Dr. Susan Brooks
Dr. Susan Brooks
Professor of Theology | Chicago Theological Seminary
Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite (moderator) is professor of theology at Chicago Theological Seminary. From June of 1998 until June of 2008, she served as the 11th President of CTS. Prior to the presidency, she had been a Professor of Theology at CTS for 20 years and director of the Ph.D. Center for five years. She has a Ph.D. from Duke University, a Masters of Divinity (Summa Cum Laude) from Duke Divinity School and a B.A. from Smith College. An ordained minister of the United Church of Christ since 1974, she is the author or editor of thirteen academic books, including two different translations of the Bible. She has also published two works of fiction and is hard at work on a third.
