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Susan Lyn moudry
Education2011-present
2007-2010
2001-2005 / Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas
PhD Candidate, Department of Religion, History of Christianity
Dissertation: “Matthew Simpson: Methodism’s Rise Into the National Spotlight” (Advisor: Dr. Bill Pitts)
Religion Minor: Theology (9 hours)
Outside Minor: History (9 hours)
Awards: Dean’s Scholarship,Religion Department Tuition Scholarship and Stipend
Pittsburgh Theological SeminaryPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Master of Divinity
Awards: Robert E. Lee Church History Prize,Watson Samuel Boyce Music Prize,Paul T. Gerrard Prize in Homiletics and Pastoral Care
Participation in Tel Zayit Archeological Field Project
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts, Music Education
Concentration: Voice, teacher certification from the Pennsylvania Department of Education
Honors: Magna Cum Laude,General Education Honors from the University Honors Program
Awards: Presidential Scholarship,Thekla-Vlakhis Stabb Memorial Scholarship
Teachingexperience
2011-2015
2011-2015
2008-2010 / Baylor University, Department of Religion
Guest Lecturer
REL 1350, Christian Heritage- The Ecumenical Movement (Professor: Bill Pitts)
REL 4333, History of Protestantism- The Ecumenical Movement(Professor: Bill Pitts)
REL 1350, Christian Heritage- Repeated guest lecturer, including lectures on Calvin, the Catholic and English Reformation, Methodism, Modernity, Social Gospel and Pentecostalism (Professor: Doug Weaver)
REL 1350, Christian Heritage- Methodism, and seminar leadership on the Civil War and Religion (Professor: Bracy Hill)
Baylor University, Department of Religion
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
REL 1350, Christian Heritage, REL 4333, History of Protestantism, BIC 1324, World Cultures II, REL 5336, American Christianity I (Professor: Bill Pitts)
REL 1350, Christian Heritage(Professor: Doug Weaver)
REL 1350, Christian Heritage(Professor: Bracy Hill)
Baylor University Interdisciplinary Core (Professor: Candi Cann)
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Greek Tutorand Assistant (Professor: James Davison)
Conference Papers
2015
2013
2012 / “Abhorrence, Appreciation, or Perhaps a Little of Both: Mr. Wesley’s Commentary on Mr. Calvin,” Wesleyan Studies and Reformed Theology and History JointSession, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, November 2015 (upcoming)
“Stephen P. Hill and Edgar H. Gray: Church and State Separation to Integration in Nineteenth Century Baptist Life,” Annual Meeting of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Raleigh, NC, May 2015
“Providence with a Purpose: The ‘Full Flower’ of Civil Religion in the Rhetoric of Bishop Matthew Simpson,” Wesleyan Studies and History of Christianity Section, American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, MD, November 2013
“Faith and Family: Rick Santorum’s Catholic Appeal to Evangelical Conservatives,” Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, Regional Meeting, AAR History of Christianity Session, Dallas, TX, March 2013
“The Community of Saints in Martin Luther’s and Menno Simons’ Ecclesiology,” Annual Meeting of the Sixteenth Century Society Conference, Cincinnati, OH, November 2012
Publications
2013
2009 / “‘A Society of Our Own’: Methodists, Coeducation and the Founding of P.E.O.,” Methodist History52:1(October 2013): 33-42.
“Sikhism and Christianity: An Interreligious Dialogue,” Pittsburgh Theological Journal 1, no. 1 (May 2009): 82-91.
Other Academic Service
2013-2014
2013
2011-2014
2012
2009-2010
2009 and 2010
2008-2009 / Baylor University
Graduate Student Association, Vice President
Baylor University, Department of Religion
Baptist Studies Center for Research,Graduate Fellow
Baylor University, Department of Religion
Graduate Theological Fellowship, President (2012-2013) and Steering Committee
Baylor University, Department of Religion
Summer Research Assistant to Dr. Doug Weaver
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Faculty Research Assistant to Dr. Robert Gagnon
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Development Office Summer Assistant
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Church History Faculty Search Committee
Languages
Koine Greek- reading proficiency (15 hours of graduate coursework)
French- reading proficiency (6 hours of graduate coursework)
German- reading proficiency (6 hours of graduate coursework)
Boards
2010-2013 / Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Board of Directors
Advancement Committee (2010-2012), Committee on Institutional Effectiveness (2010-2013), Student Life Committee (2012-2013)
Memberships
American Academy of Religion
P.E.O. International
References
Dr. Doug Weaver, Professor and Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Religion
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97284
Waco, TX 76798
254-710-7283 or
Dr. Bill Pitts, Professor
Department of Religion
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97284
Waco, TX 76798
254-710-6321 or
Dr. Chris Rios, Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
The Graduate School
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97284
Waco, TX 76798
254-710-3588 or
Ministry experience
2015
2014-2015
2012
2010-2011
2008-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
2007 / Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church
Director of Clergy Excellence
Ingomar United Methodist Church, Ingomar, PA
Guest Preacher and Worship Leader
Cogdell Memorial United Methodist Church, Waco, TX
Guest Preacher and Worship Leader
Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church
Ordained as a Full Elder
Creekside and Trinity United Methodist Churches, Indiana, Pennsylvania
Pastor and Associate Pastor for Youth
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Chapel Coordinator
Mount Lebanon United Methodist Church, Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Youth Director
Western Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church
Intern to the Conference Youth Coordinator
Ingomar United Methodist Church, Ingomar, Pennsylvania
Interim Youth Director