2012-2013 Luce Graduate Fellows

Jung Eun Jang

Jung Eun Jang is currently a candidate for the Ph.D. in the Psychology and Religion concentration at Drew University. Jung Eun’s principal research interest is Heinz Kohut’s psychoanalytic self psychological concepts of selfobject and selfobject experiences and their contribution to understanding religious experiences. His dissertation topic is a self psychological approach to the 1907 Revival Movement in Korea. He is also being trained as a child therapist at Harlem Family Institute in New York. He earned the B.A. in Religious Studies from Seoul National University, graduating magna cum laude. He subsequently received the M.Div. and Th.M. from Korean Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in Korea.

Christian Kakez-A-Kapend

Christian Kakez-A-Kapend is a Congolese National of Uruund origin. Christian is an ordained elder in the South Congo/Zambia Episcopal Area of the United Methodist Church. He received his Diplôme de Graduat in International Relations from the University of Lubumbashi (Lubumbashi, D.R. Congo), Bachelor of Divinity from Africa University (Mutare, Zimbabwe), and M.T.S. from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX). Christian is a first-year Ph.D. candidate at Drew in Theological and Philosophical Studies, majoring in Systematic Theology. He intends to explore the connection between Christology, Soteriology and Ecclesiology in relation to the Tortured.  In so doing, Christian hopes to examine how a respectful and critical theological dialogue between western and non-western theological voices can help us envision new and constructive possibilities for assessing the exposition of key theological loci. At the CCGC, Christian and Karen Bray are working collaboratively on the relationship between the CCGC and the Cross Cultural studies program at the Drew Theological School.

Terra Rowe

Cross cultural learning opportunities have been formative for Terra Rowe in both her undergraduate and graduate level education.  She has studied in South Africa, the Yucatan Peninsula, and Guyana, South America.  Terra holds a BA in Psychology and Religion from Luther College (Decorah, IA), a MA in Diaconal Ministry from Wartburg Seminary (Dubuque, IA), a STM from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and is completing her comprehensive exam year in Theological and Philosophical studies at Drew.  She is enthusiastic about the prospect of a “Global Studies” PhD program at Drew and will be exploring this possibility this year with Wang Eun and Jung Eun.

Wang-eun Serl

Wang-eun is from Seoul, South Korea. Wang-eun earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Applied Science from Seoul National University. Also, he received an M.Div. from Methodist Theological University (Seoul) and a Th.M. from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Wang-eun is a first-year Ph.D. student in Theology and Philosophy at Drew University. His academic interests are in process theology, the doctrine of creation, and religion-and-science dialogue. Additionally, Wang-eun’s research aims at exploring how the theological studies can contribute to communities, which comprise lots of different people.