Dr. Rubén Arjona is an ordained minister in the National Presbyterian Church of Mexico. Before being appointed to the faculty of Union Presbyterian Seminary he served as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Care at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.

Dr. Arjona’s research interests include the pastoral care of men, the intersections of pastoral care and liberation theologies, the care of couples and families, the care of LGBTQ+ individuals, and Erik H. Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. One of his deepest passions is the care of theological students, which for him includes accompanying some of his former students in Mexico as well as mentoring international students pursuing theological studies in the United States.

Dr. Arjona has published several works in Spanish, including his undergraduate thesis on John Calvin’s missions to France, published by the Centro Basilea de Investigación y Apoyo under the auspices of the Fondation pour l’Aide au Protestantimse Réformé (FAP). More recently, Dr. Arjona has published several peer-reviewed articles in Pastoral Psychology and the Journal of Pastoral Theology.

Rachel Baard is Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics, and Director of the Master of Arts in Public Theology Program at Union Presbyterian Seminary.

A graduate of the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and of Princeton Theological Seminary, she is grounded in the Reformed Tradition, with a strong interest in its contemporary expressions, in particular with regard to human dignity and social justice. She is the author of Sexism and Sin-Talk: Feminist Conversations on the Human Condition (Westminster John Knox Press, 2019), and the editor of The Political Theology of Paul Tillich (Lexington Press, 2024). She is currently writing a book on Mary through the lens of Reformed theology, tentatively titled The First Disciple: Towards a Constructive Protestant Mariology.

A member of the PC(USA), Rachel is passionate about the life of the church, theology, and reconciliation and peace building.

Aram graduated from Smith College, taught fifth grade before going to Princeton Seminary (M.Div.), and continued her theological education at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond (MACE). She completed her dissertation in practical theology from Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where she served as the director of family ministries at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. She was ordained and installed as the associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Rev. Dr. Feinberg is currently serving as the interim pastor and head of staff at Bayside Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach. 
 

Rev. Dr. Donna Giver-Johnston is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament, with twenty years of pastoral ministry experience. Currently, she is serving as a professor of preaching and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She has a PhD and MA from Vanderbilt University and an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary.

She is the author of Claiming the Call to Preach: Four Female Pioneers of Preaching in Nineteenth-Century America (Oxford University Press, 2021), and Writing for the Ear, Preaching from the Heart (Fortress Press, 2021), as well co-author of For Every Matter Under Heaven: Preaching on Special Occasions (Fortress Press, 2022).

She is married to Brian Johnston, and together they have two adult children, Rebecca and Christian, and a rescue dog, Sadie.
 

Rev. Dr. Diane Walton Hendricks is Pastor of Clifton Presbyterian Church in Clifton, Virginia, a spiritual director, and a former moderator of National Capital Presbytery. She has a DMin in Ministry Development from Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, and an MDiv from Princeton Theological Seminary.

She is married to Andrew Hendricks, and together they have two adult children, Abby and Nathan, and a rescue dog, Gracie. 
 

Dr. Cindy Kissel-Ito is Professor of Christian Education Emerita of Union Presbyterian Seminary. She also directed the Master of Arts in Christian Education Program at the seminary. Her ministry has consistently embodied the importance of intentional engagement in the Christian Life that is invigorated by teaching/learning the Bible.

Dr. Kissel-Ito is a retired Presbyterian minister in the PC(USA) and lives in New Kent, Virginia, with her husband, son, and three Scottish Terriers. 

Rev. Dr. Megan Fullerton Strollo received both her Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy in biblical studies degrees from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2012 and 2020, respectively. In 2012 she received the seminary’s Patrick D. Miller Award for Excellence in the Study of Scripture.

Her primary research interests include the Megilloth, post-exilic literature, Wisdom literature, biblical languages, biblical theology, women in the Bible, intertextuality in the Bible, and feminist biblical interpretation. She has published articles and reviews in peer-reviewed journals and is a contributor in Megilloth Studies: The Shape of Contemporary Scholarship (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2016).

When she is not teaching, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and two daughters, and serving in her local community of Fredericksburg, Virginia.