2001 Oates Award Recipient

Dr. Teresa Snorton

Rev. Snorton is the Executive Director of the national Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., an accrediting and certifying agency for programs of Clinical Pastoral Education. She began at ACPE in February 2000. She is the former Executive Director of Clinical Services and Administration at the Emory Center for Pastoral Services in Atlanta, Georgia and the Director of Pastoral Services at Crawford Long Hospital. She has been adjunct instructor in Pastoral Care at Candler School of Theology at Emory University since 1991.

She is an ordained minister in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and was a former pastor in Kentucky. Prior to moving to Atlanta, she was a Psychiatric Staff Chaplain, on the adjunct faculty of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kentucky, an instructor in the Patient Counseling Program at the Medical College of Virginia and an instructor of Pastoral Care at the School of Theology of Virginia Union University in Richmond.

Rev. Snorton has a B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Divinity degree from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, a Master of Theology in Pastoral Care from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Patient Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University, and the Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.

Rev. Snorton is active in several boards and committees of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. She is a member of the Coordinating Council of the International Congress of Pastoral Care and Counseling, a member of the Society for Pastoral Theology, and Business Manager of the Journal of Pastoral Care. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Luke's Training and Counseling Center and of the Atlanta Interfaith AIDS Network and the editorial board of the Journal of Pastoral Theology.

In the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Rev. Snorton has been a member of national Board of Directors, Chair of the Racial, Ethnic Multicultural Network, Chair of the Southeast Regional Peer Review Committee, and a member of the Professional Ethics Commission. She is frequently a consultant and guest speaker and preacher for churches, hospitals, seminaries and conferences on multicultural, ethical and gender issues in health care, pastoral care and education. She is the author of several articles, chapters and books reviews on topics related to pastoral care and ministry.

Rev. Snorton has two sons, Garland and Gary.