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CURRICULUM VITAE
Reverend Ridgeway Addison, Ph.D.
PERSONAL
INFORMATION:
Home Address: 3815 Whispering Lane
Falls Church, VA 22041
Cell: (202) 368-6532
47 year-old male married to the Reverend Sarah Scherschligt, pastor of
Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lincolnia Road, Alexandria, VA. We
have two daughters; Magdalene (two years) and Lydia (seven months).
Office Address: Department of Nursing
School of Nursing & Health Studies
St. Mary’s Hall, Room 422
3700 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, DC 20057
Fax: (202) 687-2323
Email: jra55@georgetown.edu
ORDINATION: June 4, 1995
Covenant Baptist Church
3131 Erskine Drive
Gastonia, NC 28054
Local Association: Greater Gaston Baptist Association
National Association affiliations: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Alliance
of Baptists
EDUCATION: Undergraduate Institution: Erskine College
Due West, SC
1988-1992
B.A., Bible and Religion; Diversification Minor
E.B. Kennedy Scholar, merit based full
scholarship
Graduate Education: Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond
Richmond, VA
1992-1995
M.Div.
Blackwell Scholar, merit-based full tuition
Scholarship during 3 years of study
Catholic University of America
School of Theology and Religious Studies
620 Michigan Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20064
1999-2011
Ph.D., Religious Studies (Spirituality
concentration)
Comprehensive Exam Areas: Spiritual
Formation; Catholic Theological Tradition;
Interreligious Dialogue and Encounter;
Religion and Culture
Dissertation: Mysticism and Peace in the Life

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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
TEACHING
and Thought of Howard Thurman
Defended dissertation “with distinction”
Awarded merit-based full tuition scholarship
and teaching-research assistantship during
2 years of full-time course work; also awarded
tuition scholarship for two years of dissertation
research and writing.
Continuing Education and
Professional Development: Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
Washington, DC
Program completion, August 2017
Leading Contemplative Prayer Groups &
Retreats Program Certificate (2 year residency
based program)
Capstone Project: Original research paper on
Contemplative Prayer and the Problem of
Suffering
McCourt School of Public Policy
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
February—May 2015
Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate
Capstone Project: Annotated Bibliography
exploring Pedagogy and Curriculum, Religious
Identity, and Budgeting Amidst the Changing
Landscape of Contemporary Theological
Education for Ministry
Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor
Institution: School of Nursing & Health Studies Department of
Nursing, Georgetown University
Address: St Mary’s Hall, Room 422, 3700 Reservoir Road
Washington, DC 20057
Dates of Service: June 2015 – Present
This part-time position provides teaching and classroom management for
two courses, the undergraduate Health Studies-Theology hybrid elective
HEST-187: The Problem of Suffering, Religious Perspectives (this course
explores the philosophical, theological, and practical issues of theodicy
within the scope of five primary world religions) and the graduate nursing
requirement NURO-518: Health Care Ethics. My shift to part-time
(adjunct) faculty status in June 2015 is a result of my full-time faculty
position in Georgetown’s School of Nursing & Health Studies being
eliminated due to Georgetown Medical Center’s financial challenges.
Title: Adjunct Teaching Faculty
Institution: Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
Address: 3025 4th Street NE, Suite 22
Washington, DC 2001
Dates of Service: October 2013 – Present

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This part-time, contract-driven position supports the work of the
primary faculty for Shalem’s Young Adult Life and Leadership (YALLI)
2-year residency program. As part of this work, I planned and led a Silent
Retreat for our program participants and primary faculty during YALLI’s
first Fall Residency session.
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: School of Nursing & Health Studies Department of
Nursing, Georgetown University
Address: St Mary’s Hall, Room 422, 3700 Reservoir Road
Washington, DC 20057
Dates of Service: July 1, 2012—May 2015
This full-time position was responsible for bringing more theological
and ethical disciplines, both academically and clinically, to the study and
practice of nursing. The primary classroom teaching commitments were in
two courses: HEST-187: Problem of Suffering, Religious Perspectives
(undergraduate) and NURO-518: Health Care Ethics (graduate). NURO-
518 was regularly taught in both physical-campus and online classrooms.
This was a new position created to allow me to serve as the first theologian
to join the Department of Nursing faculty as a full-time professor. Along
with my primary teaching duties, I also served consulted with School of
Nursing & Health Studies faculty, staff, and students to increase
knowledge and application of the Ignatian principles within our particular
academic school and the larger Georgetown campus community. As part of
my work facilitating Ignatian formation, I gave regular talks on Ignatian
Spirituality to graduate nursing students during their campus intensives;
and researched and wrote an original faculty development training
resource, Ignatian Spirituality and Nursing Education at Georgetown
University, which is still utilized to orient our new on-campus and
distance-based nursing faculty. Additionally, I developed a reflective
learning, experiential curriculum resource for the NURO-518: Health Care
Ethics course now offered exclusively in online curricula. The course lead
professor, Carol Taylor, asked that I train other bioethics instructors to use
this original resource in their own teaching in our department.
Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor
Institution: School of Nursing & Health Studies Department of
Nursing, Georgetown University
Address: St Mary’s Hall, Room 422, 3700 Reservoir Road
Washington, DC 20057
Dates of Service: January 2010 – June 2012
This position provided teaching and classroom management for the
Health Studies-Theology hybrid elective HEST-187: The Problem of
Suffering, Religious Perspectives during all three main campus semesters
each year.
Title: Adjunct Instructor
Institution: Georgetown University School of Medicine
Address: 3900 Reservoir Rd NW,
Washington, 20007
Dates of Service: January 2009 – May 2010
This part-time position provided facilitation for a seminar class group of
between 10-12 medical students and graduate nursing students as a
component of a clinically based bioethics course created and primarily
taught by Carol Taylor, who during this period served as the Director of

