Phone: (408) 551-3000 x 4276
Room number: 313
Courses taught:
TESP 4 The Christian Tradition
TESP 70 Catholic Ethics & Jesuit Spirituality
TESP 124 Theology of Marriage
Sally Vance-Trembath, Ph.D.
Lecturer (Academic Year)
Sally Vance-Trembath was born in Davenport, Iowa where she was raised Catholic. She majored in Theology and English at St. Ambrose University the local Catholic college. She taught high school religion in Clinton, Iowa and Seattle, Washington before entering the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana where she earned her MA and doctoral degrees. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame before was an Assistant Professor at USF, where she taught in graduate and undergraduate students. While at USF, she also taught in the ICEL program.
Dr. Vance-Trembath is now a lecturer at Santa Clara and also works in adult formation at the Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton. Her specialization is the Church, particularly the Second Vatican Council. She is married and has twin sons who are 20 and a daughter who is 25. Her husband Kern is an Episcopalian and so she is familiar with inter-denominational dialogue. Her first publication was in Theological Studies entitled "John Paul II's Ut Unum Sint and the Conversation with Women" in 1999. Her latest is "Theologies in Dialogue: The Place of Religion in the 21st Century University," published in Consensus: A Canadian Lutheran Journal of Theology in 2006. She was national the Vice-President of Voice of the Faithful, the lay organization that was formed to respond to the abuse of children by clergy and the leadership crisis in the Church. She has appeared frequently on television and radio to talk about Catholic issues. She is a member of St. Ignatius Parish in San Francisco where she is active in various ministries.
Courses
Courses taught at Santa Clara University
TESP 4 The Christian Tradition
TESP 46 Faith, Justice and Poverty
TESP 70 Catholic Ethics and Jesuit Spirituality
TESP 127 Theology of Family
TESP 124 Theology of Marriage
PMIN 202 Catholic Theology
Research
Publications
October 2006: "Theologies in Dialogue: The Place of Religion in the 21st Century University," Consensus: A Canadian Lutheran Journal of Theology October, 2006.
September 2006: articles on canonization and Catholicism in The Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication and Media, Daniel A. Stout, Ed. New York, Routledge, 2006.
Spring 2004: article entitled, "Pope John XXIII" in The Encyclopedia of Leadership. Edited by Catherine Cookson. New York: Routledge, 2004.
Fall 2004: "Jesuit Education and Citizenship" in Connections, September Volume.
Fall 2003: article entitled, "Vatican II," in The Encyclopedia of Religious Freedom, Edited by Catherine Cookson. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Spring 1999: "John Paul II's Ut Unum Sint and the Conversation with Women" in Theological Studies 60 (1999).
