R Drew Smith Editor

The Rev. Dr. R. Drew Smith is Professor of Urban Ministry and chair of the Metro-Urban Institute Council at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Dr. Stephanie Boddie is the 2015-2016 postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for African American Urban Studies & Economy. She is also a faculty associate at Washington University's Center for Social Development and adjunct professor at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. The Rev. Dr. Ronald E. Peters served as the Henry L. Hillman Associate Professor of Urban Ministry and the first Director of the Metro-Urban Institute while at Pittsburgh Seminary for 18 years. In 2010 Dr. Peters was elected president of the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia where he served several years. He currently serves as Interim Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.