Douglas Campbell

Professor of New Testament

Douglas Campbell is a Professor of New Testament at the Divinity School at Duke University, where he has co-directed the Prison Program since 2009. He also now co-directs the Prison Engagement Initiative at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. He is trained in restorative practices that address harm in an alternative way to current, predominantly punitive, responses. He lectures and publishes on the connections between biblical interpretation, theological paradigms, human affects and emotions, and the advocacy of punishment and incarceration. He has led a retraining program for correctional officers in U.S. Marshals and ICE facilities in Texas and New Mexico. He and his spouse have been personally involved in prison visitation and prisoner support since 2005.