Teaching Fellows

Kathleen S. Hurty

  • Teaching Fellow—Leadership Studies
  • (510) 465-3301

Brief Academic and Professional History

B. A., Bethany College; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. PLTS, 2005–

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Consultant for Communities of Faith, Service and Learning; Organizations: Board of Trustees, Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS; National Association of Ecumenical Staff; American Association of University Women

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  • Women, Faith and Philanthropy: A National Conversation, Women’s Funding Network, 2006.
  • “Protestant Women’s Colleges,” Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America, 2005;
  • “The Role of U.S. Regional and Local Religious Bodies in Supporting Peacebuilding Efforts in Other Countries,” Shalom Papers, Churches Center for Theology and Public Policy, Wesley Theological Seminary, 2004;
  • “Women Principals—Leading with Power,” in Women Leading in Education, eds., Diane Dunlap and Patricia Schmuck, 1995;
  • “Historical Reflections on Councils of Churches in the U.S.,” Midstream, 32:4 (October 1993);
  • “Breaking the Crust: Local Ecumenism in the U.S.,” One World (November, 1992);
  • “Ecumenical Leadership: Power and Women’s Voices” in Women and Church: The Challenge of Ecumenical Solidarity in an Age of Alienation, ed., Melanie A. May, 1991;

Jarmo Tarkki

  • Teaching Fellow in Philosophical Theology

Brief Academic and Professional History

ThM, University of Helsinki, Finland; PhD, University of Helsinki. Post-Doctoral Research Scholar, University of Helsinki. Pastor, Bethania Evangelical Lutheran Church, Solvang, CA, 2003– ; Clergy membership: Southwest California Synod of the ELCA

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Iltalehti Columnist; Host of “Mars & Venus,” TV program in Finland; Member, Virginia Mason Medical Center Bioethics Committee; Member, University of Washington Scandinavian Advisory Board; Fellow of the Jesus Seminar

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  • “Assisted Suicide: Do We Own Our Bodies?” in Dialog: A Journal of Theology, Vol. 43, June 2004
  • “Bishops, Genes, and Sex” in Dialog: A Journal of Theology, Vol. 40, No. 3, Fall 2001
  • Tasa-arvo. Saavutuksia ja haasteita. (Equality at a Dead End), Jyväskylä: Ateena Kustannus Oy, (SITRA nro. 187), 1998
  • “The Debate Over Prenatal Genetic Screening in Finland,” in Policy Options, Vol. 17, No. 2, March 1996 (Canada)
  • Questioning Religious Authority: A Conceptual Analysis of Authority, its Justification and Use in the Context of Religious Belief, Seattle 1994

Susan E. Walima

  • Teaching Fellow in History of Religions
  • Folklore, Interdisciplinary Studies, Organizational Health
  • (415) 516-7103

Brief Academic and Professional History

B.A., California State University, Sacramento; M.A., University of Minnesota; PhD, Graduate Theological Union; Management Development and Training Consultant, California Department of Transportation; Manager, Personnel Communication and Organization Development Consultant, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation; Private Practice as Organizational Health Consultant; PLTS, 1999–; Dean’s Associate for Community Life, 1999–2002; Teaching Fellow in History of Religions 2002–

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Ph.D. Student Member, GTU Doctoral Council (1995–97); Peer Advisor to GTU Interdisciplinary Students (1995–99); Ph.D. Student Member, GTU Board of Trustees (1996-97); PLTS Dean’s Search Committee (1997–98); PLTS International Student Coordinator and Liaison to Division for Global Mission (1999–2002)

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  • “Organizational Health and Law Enforcement,” Psychological Services for Law Enforcement, ed. James Reese, 1986
  • “The Sauna and the Kalevala,” Finnish Sauna, Japanese Furo, Indian Inipi: Bathing on Three Continents, ed. Juha Pentikainen, 2000
  • “Kalevala Tradition among Finnish-Americans: Values, Community and Heritage,” Kalevala and the World’s Traditional Epics, ed. Lauri Honko, 2002