Nina E. Livesey Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Studies, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

Nina Livesey is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and the College of Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. A specialist in Jewish-Christian relations and Christian origins with emphasis on second-century Christianity, she has a Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, where she did her dissertation on circumcision in Philo, Paul, and Justin Martyr. She received her Masters of Theological Studies at Phillips Theological Seminary. Her thesis on “‘The Jew’ as Portrayed in the Exegesis of Romans,” was written under the supervision of Jesus Seminar Fellow Bernard Brandon Scott.
            Livesey is the recipient of several awards, grants and prizes, including a Phillips Globalization Award in 1998 for travel to and attendance at the Eighth World Council of Churches Assembly in Zimbabwe, the Professors Book Award at Phillips in 2000 and the American Bible Society Book Award in 2001.

Academic Credentials

• Ph.D., Southern Methodist University
• M.T.S., Summa Cum Laude, Phillips Theological Seminary
• B.A., Comparative Literature, University of California

Academic Appointments

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, College of Liberal Studies, The University of Oklahoma, 2007–
• Adjunct Instructor, University of Oklahoma, College of Liberal Studies. “Bible as Literature” On-line course, 2006–2007
• Adjunct Instructor, , College of Religious Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2004–2005, 2008
• Instructor, Lay Leadership Institute (ELCA), Winter, 2004
• Director of Christian Education/Family Ministry.  University Lutheran Chapel, 1995–1996
• Adjunct Instructor, College of Business, University of Oklahoma.  COBOL Programming,         Management Information Systems, 1988–1995

Awards and Honors

• ELCA Educational Grant Program Award, 2004–2005, 2005–2006, 2006–2007
• SMU Research and Graduate Studies Travel Grant, 2005, 2006
• American Bible Society Book Award, PTS 2001.
• Professors Book Award, PTS 2000.
• Eastern Star Training Award for Religious Leadership 1998, 1999, 2000
• Education Grants, University Lutheran Church, Norman, OK 1997–1999.
• Phillips Globalization Award, 1998

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