The Program Director, Reverend Dr. Graham Robinson, has overseen the expansion of the program since 2011. He brings exceptional educational, spiritual, and leadership skills and twenty years of pastoral and teaching experience. Robinson has served as a guest lecturer and facilitator for Yale Divinity School, Hartford Seminary, and the Alban Institute, and he has been invited to preach from Oregon to Puerto Rico, and Washington state to Washington, D.C. Doctor of Ministry 2012, Columbia Theological Seminary; Master of Theology 1999, Master of Divinity 1993, Princeton Theological Seminary. Identified upon graduation as a leader within the church, Robinson was awarded the David B. Watermulder Prize for Church Leadership from Princeton Theological Seminary

The Rev. Eric R. Andræ has been the Campus Pastor at First Trinity Lutheran Church and Luther House student center since February 2001, and is the most experienced full-time campus pastor in Pittsburgh. He serves as the chaplain for Lutheran Student Fellowship and International Student Ministry, working with students from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, and other schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. Recently, he finished a two-year term as the chair of the University of Pittsburgh Association of Chaplaincies. A native of Sweden, Pastor Andræ is married to Paola, who is a native of Mexico; they have two young children.

Rev. Kosinski is the Supply Pastor of Norriton Presbyterian Church in East Norriton, PA. She served for ten years as Chaplain at Meadowood Retirement Community in Worcester Township, PA. Rev. Kosinski holds a BA in Public Administration/Management and a Master's of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Church. Her commitment to hospice programs began as she journeyed through a program with her mom. Her death opened a space for affirmation that "in life and in death we belong to God." A native of Upstate New York, as in the Utica area, she lives in Souderton, PA with her husband and two young adult sons. She enjoys reading a good book, knitting, scrapbooking and traveling.

Rev. Kurt Nelson is Bucknell’s Director of Religious & Spiritual Life and Chaplain for the Protestant Community.  He advises Bucknell’s multi-faith and interfaith initiatives; supervises Bucknell’s stellar team of chaplains, coordinators, and liaisons; and leads and coordinates Ecumenical worship in Rooke Chapel on Sunday mornings during the academic term.  He is ordained in the United Church of Christ.

Kurt comes to Bucknell from Colby College (Waterville, ME) where he spent 6.5 years as Dean of Religious & Spiritual Life.  Prior, he served as Assistant Chaplain at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH).  He is a graduate of Yale Divinity School – where he fell in love with Chaplaincy - and St. Olaf College – where he fell in love with Religious Studies.  A convert from the Pre-med track at St. Olaf, Kurt will be of limited help in tutoring Organic Chemistry, but is brimming with empathy for all walks of academic life.

Kurt is the 5th-most-likable member of his family, following – in no particular order – his wife and partner, Joanna; their children, Lillian (6) and Elliott (soon-to-be 2); and their dog, Grover (10).  You can meet all but Grover in Rooke Chapel most Sunday mornings.

Bucknell’s Office of Religious & Spiritual Life seeks to provide for the religious and spiritual well-being of the entire Bucknell community through pastoral care, multi-faith partnership, creation of communities of sustained belonging, and exploration of meaning and purpose.  If any of life’s big questions (or some of the small ones) interest you, we will find a place for you.  Please do not hesitate to reach out to Kurt directly with questions, concerns, or interests – kurt.nelson@bucknell.edu, or call to set up an appointment – 570 577 1592. 

Reverend Joanne Epply-Schmidt; Associate Rector for Pastoral, Family and Youth, and Justice Ministries, Trinity Church, Princeton; Pre-Med Hospice Chaplain for Princeton University

Joanne was baptized at ECP while an undergraduate at Princeton University (’82). Prior to joining the staff at Trinity, Joanne served for many years as both a long and short term supply priest to over 40 parishes in the Diocese. She served for 11 years as a priest at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Pennington, NJ before joining the staff of Storytelling Arts of Princeton, a non-profit literacy and arts program.

For over a decade, she has shared the art of storytelling with adolescent males in the NJ Juvenile Justice System. In the Diocese of New Jersey, she chairs the Campus Ministry Commission and serves as vice president of the Campus Ministry Foundation. Having served as a Chaplain at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and through Parish pastoral care ministry, she has extensive experience in Hospital settings. Joanne continues to be devoted to the traditional art of storytelling, teaching workshops and leading conferences in the US and Canada.