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Georgetown’s Kennedy Center for Bioethics.
Title: Adjunct Instructor
Institution: Marymount University, Department of Philosophy and
Religion
Address: 2807 N. Glebe Road
Arlington, VA 22207
Dates of Service: August 2006 – July 2008; September 2001-August
2002
This part-time position provided teaching and classroom management
for two primary courses, TRS 201: Phenomenon of Religion and TRS 202:
Religions of the World.
Title: Senior Teaching Fellow
Institution: Catholic University of America School of Theology and
Religious Studies
Address: 620 Michigan Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20064
Dates of Service: August 2004 – May 2006
This full-time position was responsible for collaborating with a senior
faculty member to plan, create and conduct a program of pedagogical
development for School of Religious Studies and Theology doctoral
students and the faculty members serving as their yearly teaching mentors.
Participated in a two-year Wabash Center (Lilly supported Program in
Teaching Theology and Religion) funded national workshop focused on
integrating theory and practice in pedagogical development for doctoral
students and new professors in theology and religion. Facilitated monthly
teaching enrichment workshops, arranged for guest speakers and also, in
conjunction with my senior faculty colleague, developed performance
evaluation tools for our teaching assistants, teaching fellows, and their
mentoring professors. In coordination with Career Services, devised a
template for a Teaching Portfolio doctoral students could use in their
professional development and job search. I also mentored new doctoral
students as they began their teaching and mentoring work in the university
classroom. Also regularly taught three undergraduate courses: TRS 351:
Contemporary Christian Spirituality; TRS 334: War, Peace and Revolution,
Christian Perspectives and TRS 251: The Dynamics of Christian
Spirituality. Created and directed a new independent study with a senior
religion major, Christianity in Postmodernity: Ministry and Witness.
Title: Teaching Fellow
Institution: Catholic University of America School of Theology and
Religious Studies
Address: 620 Michigan Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20064
Dates of Service: August 2003-May 2004
This part-time position provided teaching and classroom management
for one undergraduate course: TRS 334: War, Peace and Revolution,
Christian Perspectives.
Title: Lecturer
Institution: Georgetown University, Department of Theology
Address: Box 571135 New North 120, Georgetown University
Washington D.C. 20057-1135
Dates of Service: January 2003-May 2004

