Jeffrey Conklin-Miller

Associate professor, Claremont School of Theology

Jeffrey Conklin-Miller is an associate professor at the Claremont School of Theology. Prior to that, he served Duke Divinity School as the E. Stanley Jones Assistant Professor of the Practice of Evangelism and Christian Formation, Royce and Jane Reynolds Teaching Fellow, Director of the Master of Arts in Christian Practice Degree Program and Associate Dean for Academic Programs. As an ordained elder in the California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Conklin-Miller has more than a decade of experience serving local churches in Southern California as an associate pastor, co-pastor and senior pastor. In his role as director of the Master of Arts in Christian Practice (M.A.C.P.) degree program, he leads the development of an initiative to expand Duke Divinity School’s service to the Church. Prior to joining the faculty, Conklin-Miller served as the Director of Youth Ministry Initiatives at Leadership Education at Duke Divinity (now the Forum for Congregational Life). In this role, he led the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation and its integration with the M.A.C.P degree program.