SSCS Leadership

Board of Directors

Officers

  • Shannon McAlister, Fordham University, NY; President (2024-2026) 
  • Margaret Benefiel, Shalem Institute, DC; Vice President/President-Elect (2024-26/2026-2028) 
  • Rachel Wheeler, University of Portland, OR; Secretary/Treasurer (2022-2025) 
  • Michael O'Sullivan, Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE), Dublin, Ireland and South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland; Past-President (2024-2025) 


At-large Directors

  • Amy Maxey, Oblate School of Theology, (2022-2025)
  • Leonard McMahon, Pacific School of Religion, (2022-2025)
  • Trey Clark, Fuller Theological Seminary, (2023-2026) 
  • Tim Geoffrion, Myanmar Institute of Theology in Yangon, (2023-2026)
  • Angela Hooks, Heartbeat Formation LLC, 2024-2027)  
  • Daniel Horan, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, (2024-2027)
     

Ex-officio Members

  • André Brouillette, Boston College; International Relations Committee Liaison (2023-2028) 
  • David Perrin, St. Jerome's University (Professor Emeritus); Spiritus Liaison (2024-2029) 
  • Glen G. Scorgie, Bethel University (Professor Emeritus); Editor of Spiritus (2024-2027) 
  • Steven Thomason, Luther Seminary; Emerging Scholars Coordinator (2024-) 
  • Matthew Wickman, Brigham Young University; Communications Director (2024-2027) 
     

Committees

Nominations Committee

  • Margaret Benefiel, Shalem Institute, DC (2024-26) 
  • Ann W. Astell, University of Notre Dame (2022-2025) 
  • J. Matthew Ashley, Santa Clara University (2025-2028) 


International Relations Committee

  • André Brouillette, Boston College; Chair (2023-2028) 
     

Coordinators of the (Re)Emerging Scholars and Practitioners Group

  • Steven Thomason, Luther Seminary; Emerging Scholars Co-Coordinator (2024-) 
  • Elizbeth Lee, Pilgrim College, University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia; Emerging Scholars Co-Coordinator (2024-) 

 

The Christian Spirituality Unit of the American Academy of Religion was founded by the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. Although no longer formally affiliated, we provide information about the AAR Christian Spirituality leadership as a point of shared interest: 

  • Beringia Zen, Saint Agnes Medical Center  
  • David Perrin, St. Jerome's University 

Meeting Minutes are listed on the Meetings page.