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Chanequa Walker-Barnes

Professor of practical theology and pastoral counseling, Columbia Theological Seminary

The Rev. Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes is a professor of practical theology and pastoral counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary. Walker-Barnes, who previously served at McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, uses an interdisciplinary approach in her teaching and research, drawing upon pastoral theology, womanist/feminist theology, cultural studies and the social sciences. She is the author of the book, "Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength." 

Walker-Barnes also previously taught at Shaw University Divinity School in Raleigh, North Carolina; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and the University of Florida.

She holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and African-American/African studies from Emory University; a master's and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Miami; and an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School.

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