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
MT Davila

DePaul University
Professor 

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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