Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder | Professor of New Testament and Culture

Professor of New Testament and Culture at Chicago Theological Seminary

Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder is Professor of New Testament and Culture at Chicago Theological Seminary, where she engages New Testament literature through the lens of pop culture and “womanist maternal thought,” exploring how Scripture speaks to contemporary life and motherhood. She is a dually ordained National Baptist and Disciples of Christ minister and has served in academic leadership, including as Vice President of Academic Affairs/Academic Dean—the first African American woman in those roles at CTS. Dr. Crowder holds a BS from Howard University, an MDiv from United Theological Seminary, and an MA and PhD from Vanderbilt University. She is the author of When Momma Speaks: The Bible Through African American Motherhood and teaches courses in hermeneutics, ministry, and womanist biblical interpretation.