Member of the Perkins faculty since 2005
jmoessne@smu.edu
214.768.2433

Education
Dr. Theol., University of Basel, Switzerland; M.A., Princeton Theological Seminary; B.A., Vanderbilt University

Teaching Specialties
issues in practical theology, pastoral care of women, crisis ministry, pastoral self-care, family systems theory, adoption

Research Interests
multi-cultural issues in a pastoral care of women, cross-cultural children and
their identity formation, the impact of violence in our culture.

Rev. Dr. Stevenson-Moessner has trained in a rape crisis center, an addictive disease unit, three domestic violence programs, a community mental health clinic, and a child abuse council.  She was a three-year resident at Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta and on staff of a counseling center . She is interested in incorporating this training in pastoral courses. 

Selected publications
A Primer in Pastoral Care, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005; The Spirit of Adoption: At Home in God’s Family. Louisville/London: Westminster John Knox Press, 2003 (Awarded one of the Top Ten Books for 2003, Parish Clergy Award)Editor of three pioneering books in pastoral care: Women in Travail and  Transition; Through the Eyes of Women;  In Her Own Time (Fortress Press)

Professional Distinctions
Ordained Presbyterian minister in the PCUSA; Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors; former chair for the Society for Pastoral Theology; member of the International Academy of Practical Theology; Henry Luce III Fellow (2000-2001)