# Pusey Minister Search November 25, 2019 - [ News ](/news-categories/news) Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow has announced the start of the search for the next Pusey Minister. President Bacow will serve as chair of the search committee. Additional search committee members include: Dr. Khalil Abdur-Rashid, Tommy Amaker, Eric R. Andersen, Professor Catherine Brekus, Professor Cornell William Brooks, The Rev. John H. Finley IV, Alden Fossett ’21, Dean David N. Hempton, Professor Stephanie Paulsell, Professor Judith Singer, and Rabbi Jonah C. Steinberg. [Professor Stephanie Paulsell](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/08/stephanie-paulsell-named-interim-minister-at-harvards-memorial-church/) will continue to serve as Interim Pusey Minister as the University searches for a permanent successor. Thoughts and nominations on the search can be addressed to President Bacow by email to or in a letter addressed to President Bacow at Massachusetts Hall. \-- ### Pusey Minister Search Committee **Lawrence Bacow (chair)** President, Harvard University Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, ex officio, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences **Dr. Khalil Abdur-Rashid** Muslim Chaplain, Harvard University Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Instructor on Muslim Studies, Harvard Divinity School **Tommy Amaker** Head Coach-Men’s Basketball, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Executive Fellow, Executive Education, Harvard Business School Special Assistant to the President, Harvard University **Eric R. Andersen** Director, Senior Leadership Fellows Program and Voices in Leadership, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health **Professor Catherine Brekus** Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America, Harvard Divinity School Chair, Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Affiliate of the Department of History, Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences **Professor Cornell William Brooks** Professor of the Practice of Public Leadership and Social Justice, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Visiting Professor of the Practice of Prophetic Religion and Public Leadership, Harvard Divinity School **The Rev. John H. Finley IV** Co-Founder and Head of Epiphany Schools Memorial Church Advisory Board **Alden Fossett ’21** Student, Harvard College Member, Student Advisory Board, Memorial Church **Dean David N. Hempton** Dean of the Faculty of Divinity John Lord O'Brian Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School **Professor Stephanie Paulsell** Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church Continuing Ed/Special Program Instructor, Harvard Divinity School **Professor Judith Singer** Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Harvard University James Bryant Conant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education **Rabbi Jonah C. Steinberg** Executive Director, Harvard Hillel Harvard Chaplain See also:- [ Announcements ](/news-topics/announcements) - [ News ](/news-topics/news) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)