Shandon C. Klein
Graduate Candidate in Religious Ethics
Shandon C. Klein is a doctoral candidate at 51²è¹Ý studying Religious Ethics and a provisional elder of the North Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, currently serving in Minnesota and North Dakota. 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 concepts. Shandon also served 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.
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Karen Baker-Fletcher
Publications:
Klein, Shandon C. "Empowered Resistance: The Impact of an African Indigenous Faith Tradition on the 'Woman Who Was More Than a Man.'" African Journal of Gender and Religion, vol. 30, no. 1 (2024). .
Klein, Shandon C. "The Structures of Virtue and Vice by Daniel J. Daly." Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, vol. 43, no. 1 (2023): 233-234.
Presentations:
Klein, Shandon C. "Out of the Mouths of Babes: An Ethic of Control, An Ethic of Resistance, and Dylan Roof." Presentation presented at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 2024.
Klein, Shandon C. "Theology without Walls as an Open System." Presentation presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 19, 2023.
Klein, Shandon C. "Quaring an Ethic of Resistance and Ethic of Control: The Exemplar of Pauli Murray." Presentation presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 18, 2023.
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, 51²è¹Ý, Dallas, Texas, March 9, 2022.
Fellowships and Awards:
2023-2025 Elected as Student Member of the Board of Directors for Society of Christian Ethics
2022-2024 Angella P. Current-Felder Women of Color Scholar, General Board of Higher Education and Ministry – United Methodist Church
2022-2024 Doctoral Fellowship, Louisville Institute
2022-2023 Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, & Medicine
2021-2026 Mustang Fellowship, 51²è¹Ý
2021 The Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Flinn Senior Award, Perkins School of Theology, 51²è¹Ý
2021 The Charley T. and Jesse James Bible Award, Perkins School of Theology, 51²è¹Ý
2021 The Robert Weatherford Prize for Internship Preaching, Perkins School of Theology, 51²è¹Ý
2020 B’nai B’rith Award in Social Ethics, Perkins School of Theology, 51²è¹Ý
