Westar Institute

Institutional Affiliation
Charter Member

Kathleen Corley

Institutional Affiliation

Oshkosh Northwestern Distinguished Professor

University of Wisconsin

Credentials

• B.A., Westmont College • M.A., Claremont Graduate School • Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Biography

Kathleen E. Corley is the Oshkosh Northwestern Distinguished Professor. A member of the Steering Committee of the Women and the Biblical World section of the Society of Biblical Literature, she has also served as Visiting scholar at the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity in Claremont, CA, the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, and as a member of the Steering Committee of the Historical Jesus Section of the Society of Biblical Literature. Her books include Maranatha: Women’s Funerary Rituals and Christian Origins and Women and the Historical Jesus: Feminist Myths of Christian Origins.

• Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Endowed Professorship, 2002–• Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995–1996• Fellow, Coolidge Research Colloquium, 1993

Academic Appointments

• Associate Professor of New Testament, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1998>–• Assistant Professor of New Testament, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1992–1998• Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Sioux Falls College, 1991–1992• Instructor of Religious Studies, Sioux Falls College, 1989–1991• Greek Instructor, California State University Fullerton, 1988–1989

Professional Service

• Editorial Board, Oxford Companion to Jesus, 2002–• Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, 2001–• Editorial Board, Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, 1999–• Steering Committee, Historical Jesus Section, Society of Biblical Literature, 1998–• Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, Society of Biblical Literature, 1998–