Frank M. Yamada

Executive Director of The Association of Theological Schools

Rev. Dr. Frank M. Yamada (M.Div.; Ph.D. Old Testament, 2005) has been Executive Director of The Association of Theological Schools since July 2017. An active biblical scholar, Dr. Yamada has authored and edited books and articles on cross-cultural and feminist hermeneutics. He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, where he has served as a chair and as a steering committee member of the Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics Group, the Feminist Hermeneutics of the Bible Section, and the Committee for Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession. In addition, he was a member of the Ethnic Chinese Biblical Colloquium and the American Academy of Religion, and he was the cochair for the Managing Board of the Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative annual conference. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, USA and has written and spoken on the future of the church and theological education.