Jesuit School of Theology, Graduate Theological Union
Ecumenical Institute, St. Mary’s Seminary & University
Georgetown University, MA 1998
Life Before Yale Chaplaincy:
Patient Advocate, Cleveland Free Clinic 1981-1982
Resident Counselor, Genesis House for Battered Women, 1982-1983
Associate Campus Minister, Santa Clara University, 1983-1986
Director, AIDS Interfaith Residential Services, 1987-1988
Chaplaincy Consultant, United Methodist Conference on Higher Education, 1988-1989
University Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministries, Johns Hopkins University, 1993-2007
Key Contributions:
Dedicated space on campus for a Hindu Prayer Room in 2010, a Buddhist Shrine in 2012, and Breathing Space in 2011 (a technology-free creative, text study and meditation space)
Hired the first Hindu Fellow to serve the Yale Hindu student community in 2010
Conferences hosted at Yale: Global Conference of Chaplains in Higher Education in 2012 and Coming Together 7 in 2015
Started the Interfaith Forum at Yale, a group of undergraduates who meet weekly over dinner to build community across a wide variety of religious and spiritual identities and understandings
Fun Facts:
First woman, lay-person and Roman Catholic to hold the position of Yale University Chaplain
Served as president of both the Association of College and University Religious Affairs (ACURA) from 2000-2002 and the National Association of College and University Chaplains (NACUC) from 1999-2001
