Gina Hens-Piazza

Gina Hens-Piazza is the Joseph S. Alemany Professor of Biblical Studies at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University and core doctoral faculty at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She received her M.A. in Biblical Studies from Vanderbilt University and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary in New York. A widely recognized scholar of biblical justice, literary critical methods, and women in scripture, her published books include Nameless, Blameless, and Without Shame (Liturgical Press, 2003), 1 & 2 Kings (Abingdon Press, 2008), Lamentations (Liturgical Press, 2017), and The Supporting Cast of the Bible (2020), as well as serving as co-editor of The Jerome Biblical Commentary for the Twenty-First Century (2022). Dr. Hens-Piazza was honored as the GTU Distinguished Faculty Lecturer in 2005 and received the Sarlo Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2006.