Links

• Forming Lutherans
• Institute of Liturgical Studies
• North America Academy of Liturgy
• Lutheran Pilgrimage
• Lutheran Diaconal Association
• Flight 93

Teaching Experience

• Professor Emerita Spring 2021-
  Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Term Professor of Religion and Interdisciplinary Studies Fall 2008-Fall 2020
  Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Adjunct Faculty Fall 2004-Fall 2007
  University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion 2002-2004
  Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota
• Faculty Associate Spring 2002
  Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Adjunct Faculty Fall 2001
  University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Guest Instructor 1995-1998; Spring 2000, 2002
  Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota

Publications

• “Confirmation” in Encyclopedia of Protestantism. Edited by Hans Hillerbrand. New York: Routledge, 2003.
• Review of Confirmation: Engaging Lutheran Foundations and Practices (Augsburg Fortress, 1999) in Lutheran Quarterly (2001): 368-71.
• Contributor in
  Sundays and Seasons 2004 (Augsburg Fortress, 2003)
  Sundays and Seasons 2002 (Augsburg Fortress, 2001)
  Sundays and Seasons 2001 (Augsburg Fortress, 2000)
  Sundays and Seasons 2000 (Augsburg Fortress, 1999)
• “Worship among Lutherans: A House Divided,” Studia Liturgica 25 (1995): 174-191.

Memberships

• American Academy of Religion
• Institute of Liturgical Studies Advisory Council, Valparaiso, Indiana
• Lutheran Deaconess Association
• Lutheran Deaconess Conference
• North American Academy of Liturgy

Education

• Th.D. Church History, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
• M.A. Liturgical Studies, St. John’s University School of Theology, Collegeville, Minnesota
• B.A. Theology major (with honors), Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana