Shela Chan

A photo of Shela Chan, a doctoral student in the theological and social ethics track in the Theology Department at Fordham University, standing in front of the Eiffel Tower on a sunny day

 

Education

B.A. Asian Studies - University of Washington, 2011

M.Div. – Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 2024

Biography

Shela Chan is a doctoral student in Theological and Social Ethics. Her scholastic focus resides at the nexus between an Augustinian metaphysics of love/delight, the embodied dimensions of social relationships via attachment theory, and the unity of self. With the ecclesial belonging of queer people as her primary research impetus, she is exploring how the perspectives of queer and post-/de-colonial theologies illumine the construction of minoritized subjectivities and social structures of inferiorization that hinder ecclesial communal intimacy. 

Shela completed her undergraduate work at the University of Washington in Seattle. After ministry work abroad in the Middle East, the Caucasus region, and Asia, she returned to the States to attend seminary in the Boston area. She currently resides in the Bronx. For leisure, she enjoys running, quality coffee, and long walks with friends.

Shela's publications include the following.

Book reviews