As the Interfaith Chaplain, Rabbi Nora Woods provides spiritual care for the Bryn Mawr community, supports religious life on campus, and helps to facilitate interfaith community building. In her role as chaplain, Rabbi Nora strives to create a safe, accepting, warm environment in which students can explore their spiritual identity, place in the community, and moral convictions. She believes that spiritual health is a significant component of wellness and is achieved when one’s beliefs match one’s day to day actions. Rabbi Nora seeks to help students discern their highest ideals and figure out how best to live according to them.

Rabbi Nora was ordained as a Reconstructionist Rabbi at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in June 2020. She graduated with a B.A. in Religion from Earlham College and received a certificate in Leading Spiritual Diversity in Higher Education from New York University’s Of Many Institute. From 2016-2019 she served as the Rabbinic Intern and Jewish Advisor for Bryn Mawr’s Hillel. Prior to coming to Bryn Mawr she served as the rabbinic intern at Georgetown University. She has also been a T’ruah Fellow, working with survivors of human trafficking in New York City, and a chaplain for seniors at Abrahamson Center for Jewish Life in North Wales, Pa., and at Hebrew Senior Life in Boston, Mass.

Aside from issues of faith and identity, Rabbi Nora loves to talk about farming, musical theatre, and food. When not at work or school, she can often be found supporting the work of community organizers, watching sports, and playing outside.

Walter Hjelt Sullivan as the Director of Quaker Affairs coordinates religious and spiritual life programming for Haverford College. From 2006 – 2010, Walter served as faculty and Dean of Students at Pendle Hill, a Quaker adult study center in Wallingford, PA. Working for Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT), he mentored emergent climate-change activists at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University.

Walter is a trained Alternatives to Violence Project facilitator (AVP), a certified Breema® Bodywork instructor, and leads workshops on spiritual discernment and embodied spirituality. Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he has lived and studied in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sierra Leone. Walter is a member of Green Street Friends Meeting in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

As Director of Ministry Engagement, Diane Smith is charged with ensuring Angela Hospice’s ministry maintains its Catholic identity by staying true to the Felician Sisters’ core values. Her role includes directing the African American Church Empowerment Project, providing support for staff and volunteers as they embody the Angela Hospice mission, and serving as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Formerly a missionary in Japan, Diane is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She holds a Master of Divinity from Claremont School of Theology, and is a Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains.

Prior to coming to Angela Hospice in May of 2018, Diane served as Lead Spiritual Care Advisor for Arbor Hospice. Before that, she worked as an English lecturer at Osaka Women’s Junior College in Japan, and was a chaplain at Community Hospice Care in southern California. Diane currently serves on the board of the Ann Arbor-based Housing Bureau for Seniors at Michigan Medicine, and is a member of Journey of Faith Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

Reverend DeLeo is an ordained elder in the Baltimore Washington Conference. She currently serves as Lead Pastor at Swarthmore UMC. Pastor Ali previously served at National UMC (a three-campus church) as the Pastor of Congregational Care & Preaching Pastor @ Wesley Campus (Washington, DC) and at Community UMC/Faith-Community Cooperative Parish as Lead Pastor (Pasadena, MD).

Pastor Ali earned a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School and completed fellowships in Spirituality & Healthcare (Duke University School of Medicine & Theology) and Health Ministry (Wesley Seminary). She has lectured at Duke Divinity, Virginia Theological Seminary and co-taught the Duke Chapel Scholar course “Responsible Mission in the Church” with an extended mission trip to San Isidro de General, Costa Rica.  

Ali’s ministry formation included serving on the pastoral staff at Pleasant Green UMC (Durham NC) as Director of Christian Education and Youth & Family Ministries, internships at North UMC (Indianapolis, Indiana) and Hillcrest Methodist Church & Clerpine Circuit (Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa), and chaplaincy at Duke Medical Center (Durham, NC). Ali is certified in the Godly Play method of Biblical storytelling and serves on the BWC Disaster Emergency Mission Team.