Hee An Choi

Director, Anna Howard Shaw Center; Lecturer in Practical Theology

The Reverend Dr. Hee An Choi joined the School of Theology as lecturer and director of the Anna Howard Shaw Center in 2003. Dr. Choi’s research and teaching focus on women’s studies and theology in the multicultural and post-colonial context of the globalized, modern post-Diaspora era. Her most recent book, Korean Women and God: Experiencing God in a Multi-religious Colonial Context, explores the transforming relationship between images of God and self-images of women in ministerial context. With Katheryn Pfisterer Darr, Dr. Choi is also co-editor of Engaging the Bible-Critical Reading from Contemporary Women. As an ordained minister, she has taught in a variety of universities and seminaries and served a congregation in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She received her BA from Catholic University, her MDiv from Han Shin University in South Korea, her MA from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and her PhD from Chicago Theological Seminary.