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 David MellottVice President of Academic Affairs
and Dean of the Seminary Associate Professor of Practical Theology Director of Ministerial Formation Degrees/Education
B.A., The Pontifical College Josephinum, 1986 S.T.B., The Catholic University of Leuven, 1989 S.T.L., The Catholic University of Leuven, 1992 Ph.D., Emory, 2005  Dr. Mellott's doctoral work focused on the religious practices of the Penitentes in northern New Mexico as a way to explore the relationship between the spiritual practices of a community and the theology that emerges from that community. He also holds a Master of Arts in Religious Studies and a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and a B.A. in English Literature and Latin American Studies from The Pontifical College Josephinum. In addition, he has studied at Sorbonne University in Paris and the Goethe Institute in Munich. Prior to his doctoral studies, Dr. Mellott was a residential faculty member, student advisor, and coordinator of worship at St. Mary's Seminary & University in Baltimore, MD from 1994-1997. He has planned and facilitated numerous worship services, retreats, and conferences for seminarians, clergy, lay people, and teenagers on topics of self-awareness, vocational discernment, and leadership development. Dr. Mellott's hobbies include cooking, novel reading, wine-tasting, and traveling. His partner, Lance F. Mullins, is Manager of Cokesbury Bookstore at Lancaster Theological Seminary. They reside in Lancaster with their canine daughter, Sophie.  Ministry Seminars Introduction to Philosophy
Context Studies Queer Theologizing Happiness and Christianity Writing as a Spiritual Practice Ministry, Vocation, and Self  Ethnography as a Theological Practice
Christian and Ministerial Formation Liturgical Theology The Way Christians Pray and the Selves We Create  "I Was and I Am Dust: Penitente Practices As a Way of Knowing" (Liturgical Press)
"Naming the Mechanisms of Self-Deception: A call to Liberation for Gay Roman Catholic Clergy" in Gay Catholic Priests and Clerical Sexual Misconduct: Breaking the Silence Ed: Robert E. Goss and Donald L. Boisvert (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press) 2001 AAR/SBL Annual Meeting Presentation:What Our Students Have to Teach Us: Pedagogical Reflections on Teaching an Introductory Course on the History of Christianity.Licentiate in Sacred Theology Thesis:Liberty in Belief or Conformity in Belief: An Analysis of the International Roman-Catholic - Disciples of Christ Dialogue. Catholic University of Leuven, 1992.  Writing as a Spiritual Practice
Early and Medieval Christianity Christian and Ministerial Formation Curriculum Vitae |