The Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree equips students to be mindful agents of change as influential leaders for a more just and humane world. The program melds areas of advanced study with an advanced leadership focus, culminating with the completion of a major research project.
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Listening: The Heart of Welcoming the Stranger in Outreach Ministry, Teddi L. Callahan
Sacred Lives: A Study on the Spiritual Needs of LGBTQ+ Students and Possible Responses by Catholic High Schools, Jennifer Marie Farrell
Seattle Dinner Church Movement: Participatory Motives of Nonfounding Members, Will F. Haag
How Leaders are Shaped for Transitional Ministry: An Exploration of Pastoral Formation Among U.S. Presbyterian Short-Term Transitional Pastors, Shari Jackson Monson
Trauma-Informed Care: Treating Race-Based Trauma in Blacks, Patrick Wayne Oliver
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Exploring the Impact of Mentorship on the Leadership Trajectory of Black Clergywomen in the Black Church, Victoria Elizabeth Carr-Ware
Home by Another Way: The Possibility of Reconstructing Spiritual Identity Within the Deconstruction of Millennial Exvangelical Faith, Lacy Clark Ellman
Fully Formed: To Be Black and Jesuit, Lorenzo McDuffie
Charism Formation in Dominican Institutions of Higher Education, Jennifer E. Schaaf OP
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Responses to Mass-Incarceration by Faith Communities, Steve Everett Baber
Exploring the Influence of Virtual Reality on Adults With Indications of Early Stage Dementia, Nicole Chilivis
Improving Spiritual Care by Chaplains for Service Members Who Witness Death, Beth M. Echols
Muslim, Jewish, and Christian Women Living with Resilience Amidst Microaggressions and Macroaggressions in King County, Kristen R. Moss
Salvadoran Women's Migration to the United States: Lessons of Challenge and Hope for the Church, Michael Ramos
A Study Of Bullying in the Catholic Healthcare Workplace, LuAnn Mary Trutwin
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Ecclesiology and Adaptive Change: A Qualitative Study of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Congregations in the Northwest Regional Christian Church, Kara Lynn Markell
Inclusion and Religious Engagement in a Multicultural Church: A Multi-Case Study of the Experience of Immigrant Filipino Volunteer Church Workers in Select Parishes in the Archdiocese of Seattle, Frank Dennis B. Savadera
Discerning Our Posture and Imagination: A Delphi Study of Leaders in the Northwest Washington Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Jana Marie Schofield