gathers in March or April. This selection process includes those serving on the Program Committee plus one vote from each of the Working Groups, the Women's Caucus, and the Students' Caucus.

2025-2026

President Rebecca Todd Peters Elon University  Professor of Religious Studies	Past President Emilie M. Townes Boston University  Professor	President-Elect Diana Fritz Cates University of Iowa Professor of Ethics
Vice President Gary Dorrien Union Theological Seminary & Columbia University  Professor	Editor KC Choi Seton Hall University Professor	Editor MT Davila DePaul University Professor
Christina McRorie Creighton University Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics  Chair of Finance and Long Term Plannng	Matthew Gaudet Santa Clara University Associate Teaching Professor & Director of Ethics Programs Chair of Personnel Committee	Ellen Marshall Ott Emory University/Candler School of Theology Chair of Communications and Records Committee
Nina Adkins Virginia Commonwealth University CFCC	Michelle Bostic University of Virginia Student Caucus	Nicholas Hayes Santa Clara University Latino(a) Working Group
Kevin Lazarus Emory University Disability Working Group	Gregory Lee Wheaton College Asian and Asian-American Working Group	Irene Oh The George Washington University Local Liaison
Marvin Wickware Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago African and African-American Working Group	Shatavia Wynn Rhodes College LGBTQI+ Working Group	Ellie See Ex officio Talley Management Group Executive Director