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Donna Yarri, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Theology & Chair,
Humanities Department

Francis Hall
Room 227
ALVERNIA COLLEGE
Reading, PA 19607

610-796-8479
donna.yarri@alvernia.edu

 

Professional Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, Queens College
  • Masters of Divinity, Alliance Theological Seminary
  • Ph.D. of Religious Studies, Southern Methodist University

Courses

  • Foundations of Theology
  • Ethical Themes in Film
  • Global Issues
  • Christian Approaches to Morality
  • Medical Moral Theology

Research Interests

  • Ethical Treatment of Animals
  • Christian Social Ethics
  • Religion and Popular Culture

Pedagogical Interests

  • Ethics and the Arts (Film, Literature)
  • Global ethics
  • Christian ethics

Professional Activities

  • Membership in:
    • American Academy of Religion
    • Society of Christian Ethics
    • Association for Practical & Professional Ethics

Biography

Dr. Donna Yarri is an associate professor of theology, and chairperson of the department of the Humanities. She completed her B.A. at Queens College in New York, her M.Div. at Alliance Theology Seminar in NYack, NY, and her Ph.D. at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Her doctoral work focused on Religious, particularly Christian, ethics, and her dissertation, entitled The Ethics of Animal Experimentation, was published by Oxford University Press in 2005. She regularly teaches in the areas of medical ethics and global issues. Her research interests include the ethical treatment of animals, religion and popular culture, and issues of social justice. She regularly presents at national academic conferences, has published several articles, and is under contract currently to co-author a book entitled God, Science, and Designer Genes.

 


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