Dr. Chelle Stearns joined Dr. Paul Hoard and Dr. Doug Shirley for this third podcast in the Ghosts & Shadows Conversation Series. She taught at The Seattle School from 2008-2023 as Associate Professor of Theology and now serves as Affiliate Faculty. Listen to the insights, experience, and theological imagination she brings to this exploration. [Podcast […]
For the second podcast in this series, Dr. Paul Hoard and Dr. Doug Shirley invited Dr. Monique Gadson, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, to share her perspective on the Ghosts & Shadows conversation. Dr. Gadson joined The Seattle School in 2022 as Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology. Listen to her engage Dr. Hoard and Dr. […]
In this season as The Seattle School has been looking back at the first 25 years, we, Dr. Paul Hoard and Dr. Doug Shirley, have been exploring what it means to live with the legacies and histories in our community, as well as how to engage with these proverbial ghosts and shadows, these systemic inheritances. […]
As we marked 25 years since the founding of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, Dr. Doug Shirley and Dr. Paul Hoard, two of our core faculty members, began exploring together what it means for our institution to have a history and to be haunted by a legacy. In the three essays in this […]
In this season of gathering and gaming, we want to share with you the first part of a series created by faculty and staff. Dr. Jermaine Ma, Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Paul Steinke, Vice President of Alumni & Community Relations, and Dr. Paul Hoard, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology, began a conversation around their […]
On October 6, The Seattle School community hosted the book launch for Holy Runaways written by Matthias Roberts MATC ‘17 MACP ‘18. Like many of us, Matthias grew up with books about orphans, and at the event, he described how this theme inspired him to explore his own journey. Runaways and orphans must leave their […]
This series of student work from a recent elective course offered to all our graduate students is a window into the integrations and intersections that are created in our curriculum and our classrooms at The Seattle School, not only in theology and psychology, but also social justice, ecology, local context, and individualized research. The Multimedia […]
Our hope at The Seattle School is to be led by our alumni and their stories. Mary Jane Wilt, PhD, graduated from The Seattle School, then known as Mars Hill Graduate School, in 2005 with a Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC), now our Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology (MACP) program. In this interview, […]
Earlier this year, Dr. J. Derek McNeil, President and Provost, visited the on-campus classroom of Social & Cultural Diversities, CSL 509, to engage in discussion with Dr. Paul Hoard and students on two articles published in The Other Journal this spring. Dr. Hoard authored “Beyond Fragility: Interpassive White Rage” and, by invitation from Dr. Hoard, […]
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology will host the 2023 Integrative Project Symposium on Thursday, June 22, when students from our MDiv and MATC programs will share the projects that serve as a capstone of their time in graduate school. With a compelling blend of research methodology and The Seattle School’s unique lens, the […]
Our hope at The Seattle School is to be led by our alumni and their stories. Jay Briggs graduated from The Seattle School in 2014 with a Master of Arts in Theology & Culture (MATC). We are grateful for the opportunity to have a conversation with Jay and to learn how his graduate studies at […]
In celebration of our 25th year as an institution, Dr. J. Derek McNeil, President and Provost of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, invited Dr. Dan Allender, founding President and Professor of Counseling Psychology, and Dr. Keith Anderson, President Emeritus, into a conversation on the past, present, and future of our calling and community. […]