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About Colleen Carpenter, PhD

Carondelet Scholar

Positions

2020 - Present Professor, St Catherine University ‐ Theology and Women's Studies
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2017 - Present Carondelet Scholar, Saint Catherine University
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2012 - 2020 Associate Professor, Theology and Women's Studies, St. Catherine University ‐ Theology Department
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2014 - 2017 Sister Mona Riley Endowed Chair in the Humanities, Saint Catherine University
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2017 - Present Committee Member, UFEPT
2017 - 2020 Chair, Theology Department
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Honors and Awards

  • Denny Prize for Distinction in Writing, St. Catherine University, 2020
  • Monika Hellwig Award for Excellence in Teaching, College Theology Society, 2020
  • Research and Creative Work on Women Award, St. Catherine University, 2018
  • Denny Prize for Distinction in Writing, St. Catherine University, 2013
  • Denny Prize for Distinction in Writing, St. Catherine University, 2009
  • Luce Faculty Fellowship, Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies, 2007-8

Courses

  • Global Search for Justice: Dismantling Racism
  • Global Search for Justice: Environmental Justice
  • THEO 2600 All are Welcome: Church as Beloved Community
  • THEO 2994 Women, Earth, Creator Spirit
  • THEO 6700 God and Christ
  • THEO 3670 The Quest for God in Contemporary Experience
  • THEO 2060 Freedom, Justice, and Liberation Theology Today
  • THEO 2400 Jesus of Nazareth, Christ of Faith
  • THEO 2120/WOST 2120 Living Faith: Encountering the Holy in Everyday Experience
  • THEO 1000 Theological Questions

Education

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2001 Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois ‐ Religion and Literature
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1991 M.A., University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois ‐ Theology
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1990 M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin ‐ English Literature
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1988 B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cum Laude in general studies ‐ English and American Literatures and Languages
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Contact Information

Phone: 651-690-6442

Email:

Publications (6)

Conference Presentations (5)