Dr. Bernard Schlager, Associate Professor of Historical & Cultural Studies and Executive Director, Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion, received his PhD from Yale University in the history of medieval and Latin American Christianity, and he has taught at the University of New Hampshire, Trinity College, and Yale. Professor Schlager was one of the original staff members of the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) when it was founded in 2000. Since then he has held a number of positions at CLGS, including program director and interim deputy director, before becoming executive director in 2009. In addition, he directs the development and advancement work of the Center, directs in the Certificate in Sexuality and Religion Program (CSR) at PSR, and serves as an editorial consultant for the CLGS/Pilgrim Press Book series.
Dr. Schlager’s research interests include queer studies, the history of Christianity, LGBT pastoral care, and medieval social and religious history. He has published articles on ancient church history, medieval hagiography, the history of sexuality, and the history of education, and has co-authored a book with David Kundtz, Ministry Among God’s Queer Folk: LGBT Pastoral Care (2007).
Adviser to “The Vanguard History Project.” GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco. September 2010 to July 2011.