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MINISTRY
This part-time position provided for syllabus revision for a regular
theology course on Interfaith Dialogue and Understanding later taught by
full-time Campus Ministry Chaplains from Catholicism, Judaism and
Islam. Also created and facilitated an independent study with a senior
Theology minor student, The Theology and Spirituality of Karl Rahner,
S.J.
Title: Teaching and Research Assistant
Institution: Catholic University of America, School of Theology and
Religious Studies
Address: 620 Michigan Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20064
Dates of Service: January 2000 – May 2001
This part-time position provided teaching and research assistance to two
senior professors, which included classroom management, grading, and
course design. Also conducted a literature review in the areas of ethics,
imagination theory, and peace studies.
Title: Adjunct Religion Instructor
Institution: Guilford Technical Community College
Address: 601 E Main St
Jamestown, NC 27282
Dates of Service: January 1999 – May 1999
This part-time position provided teaching and classroom management
for a Religion elective Introduction to the New Testament for one semester.
Title: Protestant Chaplain
Institution: Georgetown University Law and Medical Schools
Address: Office of Campus Ministry, Georgetown University Law
Center, 600 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
Dates of Service: August 2008 – May 2012
This full-time position was primarily created to provide regular,
committed Protestant Chaplaincy presence and ritual programming to
Georgetown’s Law and Medical School communities, with emphasis on
student population and needs. As the first Protestant clergy to serve in this
new role, I created, planned, and led weekly, monthly and semester-
specific Protestant-centric worship services, prayer groups, retreat days,
and weekend retreats for the law school community while also creating and
facilitating a weekly interfaith prayer and reflection service at the law
school. Worked in cooperation with my interfaith ministry colleagues on
both the law and medical school campuses on budget management and
spiritual care for all campus community members. Regularly served as a
spiritual director on the ministry team for Ignatian-based interfaith Prayer-
in-Daily-Life retreats at the law school. Additionally, provided
programming and presence during school-wide events on both campuses
(Match Day, New Student Orientation, Memorial Services, Anatomical
Donor Mass, etc.). Planned and led weekly Protestant prayer services and
regularly met with faculty and students for spiritual direction at the medical
school. Hired, trained, and supervised two different Georgetown students
who served consecutively as pianist/ music director for the law school’s
Sunday evening Protestant congregation. Regular availability and work in
ministerial presence, pastoral care, and spiritual direction were central to

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this position.
Title: Chaplain in Residence
Institution: Georgetown University, Office of Campus Ministry
Address: 113 Healy Hall37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20057-1250
Dates of Service: August 2000 – May 2008
This part-time position provided pastoral presence and simple faith and
spirituality programming for Georgetown undergraduate students living in
on-campus residence halls. During my time in this position, I worked with
students dealing with transition issues, academic stress and vocational
discernment, drug abuse issues, LGBTQ issues, and also provided
mentoring and support to Residence Life staff.
Title: Residence Life Coordinator
Institution: Georgetown University, School of Continuing Studies
Address: 3307 M St NW #202,
Washington, DC 20007
Dates of Service: May-August 2006, 2007
This full-time position provided primary oversight of all residence hall
and campus-based programming and facilities for Georgetown’s Summer
Programs for high school students as well as college students spending a
summer in DC and taking courses at Georgetown. Interviewed, trained, and
directed undergraduate summer program counselors to monitor and run
respective High School Program platforms (College Prep, Summer College
for High School Juniors, Journalism Workshop). Worked with senior
administrative staff of Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies to
maintain programmatic integrity, manage Summer Programming budget,
troubleshoot scheduling and facility issues, and served as first responder to
all on-campus emergency situations. Taught a course in Research and
Study Skills in the College Prep program.
Title: Protestant Chaplain
Institution: Georgetown University, Office of Campus Ministry, Main
Campus
Address: 113 Healy Hall37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20057-1250
Dates of Service: September 2002 – May 2004
This part-time position provided weekly Sunday evening worship
opportunities and weeknight Bible-studies to undergraduate students at
Georgetown University. In this position I served as faculty/staff advisor to
the Jewish-Christian Understanding “Living and Learning Community”
and also oversaw Campus Ministry’s Interfaith Dialogue and
Understanding Working Group. Provided spiritual guidance and pastoral
care for students, faculty, and staff in conjunction with other ministry
colleagues in the Department.
Title: Ministry Consultant and Retreat Facilitator
Institution: Self-Employed
Address: 3815 Whispering Lane, Falls Church, VA 22041
Dates of Service: May 1995 – Present
This part-time, contract-based position offers spiritual formation and
discipleship-centric retreats, reflection days, and music and art programs
for church groups, non-profits, and colleges and universities across the
United States. Previous clients have included spring-break service groups

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OTHER
from colleges and universities; children, family and music groups from
local church congregations; and regional and national denominational
national retreats and conferences. In this role I have created and offered
original retreat programming; also composed, arranged, and performed
original music and stage productions. Serve as short-term spiritual director
for full-time clergy, lay ministers, and academic theologians during their
sabbatical and related transitional periods.
Title: Minister of Youth and Education
Institution: First Baptist Church, Jamestown
Address: 306 Guilford Rd
Jamestown, NC 27282
Dates of Service: September 1995 – July 1999
This full-time position nurtured the spiritual growth of children, youth,
college students, and adults through creative spiritual study, service-work
programming, pastoral care and spiritual direction, worship leadership,
quarterly preaching, and the creation of a parish based Arts Team.
Title: Minister of Youth and Education
Institution: Leigh Street Baptist Church
Address: 517 N. 25th Street.
Richmond, VA 23223
Dates of Service: September 1994 – May 1995
This part-time position nurtured the spiritual growth of children, youth,
college students, and their parents through periodic social events, faith-
based weekend reflection exercises, pastoral care, and the creation of a
parish based Arts Team.
Title: Music Educator, Consultant, Composer, and Performer
Institution: Self-Employed
Address: 3815 Whispering Lane
Falls Church, VA 22041
Dates of Service: August 2006 – Present
This contract-driven position provides formal music education for
children and family groups (Montessori programs, congregation based
summer Arts programs), presents a weekend of lecture and music at local
church congregations, and occasionally takes on a beginner or intermediate
student in piano or guitar.
Title: Project Assistant
Institution: Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate (CARA)
Address: 2300 Wisconsin Ave, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20007
Dates of Service: June 2005 – September 2005
This part-time position provided database entry and statistical
compilation/interpretation support for CARA staff working on parish and
campus ministry sociological surveys, articles, and related research. Served
as an administrative assistant to executive director during staff planning
sessions, yearly board meetings, and similar events.
Title: Spirituality Consultant, Writer
Institution: Paulist Media Works
Address: 86-11 Midland Parkway

