Katherine Douglass

Katherine Douglass is an Associate Professor of Educational Ministry and Practical Theology at Seattle Pacific Seminary, Seattle Pacific University. She holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and is an ordained minister in the PC(USA). Her work focuses on faith formation, rites of passage, and reconciliation within marginalized communities. She directs the Confirmation Project and the Faith Formation Project, both funded by major grants.

Education:

• BA, Grove City College, 2003
• MDiv and MA, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2007
• PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2013

Research Interests: Dr. Douglass explores how families and congregations transmit faith across generations, particularly addressing issues of racism, mental health, disability, and gender/sexual dynamics. She collaborates with psychologists to study faith socialization through mixed-methods research, emphasizing reconciliation and dehumanization reduction.

Grants & Projects:

• $1.1M Lily Endowment grant (The Confirmation Project)
• Faith Formation Project ($5000 annual grants to congregations)
• Interdisciplinary research with psychologists Brittany Tausen and Jenny Vaydich

Labs/Teams: Leads the Faith Formation Project team, organizing annual reconciliation pilgrimages to Hawaii and developing a Certificate in Faith Formation at SPU Seminary. Supervises student researchers presenting at conferences.