Yvonne Zimmerman
Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics
740-362-3389
yzimmerman@mtso.edu
Gault Hall 230
Education
Ph.D., Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, 2008
M.T.S., Emory University, Candler School of Theology, 2001
B.A., Goshen College, 1998
Areas of expertise
Feminist theory; gender and sexuality studies; social theory; human trafficking; U.S. human trafficking policy; liberationist ethics.
Selected published works
Other Dreams of Freedom: Religion, Sex and Human Trafficking (AAR Academy Series), NY: Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2012.
“Christianity and Human Trafficking,” Religion Compass 4(10), October 2011: 567-578.
“From Bush to Obama: Rethinking Sex and Religion in the U.S.’s Initiative to Combat Human Trafficking,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 26(1) Spring 2010: 79-99.
“Incorporating the Scriptures Bodily,” Keith Graber Miller and Malinda E. Berry, eds. Wrestling with the Text: Young Adult Perspectives on Scripture, Journeys With Scripture Series, vol. 2 (Cascadia Publishing House and Herald Press, 2007).
Video
As a Christian ethics educator, Dr. Zimmerman works to open the space for her students – and herself – to consider new perspectives. Hear it in her own words.
Syllabi
CE 101: Introduction to Christian Ethics
CE 220c: Contemporary Moral Issues: Human Trafficking
CE 245: Feminist and Womanist Ethics
CE 261: Christian Social Ethics
CE 305: Readings in Christian Ethics
