A scholar, teacher and ordained minister, Rev. Dr. Stephanie M. Crumpton is committed to healing and wholeness of entire people. Her work on trauma in communities began in 2006 with doctoral research on Black women’s experiences of intimate and cultural violence and continues in her current work on African American communal recovery from various forms of trauma. With over 15 years of experience in the religious academy and in communities, she is the currently the director of the HeartWork Rising Trauma Healing Initiative at McCormick Theological Seminary. HeartWork Rising is an extension of work that began with launching the McCormick Theological Seminary Trauma Symposium in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She is also a programming consultation with the Chicago Torture Justice Center’s politicized grief healing initiative, editor and contributor to multiple Odyssey Films Social Impact campaigns, including a recent project about the Tulsa Race Massacre. she has served as a panelist for the United Church of Christ’s 2021 joint acknowledgment of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racism and the UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. She has also served as a State Court Appointed Family Violence Advocate in the Fulton County Solicitor General’s Office (Atlanta, Georgia); consulted with the Georgia Commission on Family Violence (Atlanta, Georgia) initiative to equip faith communities with networks and practical resources for responding to intimate violence. Her body-centered work includes instructional yoga for the 2021 Katie G. Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference, and the Cultivating Courageous Resisters Project.

Dr. Crumpton’s publications include “Commentary 2: Connecting the Reading to the World – Acts 2, John 14, Romans 8” in Connections: A Lectionary Commentary Resource, Year C, Vol. 3 (Westminster John Knox Press, 2018); “Trigger Warnings, Covenants of Presence, and More: Cultivating Safe Space for Theological Discussions About Sexual Trauma (Wabash Journal of Teaching Theology and Religion, 2017); A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015); editor and contributing writer to the study guide for Odyssey Networks/HBO’s “Rape of Recy Taylor” documentary film. Her forthcoming book, “Sanctuary: Care in the Movement for Black Life,” focuses on pastoral care and communal support of African American social justice activists and organizers.

She is the tenured associate professor of practical theology at McCormick Theological Seminary. She teaches Introduction to Pastoral Care, Womanist and Feminist Approaches to Pastoral Care, Introduction to Religious Education, The Church and Social Change, and African Cosmology and Ritual in Pastoral Care. Prior to McCormick she has taught at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Hood Theological Seminary, Chicago Theological Seminary, Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and the Interdenominational Theological Center.

A well known scholar in the religious academy, she has presented academic papers numerous times at the American Academy of Religion, where she serves on the steering committee for the Psychology, Culture and Religion Group. She is also a member of the Society for the Study of Black Religion, and the Society for Pastoral Theology. She is the recipient of multiple fellowships and grants from the Forum for Theological Exploration, The United Church of Christ Shelby Rooks Fellowship, The Wabash Center for Teaching Theology and Religion, and the Lancaster Community Foundation. In 2019 she was inducted into the Morehouse Collegium of Scholars in 2019 at Morehouse College.

Rev. Dr. Crumpton holds a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism from Langston University, a Master of Divinity with a specialization in pastoral care from the Interdenominational Theological Center, and a Doctorate of Theology in pastoral care and counseling from Columbia Theological Seminary. She was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 2013.

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Stephanie M. Crumpton

A scholar, teacher and ordained minister, Rev. Dr. Stephanie M. Crumpton is committed to healing and wholeness of entire people. Her work on trauma in communities began in 2006 with doctoral research on Black women’s experiences of intimate and cultural violence and continues in her current work on African American communal recovery from various forms of trauma. With over 15 years of experience in the religious academy and in communities, she is the currently the director of the HeartWork Rising Trauma Healing Initiative at McCormick Theological Seminary. HeartWork Rising is an extension of work that began with launching the McCormick Theological Seminary Trauma Symposium in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She is also a programming consultation with the Chicago Torture Justice Center's politicized grief healing initiative, editor and contributor to multiple Odyssey Films Social Impact campaigns, including a recent project about the Tulsa Race Massacre. she has served as a panelist for the United Church of Christ's 2021 joint acknowledgment of the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racism and the UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. She has also served as a State Court Appointed Family Violence Advocate in the Fulton County Solicitor General’s Office (Atlanta, Georgia); consulted with the Georgia Commission on Family Violence (Atlanta, Georgia) initiative to equip faith communities with networks and practical resources for responding to intimate violence. Her body-centered work includes instructional yoga for the 2021 Katie G. Cannon Center for Womanist Leadership Biennial Conference, and the Cultivating Courageous Resisters Project. Dr. Crumpton's publications include “Commentary 2: Connecting the Reading to the World - Acts 2, John 14, Romans 8” in Connections: A Lectionary Commentary Resource, Year C, Vol. 3 (Westminster John Knox Press, 2018); “Trigger Warnings, Covenants of Presence, and More: Cultivating Safe Space for Theological Discussions About Sexual Trauma (Wabash Journal of Teaching Theology and Religion, 2017); A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015); editor and contributing writer to the study guide for Odyssey Networks/HBO’s “Rape of Recy Taylor” documentary film. Her forthcoming book, “Sanctuary: Care in the Movement for Black Life,” focuses on pastoral care and communal support of African American social justice activists and organizers. She is the tenured associate professor of practical theology at McCormick Theological Seminary. She teaches Introduction to Pastoral Care, Womanist and Feminist Approaches to Pastoral Care, Introduction to Religious Education, The Church and Social Change, and African Cosmology and Ritual in Pastoral Care. Prior to McCormick she has taught at Lancaster Theological Seminary, Hood Theological Seminary, Chicago Theological Seminary, Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and the Interdenominational Theological Center. A well known scholar in the religious academy, she has presented academic papers numerous times at the American Academy of Religion, where she serves on the steering committee for the Psychology, Culture and Religion Group. She is also a member of the Society for the Study of Black Religion, and the Society for Pastoral Theology. She is the recipient of multiple fellowships and grants from the Forum for Theological Exploration, The United Church of Christ Shelby Rooks Fellowship, The Wabash Center for Teaching Theology and Religion, and the Lancaster Community Foundation. In 2019 she was inducted into the Morehouse Collegium of Scholars in 2019 at Morehouse College. Rev. Dr. Crumpton holds a Bachelor of Arts in broadcast journalism from Langston University, a Master of Divinity with a specialization in pastoral care from the Interdenominational Theological Center, and a Doctorate of Theology in pastoral care and counseling from Columbia Theological Seminary. She was ordained in the United Church of Christ in 2013.

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