Robb Shoaf, PhD

A practicing pastor and adjunct professor  for  40 years,  Rev., Dr. Shoaf continues to explore the intersection of secular and religious institutions; faith and  interfaith communities, local government, higher education and profit and  non-profit  organizations.  He has a strong commitment  to developing the tools for  a  future  that will depend upon the partnerships organized  at these  critical junctions. Over the years he has found  the development of leadership depends upon  exploration of themes illuminated  by references accessing  different academic  fields of study  within the classroom and  providing  guidance for application beyond it.  For Dr. Shoaf   the focus on  teaching, writing,  community building and  public speaking  have provided direction  in the quest to reach these goals.

Education

• Ph.D 1990, Drew University, Madison, N.J. Area:  Systematic Theology
• M.S. 2003, New York University-Non-Profit Management
• M.Phil.1988, Drew University, Madison N.J.
• M.Div. 1981, Drew University, Madison, N.J. cum laude
• B.A.  1978, Juniata College

Research

• “The Charitable Spirit: Tapping into Altruism to Achieve the Nonprofit Mission,”
  Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations:  A Reference Handbook, (2011)
• “Door and Window: Theology as an Introduction to the Christian Life,” Quarterly Review, (1994)
• “A New Pedagogy Employs an Old Friend: Beauty and the Quality of Ideas,” Journal of Aesthetic Education, vol. 46, No. 2 (Summer 2012)

Teaching

Current

• Business Leadership and Human Values

Impact and Engagement

Business

• Dr. Shoaf has been an adjunct faculty member at NYU Stern School of Business since 2015.

Community

• As a recent  retiree from New Jersey Rev. Dr. Shoaf is involved in a local religious community (part of The Baltimore'Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church) and volunteers as a tutor for Reading Partners in Baltimore.