G. Sujin Pak named dean of Boston University's School of Theology
G. Sujin Pak has been named dean of Boston University’s School of Theology. She succeeds Mary Elizabeth Moore—the first woman to lead the theology school—who announced in 2019 her intention to step down from the position she had held since 2009.
Before coming to Boston, Pak was an associate professor of the history of Christianity at Duke Divinity School, as well as vice dean of academic affairs. During her time at Duke, the Association of Theological Schools recognized her as an emerging woman in leadership. She also received an exemplary teaching award from the United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry.
As a historian, Pak specializes in the history of biblical interpretation and in the roles of marginalized communities in the Protestant Reformation. Pak said her concern for marginalized and oppressed people groups makes the current divide in the United Methodist Church over LGBTQ inclusion particularly painful.
