Dr. Delores Carpenter

Delores Carpenter has been Professor of Religious Education at Howard University School of Divinity for 27 years. She has also served as the first woman and first African American Senior Pastor of Michigan Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Washington, DC for 24 years. Dr. Carpenter was the first woman Dean at Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey. Before beginning a career in higher education, she worked for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Washington, DC, and...See more

Delores Carpenter has been Professor of Religious Education at Howard University School of Divinity for 27 years. She has also served as the first woman and first African American Senior Pastor of Michigan Park Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Washington, DC for 24 years. Dr. Carpenter was the first woman Dean at Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey. Before beginning a career in higher education, she worked for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Washington, DC, and Fellowship Center in St. Louis. See less