MUI Staff

AnneMarie Mingo serves as director of the Metro-Urban Institute. She is associate professor of ethics, culture, and moral leadership. Dr. Mingo is a member of the American Academy of Religion, where she serves on the steering committee for Womanist Approaches to Religion and Society. She is also a member of the Society of Christian Ethics. She has written articles for many publications, including Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Journal of Religious Ethics, and Black Theology: An International Journal. Her first book—Have You Got Good Religion?: Black Women’s Faith, Courage, and Moral Imagination in the Civil Rights Movement—is forthcoming from University of Illinois Press. Dr. Mingo received her M.Div. at Princeton Theological Seminary, where in 2006 she received the Jean Anne Swope and James L. Mechem Prize in Christian Ethics. She received her Ph.D. in Religion: Ethics and Society from Emory University, and is an ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Read her full bio.

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Sean Thomas works as associate director of the Metro-Urban Institute. He develops and coordinates MUI's advisory groups and community networks, leads the Graduate Certificate in Urban Ministry, mobilizes MUI's resources through grants and other means, and communicates MUI’s work and mission to community constituencies. Sean is a graduate of Slippery Rock University (B.S., M.Ed.) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.). Sean comes to MUI after serving in a variety of student services and recruitment roles at PTS and the Community College of Allegheny County. He is a member of Central Baptist Church. Growing up in Pittsburgh has made him a die-hard Steelers fan!

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