Dr. Jana Struková
Assistant Professor of the Chair in Christian Education and Formation
A native of Slovakia, Dr. Struková came to this country in the mid-1990s to study Christian education. Her cross-cultural experiences give her a global lens and a spirit of tolerance while empowering her with a voice for witnessing to the struggle of the oppressed faith and to the sustaining gift of God's grace in Christ. Dr. Struková, who enjoys exploring the relationship between faith and a person's socio-cultural situation, is committed to nurturing young people in values and habits that assist in building a just and socially-minded society. Dr. Struková graduated with her Ph.D. in Practical Theology in 2007. She was a postdoctoral Fellow in Religious Practices at Emory University in 2007-2008 where she researched faith-based transformative practices that nurture and sustain youth in their life of faith. Her ministerial experience includes pastoring a Lutheran church, directing Christian education and Family and Children's Ministry in various protestant churches. Dr. Struková joined the faculty of SSW in June 2008.
M.Ed., The School of Humanities at Šafárik University in Slovakia; M.A.R. and S.T.M., Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary.
