The Rev. Dr. Shannon Daley-Harris is the Associate Dean of Auburn Theological Seminary. Previously, she was the director of Just Love Families and worked with Middle Church to develop its Just Love Families initiative to equip parents and other caregivers across the country with resources, approaches, and coaching to use the power of story to nurture a justice- and love-centered faith in their children. Shannon served for over three decades with the Children's Defense Fund including creating and directing CDF's Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry and National Observance of Children's Sabbaths. Shannon is also the author of Hope for the Future: Answering God's Call to Justice for Our Children and numerous other publications. An ordained minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), she holds an M.Div. from Wesley Theological Seminary and a D.Min. from Drew Theological School. Shannon lives in Princeton, New Jersey with her husband Sam, and is the mother of two young adults, Micah and Sophie.
