Our faculty, caught in mid-retreat this past summer.  Back row:  Dr. Mark A. Hicks, Rev. David Bumbaugh, Rev. Susann Pangerl, Ph.D. Third row: Rev. Qiyamah Rahman, Ph.D., Dr. Sharon Welch, Provost, and Rev. John Tolley, Ph.D.  Second row: Rev. Dr. Neil Gerdes and Dr. Michael Hogue. Front: Rev. Dr. Lee Barker, President.

Meadville Lombard has the only predominantly Unitarian Universalist faculty of any seminary in the nation. Our faculty is comprised of men and women who possess extraordinary academic achievement--such as Michael Hogue, a Templeton Award for Theological Promise scholar, and Sharon Welch, a Unitiarian Universalist who is renown for her achievements in the field of Liberal Religion. Additionally, we have faculty who have provided outstanding ministerial leadership with years of service in congregations, such as David Bumbaugh, Susann Pangerl, John Tolley, and Lee Barker.

We welcome our most recent additions to the faculty: Mark Hicks, Ed.D., a Unitarian Universalist lay leader who brings his expertise in contextual education for our students as they engage in community and the congregational settings, and Qiyamah Rahman, MDiv '08, Ph.D., who brings her experience as a Unitarian Universalist District leader, as a scholar, and, now, as a minister.

Read more about each of our faculty members by clicking on the links, to the right.