Shandon C. Klein
Graduate Candidate in Religious Ethics
Shandon C. Klein is a doctoral candidate at Southern Methodist University studying Religious Ethics and currently awaits commissioning as a provisional elder in the North Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church in June 2024. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, she gained a rich foundation in the Episcopal Church as a child through the influence of her grandmother, and her love of research bloomed at an early age with her love of the sciences. Her dissertation research involves how lived theology may shape the conceptions of resistance and control for those who self-identify as political activists and the theo-ethical frameworks surrounding those conceptions. Shandon also serves as a lay delegate to The United Methodist Church General Conference held in April 2024 and as a student representative on the board of the Society of Christian Ethics for the 2023-2025 term. As a womanist theological ethicist, she has a passion for bridging the gap between the “ivory towers” of the Academy and living out of faith in Christian communities, a passion she continues to nurture in her doctoral studies.
Course Advisor: Dr. Karen Baker-Fletcher
Publications:
Klein, Shandon, “Structures of Virtue and Vice by Daniel J. Daly” in Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics vol. 43, no. 1 (2023): 233-234.
Presentations:
"Out of the Mouth of Babes: An Ethic of Control, An Ethic of Resistance, and Dylann Roof," Panelist on "Interrupting White Privilege: Disrupting White Supremacy in Ecclesial Settings," at The Society of Christian Ethics Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, January 4-7, 2024.
Salcedo, Abbie and Klein, Shandon. "Theological Virtues in the Anti-Black Racism Discourse of Religious Studies Professors," American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 14, 2022.
Response to Jonathan Tran on Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism. Graduate Program of Religious Studies Ethics Colloquy for Tate Wilson Lecture, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, March 9, 2022.
Fellowships and Awards:
2023-2025 Elected as Student Member of the Board of Directors for Society of Christian Ethics
2022 Angella P. Current-Felder Women of Color Scholar, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry – United Methodist Church
2022-2024 Doctoral Fellowship, Louisville Institute
2022 Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine
2021-2026 Mustang Fellowship, Southern Methodist University
2021 The Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Flinn Senior Award, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
2021 The Charley T. and Jesse James Bible Award, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
2021 The Robert Weatherford Prize for Internship Preaching, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
2020 B’nai B’rith Award in Social Ethics, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