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HONORS, AWARDS
and FELLOWSHIPS:
Jamaica Estates, NY 11432
Dates of Service: September 1999 – August 2002
This part-time position researched and wrote articles on spiritual life,
religion and culture and vocational discernment for male Catholic religious
orders. Created and designed layouts for religious and non-profit websites.
Served as creative consultant for Paulist communications campaigns.
Award: Doyle Faculty Fellowship for Engaging Difference and Diversity
Institution: Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship
(CNDLS), Georgetown University
Date: May 2014 – May 2015
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETY
MEMBERSHIP: Society Name: American Academy of Religion
Role: Member
Dates of Membership: 1999-Present
Society Name: Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Role: Member
Dates of Membership: 2009-Present
PUBLIC SERVICE:
Society Name: Spiritual Directors International
Role: Member
Dates of Membership: 2013-present
Society: Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Role: Member
Dates of Membership: 2002-Present
Society: Alliance of Baptists
Role: Member
Dates of Membership: 2013-Present
Society: Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
Role: Member
Dates of Membership: 2013-Present
Name of Board: Board of Trustees
Washington Theological Consortium
Dates of Membership: May 2017 – present
Name of Organization: Ravensworth Baptist Church
Leadership Role: Music Committee Member
Dates of Membership: June 2016 – present
Name of Board: Board of Directors
The Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation
Leadership Role: Co-Chair, Program Committee (2011-2013)
Dates of Membership: October 2010 – November 2016

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PRESENTATIONS
SELECTED:
Title of Presentation: Howard Thurman as an American Prophet
Institution/Society Name: Invited Presentation, Ways of Peace in World
Religions Course, Peace Studies Undergraduate Program, Catholic
University of America
Dates of Presentation: December 2016
Title of Presentation: The Foundations and Value of Educational
Community
Institution/Society Name: Invited Presentation, Executive Faculty Meeting,
Department of Nursing, Georgetown University
Dates of Presentation: August 2014
Title of Presentation: Spirituality, Patient Care, and Nursing Professional
Development
Institution/Society Name: Invited Guest Lecture, Family Nurse Practitioner
Course, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University
Dates of Presentation: March 2014
Title of Presentation: Attendens: Ignatian Spirituality and Your
Georgetown Nursing Education
Institution/Society Name: Graduate Nursing Programs On-Campus
Intensive Sessions, Department of Nursing, Georgetown University
Dates of Presentation: October 2012-May 2015
Title of Presentation: The Apostolate of Sensitiveness: Howard Thurman’s
Pastoral Contributions to a Contemporary Ethics of Peace
Institution/Society Name: Ethics Session, American Academy of Religion
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Dates of Presentation: November 2011
Title of Presentation: Problems of Suffering and Spiritualities of the Hurt
Institution/Society Name: Department of Campus Ministry, Office of
Ministry and Mission, Georgetown University
Dates of Presentation: April 2011
Title of Presentation: Picture Yourself (praying) Naked: Self-Disclosure
and Contemplative Practices in the Academic Teaching of Theology and
Religious Studies
Institution/Society Name: Academic Teaching and the Study of Religion
Session, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
CA
Dates of Presentation: November 2006
Title of Presentation: Channeling Reconciliation: Howard Thurman’s
Poetics of Peace
Institution/Society Name: Theological Aesthetics Combined Session of the
Christian Systematic Theology Section and Religions, Social Conflict and
peace Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA
Dates of Presentation: November 2005
Title of Presentation: Recovering our Healing Roots: Personalizing Care
Institution/Society Name: Volunteer Chaplaincy Staff Appreciation
Luncheon, George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC
Dates of Presentation: October 28, 2005

