Academics

 

Esther R. Crookshank

Ollie Hale Chiles Professor of Church Music (1994); Associate Dean for Professional Studies, School of Church Music and Worship 

E-mail: ecrookshank@sbts.edu

Education:

  • B.M., Baldwin-Wallace College
  • M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Dr. Crookshank came to Southern after having taught at the University of Michigan at Dearborn, Adrian College, and Bowling Green State University. Her dissertation was on nineteenth-century gospel hymns, and her publications and papers include The Joyful Sound: Women in the Nineteenth- Century United States Hymnody Tradition and Hallelujah! Handel Meets the Megachurch. As a violinist and violist, she has performed with various chamber ensembles and early music ensembles.