Dr. Dawn DeVries has recently retired as the John Newton Thomas Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Presbyterian Seminary. 

Her scholarship includes the history of doctrine and Reformed theology. She was named a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology for 1997–1998. She was a delegate for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to the 8th Assembly of the World Council of Churches and for the World Alliance of Reformed Churches to the International Eastern Orthodox/Reformed Dialogue. Dr. DeVries served on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Special Committee on Catechism. She published Jesus Christ in the Preaching of Calvin and Schleiermacher.