Rev. David Vásquez-Levy, DMin
President, Professor of Homiletics
Leads Pacific School of Religion and, alongside Kwaray’s executive director, tells the origin story behind Kwaray on the PSR Collective podcast.
PSR Collective
Courses and community for faith-rooted leaders
PSR Collective brings faith-rooted leaders, organizers, and builders together for courses, cohorts, and shared practice. PSR faculty teach alongside partners including Auburn Theological Seminary, PAX, and the Ignite Institute.
If you lead a congregation, organize in your community, or are building something new, you can begin here without applying to seminary.
Pillar 1 of 4
Theological Imagination
Leaders who want to think theologically about their context before acting in it.
Courses that build historical, ethical, and rhetorical grounding for spiritually rooted leadership, largely drawn from the Theological Education for Leadership (TEL) Learning Path.
Building Community
Christian History and Social Change
Contextual Thinking
Leadership Development: Expressing an Inclusive, Anti-Oppressive Vision for the Church
Embrace These Hours
How Our Cultural Identities Reflect the Image of God
12 courses in this pillar on Kwaray.
Pillar 2 of 4
Contemplative Activism
Leaders who want a sustainable spiritual practice alongside justice work.
Courses that hold spiritual grounding and social-justice action together, many built with partners like PAX, Auburn Theological Seminary, and Freely in Hope.
Breaking the Silence: Film, Memory, and Migration as Acts of Resistance
CLGS Catholic LGBTQ+ Ministry Microcertificate
Cosmic Peace
Earl Lecture 2025: Migration, Shaping the Narrative
Auburn Emerging Leaders Program, Spring ’25
From Silencing to Uplifting Survivors
14 courses in this pillar on Kwaray.
Pillar 3 of 4
Intentional Creation
Leaders building something new, from a ministry program to a social venture.
Design-thinking and entrepreneurship courses that treat creative and organizational skill as a form of theological practice.
Pillar 4 of 4
Wisdom-Based Leadership
Leaders who want to grow through a connected course sequence rather than a single workshop.
The Ignite Institute’s four-course framework combining spiritual formation with leadership skill, taught by Jonathon Murillo.
From a course to a degree
Start with one course. Keep going if it feels right.
PSR Collective courses are hosted on Kwaray. