Who We Are
Joyce A. Caldwell, PhD
Dr. Joyce Caldwell received her Ph.D. from Fielding Graduate University in Human and Organizational Systems, with a Concentration in Transformative Learning for Social Justice. She also holds a Master’s degree from Fielding in Human Development and a M.A. in Education—Curriculum and Instruction from Marquette University. She has experience in education and youth ministries, director of a not-for-profit, and academic dean and associate provost in higher education. Caldwell is a skilled adult educator and has been the leading co-author of several resources on race, culture, and white privilege, including the ELCA resource Troubling the Waters for Healing of the Church: A Journey for White Christians from Privilege to Partnership and the ELCA web-based resource One Body, Many Members. Her dissertation, Living in the Intersections: An Ethnographic Study of an Urban Lutheran Congregation, explored how a congregation that is living in the intersection of race and class reflects on and negotiates those intersections, and the factors that foster or hinder practices and interactions in the intersections that could lead toward becoming an authentically integrated multiracial congregation or a mutual partner in its diverse neighborhood.
Rev. Marilyn Miller
Rev. Marilyn Miller is a lifelong Milwaukeean. Her first call, and still one of her passions, is teaching. She completed her Bachelor’s with majors in education and psychology, and her Master of Arts in Reading at Cardinal Stritch University. Her journey shifted when she began work at Concordia College (now University) as an English as a Second Language and reading instructor for 8 years. That was followed by 16 years with the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, College of Engineering and Applied Science, first as a tenured advisor, then as Director of the Multicultural Engineering and Gateway to Science, Engineering and Technology (GEST) programs. She has served for over 40 years in some capacity of education with every part of the age range in several institutions. During those years, she has also gained a great deal of experience as a consultant for anti-racism training/facilitation. She went back to school as a second career candidate completing the Theological Education for Emerging Ministries (TEEM) Program at Wartburg Theological Seminary. Rev. Miller recently retired from her position as Pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation – ELCA on the north side of Milwaukee after 12 years of service. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board for Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH, micahmke.org) as immediate past President (5 years).