Education:

• Ottawa University, BA 1972
• Yale Divinity School, MDiv 1975
• Harvard Graduate School of Education, Certificate 1989
• Yeshiva University, MSW 1981 and Doctorate in Social Welfare 1997

Life Before Yale Chaplaincy:

• Senior Pastor of Mount Aery Baptist Church in Bridgeport, CT (1975-1992)

Key Contributions:

• Oversaw Chaplain’s office’s move to Bingham, its current location.
• Dedicated the first Musalla (Muslim prayer room) at Yale in 2001 and hired the first Muslim Fellow to serve the Muslim student community in 2005.
• Organized, and later published, a preaching series celebrating Yale’s tercentennial in 2001 at Battell Chapel.

Fun Facts:

• First Black University Chaplain at Yale
• First Baptist to hold the role of University Chaplain
• Founding faculty member of Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

Life After Yale Chaplaincy:

• Carl and Dorothy Bennett Professor in Pastoral Counseling, Yeshiva University
• Fulbright Scholar at University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2008, returning as Fulbright Specialist in 2010.
• Pastor of Dixwell Avenue United Church of Christ in New Haven from 2011 - 2023