The Rev. Dr. Shauna Hannan

President and Professor of Homiletics

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AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • Homiletics
  • Practical Theology
  • Preaching and the Arts
  • Theological Education for All
  • Lay Preaching Movements
  • Creative Writing and Preaching
  • Theology and Film

EDUCATION

  • BA         Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) 
  • MDiv   Luther Seminary
  • PhD      Princeton Theological Seminary

Biography

The Rev. Dr. Shauna Hannan (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) began her tenure as President of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) in July 2025. Prior to joining LSTC, she served as Professor of Homiletics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and as Core Doctoral Faculty for the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. Her previous calls also include Professor of Preaching at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina; Associate Director of Admissions at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota; and parish pastor at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Moorhead, Minnesota. Dr. Hannan is the co-author, with filmmaker Gael Chandler, of Scripting a Sermon: Using the Wisdom of Filmmaking for Impactful Preaching (WJKP, 2024). She is also the author of The Peoples’ Sermon: Preaching as a Ministry of the Whole Congregation (Fortress, 2021) and co-editor of Eco-Lutheranism: Lutheran Perspectives on Ecology. Her scholarly work appears in journals such as Word & World, Dialog, Journal of Lutheran Ethics, and The Christian Century. Ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) since 1998, Dr. Hannan has served on numerous ELCA candidacy committees, including those in the Pacifica, Southwest California, and Caribbean Synods. She has also held various leadership roles on committees and boards and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Augsburg Fortress.

Published Works

  • Scripting a Sermon: Using the Wisdom of Filmmaking for Impactful Preaching (Westminster John Knox, 2024)
  • The Peoples’ Sermon: Preaching as a Ministry of the Whole Congregation (Fortress Press, 2021)
  • “Pass the Mic: Expanding Pulpit Privilege” in Currents in Theology and Mission (2020)
  • “Going Against the Grain: A Page Out of My Death Autobiography,” Dialog (2018)
  • Contributor, The Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017)

Certificates

  • Certificate in Creative Writing, UC Berkeley Extension
  • Inclusive Teaching Workshop, Wabash Center
  • Fundamentals of Online Teaching, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Academics

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