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Christine Parton Burkett serves as Lecturing Fellow in Speech at Duke Divinity School, Duke University, a position she has held since 1991. She works extensively with seminary students across Christian traditions to develop public speaking and proclamation skills through personalized coaching and innovative methodologies.
Her academic background includes:
- Degrees in theater and speech language pathology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Her professional focus centers on homiletics and embodied delivery techniques, with signature contributions in reader's theater, choric readings, and biblical storytelling for religious contexts. She bridges performance arts with theological education to enhance scriptural communication.
Dr. Burkett has presented at over 100 clergy workshops and conferences across the United States and Canada, while her publications in Faith & Leadership and The Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching (1994) establish her authority in liturgical speech practices.
