abby mohaupt
abby's heart work is devoted to living with integrity at the intersections of eco-feminism, social justice, and spirituality.
hello.
I’m the rev. abby mohaupt (she/her/hers). I’m a native of Northern Illinois, with roots in the Bay Area, New Jersey, and North Texas.
I acknowledge the Winnebago, Blackhawk, Ohlone, Wichita, Ramapough Lenape peoples who have tended these places, as well as the Lakota peoples whose work has informed my life.
We’re called to love God, other people, and all creation with our whole selves, seeking justice and compassion in the world. I’m called to this work as a parent, clergywoman, organizer, teacher, artist, and yogi. In particular, my climate justice activism is on the shoulders of and because of the courageous grassroots leaders of the environmental justice movements.
I’m likely to be found with coffee in one hand, crayons in the other, and my daughter strapped to my body for a long hike.
Let’s create something together.
Curriculum Vitae
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2016-present | Ph.D. | Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, NJ
Area: Religion and Society / Religion, Culture, Ecology
Languages: Spanish and French
Exams: Social Theory and Social Movements; Gender, Race, and Ecology; Theology and Science; Ideologies of Money
2012 | Th. M. | McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
Thesis: Before the Sixth Day: An Environmental and Feminist Theological Ethic of Family Systems
2011 | M. Div. | McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL
2007 | B.A. | Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Research: Eco-theology in Creation Stories of the Lakota Peoples and the Old Testament
Major: Religion; Minor: Sociology
2006 | Urban Studies Program | Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Chicago, IL
Emphases: Affordable Housing, Asset Mapping, and Domestic Violence
Additional Training
2020-2021 | Movement Chaplaincy | School of Global Citizenry
2020 | Crossroads Antiracism | Next Church
2019 | Yoga Teacher Training (200hr) | Mzizi Yoga
2019 | Ethics of Teaching | Drew University
2018 | Safe Church Boundaries | Drew University
2018 | Business Spanish | University of Wisconsin
2017 | Healing Toxic Whiteness | Compassionate Activism
2014-2015 | Spanish | Stanford University
2014 | Sexuality and the Church | Religious Institute
2014 | Storytelling for Change | NovoEd/Acumen
2014 | Crossroads Antiracism Training | Oakland, CA
2012 | Safe Church Certification | San Jose Presbytery
2011 | Clinical Pastoral Education | Montgomery Place, Chicago, IL
One Unit, with an emphasis on Alzheimer's and Dementia Care
2010 | Beatitudes Society Preaching Conference | Chicago, IL
2006 | 40 Hour Training for Domestic Violence Volunteers | Chicago, IL
Connections for Abused Women and their Children
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2019-2020 | Drew Theological School | Madison, NJ
Teaching Assistant for Self-Formation & Vocation (online) with Rev. Wongee Joh
2020 | Seminary of the Southwest | Austin, TX
Encuentro (in person Intensive Course to the Mexico/US Border) with Dr. Jennifer Owens-Jofre
2018 - 2020 | McCormick Theological Seminary | Chicago, IL
Adjunct Faculty for Vocation and Discernment, (online) three spring semesters and syllabus development with Dr. Ken Sawyer, Dr. Steed Davidson, Wayne Meisel, and Alison Wood
2019 | Drew Theological School | Madison, NJ
Teaching Assistant for Self-Formation & Vocation with Dr. Tanya Linn Bennett
2015-2016 | Stanford University | Stanford, CA
Adjunct Faculty for Issues in Liberation (Religious Studies 188A), two Winter Quarters, with a week-long journey to Nicaragua with Dr. Thomas Sheehan and Rev. Geoff Browning
2010-2012 | McCormick Theological Seminary | Chicago, IL
Educational Assistant with responsibilities to support students and faculty in several courses in addition to small group leadership and lecturing:
History of Christianity Since 1453 with Dr. David Daniels
Educational Ministry of the Church with Dr. Elizabeth Caldwell
Pilgrimage in Faithfulness with Dr. Elizabeth Caldwell
The Bible and the Arts with Dr. Elizabeth Caldwell
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2020- Present | GreenFaith | Director of Education and Training
Manage and support online fellowship program (with over 200 fellows), direct and train colleagues in technical and ecological skills, guide pedagogical commitments of an interfaith, international non profit, with cultural competency in online and in-person platforms. Platforms include: BrightSpace, Google Suite, WhatsApp, and Zoom.
2020-2021 | McCormick Theological Seminary | Director of Instructional Design
Mentor and support full-time and adjunct faculty in online pedagogy, design resources and training for faculty, support academic dean in mentoring faculty in online teaching and community development. Platforms include: Moodle, BrightSpace, Google Suite, WhatsApp, Marco Polo, TinyScanner, and Zoom.
2016-2021 | Fossil Free PCUSA | Moderator
Responsible for convening monthly online committee calls, monthly steering committee calls, monthly e-newsletter through MailChimp, ecological feminist/cultural competency training for networks, and national/denominational community organizing. Additional projects have included managing the merger with Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, supervising a seminary intern, coordinating the translation of the 2018 overture into Spanish and Korean, as well as envisioning and executing a 212-mile walk for environmental justice from Louisville, KY, to St. Louis, MO, and leading a delegation to Puerto Rico.
2018-2019 | GreenFaith | Senior Advisor for Education and Training
Develop effective and collaborative trainings and resources for people of faith to respond to the pressing environmental issues of their communities. Support colleagues in creating and leading multi-sensory and interfaith educational opportunities around the world, both online and in-person.
2016-2019 | Green Seminary Initiative | Director
Responsible for supporting 55 institutions in theological education as they envision, develop, and maintain programs and policies around ecological sustainability; connecting eleven schools in the Seminary Certification Program with mentors and resources.
2017-2018 | Drew University | Graduate Intern for the Office of Vocation
Manage syllabi and online classroom (via Moodle), support teaching team for Spiritual Formation, support forty students in ministry internships, assist in trainings on boundaries, antiracism and creativity, teaching assistant for courses on Spiritual Formation and Supervised Ministry
2016-2018 | Drew University | Research Assistant for Laurel Kearns
Manage research materials, edit bibliographies (Turabian), organize texts and additional research support, particularly on course development.
2012-2016 | Puente de la Costa Sur | Faith Community Liaison and Volunteer Coordinator
Responsible for the spiritual health of farmworkers and their families on the rural South Coast of California through creativity and community building, fundraising and development, environmental and cultural competency education for staff, after school program curriculum for a cohort of 34 elementary students, communications support and regularly supervising twenty volunteers and summer interns.
2012-2014 | First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto, CA | Pastoral Resident
Responsible for the congregation’s response to climate change, the social justice committee, safe church practices, and worship committee, as well as preaching, teaching, incorporating creativity in worship, and pastoral care to the community in the nearby assisted living facility.
2011 | Presbyterian Church of Palatine | Seminary Intern
2010-2011 | Faith in Place | Interim Youth Program Coordinator
2009-2010 | Faith in Place | Seminary Intern
Selected Works