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Title of Presentation: Seuss n’ Berry: Listening to the Lorax with
Geologian Thomas Berry
Earth Day Lecture invited by Interfaith Alliance for a Sustainable Future
Institution/Society Name: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Dates of Presentation: April 2005
Title of Presentation: The Confluence of Peace and Nonviolence in the
Mystical Theology of Howard Thurman
Institution/Society Name: Mysticism Study Group, American Academy of
Religion Annual Meeting, Scholarly audience, Atlanta, GA
Dates of Presentation: November 2003
UNIVERSITY
SERVICE:
TEACHING
ACTIVITIES:
Department
Role/Function: Member
Committee: Research Task Force, Department of Nursing, School of
Nursing &Health Studies
Dates of Service: August 2013—May 2015
Role/Function: Member
Committee: Committee on Mission and Values, School of Nursing &
Health Studies
Dates of Service: May 2014-May 2015
University
Role/Function: Member
Committee: Search Committee, Director of Protestant Chaplaincy, Main
Campus
Dates of Service: September 2010 - March 2011
Role/Function: Co-Chair
Committee: Committee on Interfaith Understanding, Campus Ministry
Dates of Service: September 2003-May 2004
Role/Function: Staff Advisor
Committee: Jewish-Christian Living Community Floor
Dates of Service: September 2003-May 2004
Graduate Courses
Name of Course: NURO-518, Health Care Ethics
Role: Seminar section faculty
Year Taught: 2009 (on-campus); 2012-Present (on-campus, online)
Number of Students: 12 per semester, 6 sections taught each academic
year.
Undergraduate Courses
Name of Course: HEST-187, The Problem of Suffering, Religious
Perspectives
Role: Coordinator and lecturer
Year Taught: January 2010-present
Number of Students: 20 per semester, 2 sections taught each academic
year.

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SCHOLARSHIP AND
RESEARCH:
Name of Course: The Theology and Spirituality of Karl Rahner-
Independent Study in spirituality
Role: Coordinator
Year Taught: January 2003
Number of Students: 1
Undergraduates courses, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
Name of Course: TRS 202, World Religions
Role: Lecturer
Year Taught: September 2001-August 2002; August 2006-July 2008
Number of Students: 25 per semester, 2 sections taught each academic
year.
Name of Course: TRS 201, Phenomenon of Religion
Role: Lecturer
Year Taught: September 2001 – August 2002; August 2006 – July 2008
Number of Students: 25 per semester, 2 sections taught each academic
year.
Undergraduate courses, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Name of Course: TRS 334, War, Peace and Revolution
Role: Lecturer
Year Taught: August 2004 – May 2005
Number of Students: 30 per semester, 2 sections taught.
Name of Course: TRS, 251 The Dynamics of Christian Spirituality
Role: Coordinator and lecturer
Year Taught: January 2005 – May 2006
Number of Students: 30 per semester, 1 section taught.
Name of Course: TRS, 351 Contemporary Christian Spirituality
Role: Coordinator and lecturer
Year Taught: August 2005-December 2005
Number of Students: 30 per semester, 1 section taught.
Name of Course: Christianity in Postmodernity: Ministry and Witness –
Independent Study in theology
Role: Coordinator
Year Taught: January – May 2005
Number of Students: 1
Teaching Recognition/Awards:
Award: “Blessing of Hands” Faculty Recognition (for individual Nursing
faculty member whose teaching has significantly impacted graduating
nursing class’s professional and personal development)
Institution: Georgetown University Department of Nursing
Undergraduate Nursing Pinning Ceremony
Date: May 2013 (academic year 2012-13), May 2014 (academic year 2013-
14)
SCHOLARSHIPS
1988-1992: E. B. Kennedy Scholarship, Erskine College, Due West, SC.
Award: Merit-based full college scholarship, $50,000, 12,500 per year).

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1999-2001: Tuition Scholarship for CUA doctoral coursework.
2002-2004: Tuition Scholarship for Dissertation Research and Writing
Catholic University of America, Washington, DC USA. Award: $12,000,
6,000 per year).
PUBLICATIONS
Reviews or Editorials in Refereed Journals
1. Addison, R. Review of the Book Review of the book A Thicker Jesus:
Incarnational Discipleship in a Secular Age by Glenn Harold Stassen.
The Presbyterian Outlook (2013).
Books or Chapters in books, and publications in other journals
1. Addison, R. P(e)ace. Shalem Institute Annual Report 2012, 2013, 7-8.
2. Addison, R. Riding the Silence. National Association of Student
Personnel Administrators Journal, 2003.
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