Board of Directors
The REA Bylaws (2010) state that “the management of all affairs, property, and business of the Association shall be vested in a Board of Directors who shall consist of the elected officers and Board members.” The REA:APPRRE Board Handbook further detailed the roles and responsibilities of our board, officers, and staff. Some members of the board also serve on the steering committee and the program conference committee. The members of the current board are listed below.
President
Bert Roebben
Dortmund University
Dortmund, Germany
hubertus.roebben@tu-dortmund.de
President-Elect & 2017 Program Chair
Mualla Selçuk
Faculty of Divinity/Continuing Education Center
Ankara University
Mualla.Selcuk@divinity.ankara.edu.tr
Vice-President & 2018 Program Chair
Kathy Winings
Unification Theological Seminary
Barrytown NY
academics@uts.edu
Past-President
Harold (Bud) Horell
Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
horell@fordham.edu
Treasurer
Kevin Sandberg, C.S.C. (2017)
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
ksandbergcsc@gmail.com
Recording Secretary
Russell Dalton (2019)
Brite Divinity School
Fort Worth, TX
r.dalton@tcu.edu
Members
Barbara Morgan (2018), Chair
Religious Education in Public Life and Global Community Standing Committee
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
barbara_morgan@byu.edu
HyeRan Kim-Cragg (2019), Chair
Religious Education in Faith Communities Standing Committee
St. Andrew’s College
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
hyeran.kimcragg@usask.ca
Tony Vrame (2018), Chair
Religious Education in Academic Disciplines and Institutions Standing Committee
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
New York, New York
tvrame@goarch.org
Katherine Turpin (2018), Chair
Proposals Selection Committee
Iliff School of Theology
Denver, CO
kturpin@iliff.edu
Carmichael Crutchfield (2018), Member-At-Large
Memphis Theological Seminary
Memphis, Tennessee
ccrutchfield@memphisseminary.edu
Gifted Education Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia
briath2o@gmail.com
Boyung Lee (2017), Chair of the Harper/Wornom Committee
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley, CA
blee@psr.edu
Rachelle Green (2018), Student Representative
PhD Student at Emory University
Atlanta, GA
rachelle.brown@emory.edu
Ex Officio Members
Lucinda Huffaker, Executive Secretary
Yale Divinity School
New Haven, CT
secretary@religiouseducation.net
Mary Hess, Networking Coordinator
Luther Seminary
St. Paul, MN
nc@religiouseducation.net
Joyce Mercer, Editor, Religious Education
Yale Divinity School
New Haven, CT
rejournal@yale.edu
Committees
AAR Program Committee
The AAR Program Committee is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, and the Past-President.
Board Steering Committee
The Board Steering Committee is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Past-President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Secretary, Networking Coordinator, and the Journal Editor.
Harper / Wornom Committee
Boyung Lee (2017), Chair, Pacific School of Religion
Mary Elizabeth Moore (2018), Boston University
Maureen O’Brien (2019), Duquesne University
Sarah Tauber (2020), Jewish Theological School of America
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is comprised of retiring Board and Committee members, and one member at large elected by the membership. The committee is chaired by the President.
Program Conference Committee
The Program Conference Committee is comprised of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Standing Committee Chairs, Call for Papers Chair, Harper/Wornom Committee Chair, Executive Secretary, and the Networking Coordinator.
Proposals Selection Committee
Randy Litchfield (2019)
Mary Young (2019)
Publications Committee
Deborah Court, Chair
Bert Roebben, Board Representative
Joyce Mercer, RE Journal Editor
Jack Seymour, Horizons Representative
