Full-Time Faculty
Connie Semy P. Mella, Academic Dean of UTS and Professor in Old Testament, is an Ordained Elder of the United Methodist Church. She has five degrees in theology: a Bachelor in Religion from UTS, 1996; a Master of Divinity, also from UTS, 2000 (Summa Cum Laude); an M.A. in Cross Cultural Contextual Theology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2004; a Master of Theology from the South East Asia Graduate School of Theology, 2005 (residence in St. Andrew’s Theological Seminary); and a Doctor of Theology from the ATESEA Theological Union, 2017.
Aside from teaching, Rev. Dr. Mella has served as chaplain, as pastor, as counselor, and as official UMC representative in various boards and commissions of the denomination.
