Staff and Advisory Committee

James Lawson Institute Staff Members

Faculty Liaison

Phillis Isabella Sheppard, Ph.D., Faculty Liaison for Education and Research, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of Religion, Psychology, and Culture at Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion

Advisory Committee

Dennis Dickerson, Reverend James M. Lawson Chair in History Emeritus, Vanderbilt University

Kashif Graham, Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University

Amina McIntyre, Doctoral Student, Vanderbilt University

Karla McKanders, Thurgood Marshall Institute Director, Legal Defense Fund

Lucius Outlaw, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus W. Alton Jones Chair, Emeritus

Anthony Siracusa, Senior Director of Inclusive Culture and Initiatives, University of Colorado at Boulder

Kelly Miller Smith, Jr, Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA

Amy Steele, Executive Director and Campus Minister, Wesley Foundation at Tennessee State University

Margaret Vaughan Cox, Founder and President, MVC Consulting

Janet Wolf, Coordinating Team, National Council of Elders