Eunil David Cho
Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care & Counseling; Co-Director of the Center for Practical Theology
- Title Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care & Counseling; Co-Director of the Center for Practical Theology
- Office STH 333
- Email eunilcho@bu.edu
- Phone 617-358-2971
- Education PhD, Emory University
MDiv, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Rev. Dr. Eunil David Cho is an Assistant Professor of Spiritual Care & Counseling and Co-Director of the Center for Practical Theology at Boston University School of Theology at BUSTH. He is a practical theologian whose research in pastoral theology and spiritual care encompasses narrative studies, psychology of religion, sociology of religion, trauma studies, and intercultural studies. He teaches a variety of courses in spiritual care and pastoral theology, bringing additional proficiency in critical race theory, global migration, religion and health, and qualitative research methods.
His academic publications have appeared in several journals, including Pastoral Psychology, Journal of Pastoral Theology, Religious Education, and Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. His first monograph, Undocumented Migration as a Theologizing Experience: Religious Stories Korean American Dreamers Tell in the Face of Uncertainty (Brill), is scheduled for publication on October 31, 2024. He is currently the Co-Editor of the Journal of Pastoral Theology and served as a member of the steering committee of the Society for Pastoral Theology (2021-2023). In the American Academy of Religion (AAR), he currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Psychology, Culture, and Religion (PCR) Unit.
Furthermore, in partnership with Dr. Shelly Rambo at BUSTH and Dr. Eric Brown at BU Medical School, he has been leading the “Trauma-Responsive Congregations: Equipping Thriving Urban Congregations to Respond to Collective Trauma” project, a multi-year research initiative funded by Lilly Endowment. He has also received competitive grants and awards from the Louisville Institute, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning, and the Forum for Theological Exploration (FTE).
Beyond academia, as an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), he has also served the Presbyterian Church at the regional and national levels, having been elected as the Moderator of the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic (2023-2024), an upper judicatory that oversees fourteen presbyteries in five Mid-Atlantic states and D.C.