Dr. Sheila McGinn, Ph.D
Faculty Voluntary Retirement
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Background
Sheila E. McGinn, PhD (Northwestern University, 1989), is Emerita Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at John Carroll University and General Editor of the monograph series Biblical Studies from the Catholic Biblical Association. Recent major publications include I Love to Tell the Story: The Gospel of Matthew for the Twenty-First Century (Wipf & Stock, 2026), the commentary on Paul’s Letter to the Romans in Gina Hens-Piazza, Donald Senior, Barbara Reid, and John J. Collins, eds., The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century, Third Fully Revised Edition (Bloomsbury, 2021); The Jesus Movement and the World of the Early Church (Anselm Academic, 2014); and By Bread Alone: The Bible through the Eyes of the Hungry (Fortress, 2014; co-edited with Lai Ling Elizabeth Ngan and Ahida Calderón Pilarski). Prof. McGinn and her adult children live in the Cleveland metropolitan area.Areas of Expertise
- Teaching and administration; mentoring students and junior faculty; writing
- editing
- and publishing.
Research Interests
See full CV at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TR0jDRzHU205c3FAte-cQ2NyqCEUjGPN/view?usp=drive_link.
Education
— Doctor of Philosophy (1989, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL), Religious & Theological Studies; maxima cum laude; coursework 1982–84, dissertation work 1984–89
— Master of Arts (1981, University of Dallas, Irving, TX) Early Christian Theology & Spirituality; maxima cum laude; coursework and MA thesis done simultaneously in 1980–81
— Bachelor of Arts (1978, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL) History & Literature of Religions; departmental honors; undergraduate course of studies from fall 1974–spring 1978
