Beth LaNeel Tanner was appointed dean of academic affairs at New Brunswick Theological Seminary.
She will serve for three years in the role at the school, one of two seminaries affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. She will also continue as professor of Old Testament interpretation.
Tanner is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and has served in several congregations. A scholar specializing in the psalms of lament, she is the author of The Psalms for Today, among other books.
