About our faculty
From Charles Briggs through Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich to Beverly Harrison, Delores Williams, James Cone and Ann Ulanov, Union Theological Seminary has long been home to some of theology's greatest minds. Our current faculty represents a continued commitment to excellence in the classroom and in the churches.
Past Union students whose lives and careers were shaped by their time at Union include martyred WWII German resistance leader and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, activist pastor Adam Clayton Powell and popular writer and lecturer Marcus Borg.

Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway
New York NY 10027
Hours:
Monday to Friday
9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Faculty office hours by appointment
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Full-Time Faculty
Mary C. Boys
Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology Biography | Contact
Euan K. Cameron
Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History Biography | Contact
David M. Carr
Professor of Old Testament Biography | Contact
Chung Hyun Kyung
Associate Professor of Ecumenical Studies Biography | Contact
James H. Cone
Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology Biography | Contact
Alan Cooper
Professor of Bible Biography | Contact
Samuel Cruz
Assistant Professor of Church and Society Biography | Contact
Gary Dorrien
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics Biography | Contact
James Forbes
Harry Emerson Fosdick Distinguished Professor Biography | Contact
Esther J. Hamori
Assistant Professor of Old Testament Biography | Contact
Kelby Harrison
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Social Ethics Biography | Contact
Serene Jones
President of the Faculty Roosevelt Professor of Systematic Theology Biography | Contact
Brigitte Kahl
Professor of New Testament Biography | Contact
Paul F. Knitter
Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture Biography | Contact
Barbara K. Lundblad
Joe R. Engle Professor of Preaching Biography | Contact
Daisy Machado
Dean of Academic Affairs Professor of Church History Biography | Contact
Tyler D. Mayfield
Post-Doctoral Fellow and Instructor in Biblical Languages Biography | Contact
John Anthony McGuckin
Ane Marie and Bent Emil Nielsen Professor in Late Antique and Byzantine Christian History Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies, Columbia University Biography | Contact
Troy Messenger
Director and Visiting Assistant Professor of Worship Biography | Contact
Christopher L. Morse
Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Theology and Ethics Biography | Contact
Aliou C. Niang
Assistant Professor of New Testament Biography | Contact
Su Yon Pak
Associate Professor of Integrative and Field Based Education Biography | Contact
Hal Taussig
Visiting Professor of New Testament Biography | Contact
Mark C. Taylor
Professor of the Philosophy of Religion Chair of the Department of Religion, Columbia University Biography | Contact
John J. Thatamanil
Associate Professor of Theology and World Religions Biography | Contact
Ann Belford Ulanov
Christiane Brooks Johnson Memorial Professor of Psychiatry and Religion Biography | Contact
Janet R. Walton
Professor of Worship Biography | Contact
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