Dr. Valerie Karras is Assistant Professor of Church History at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and also an Adjunct Lecturer in New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary. She holds a BA from Washington University in St. Louis (1979), an M.T.S. from the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (1982), a Th.D. from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1991)and a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America, 2002. From 2003 to 2004, she served as Research Associate at the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. From 1998 to 2003, she was Assistant Professor of Greek Patristics in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. She has also been an adjunct lecturer in the Departments of Classics and Religious Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Valerie Karras' areas of research interest include women in early and Byzantine Christianity, gender in early church theology, and Orthodox Christianity in ecumenical, interreligious, and feminist conversation. She has published more than thirty articles on papers and edited books.
Dr. Valerie Karras is Assistant Professor of Church History at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University and also an Adjunct Lecturer in New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary. She holds a BA from Washington University in St. Louis (1979), an M.T.S. from the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (1982), a Th.D. from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1991)and a Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America, 2002. From 2003 to 2004, she served as Research Associate at the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae. From 1998 to 2003, she was Assistant Professor of Greek Patristics in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. She has also been an adjunct lecturer in the Departments of Classics and Religious Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Valerie Karras' areas of research interest include women in early and Byzantine Christianity, gender in early church theology, and Orthodox Christianity in ecumenical, interreligious, and feminist conversation. She has published more than thirty articles on papers and edited books.
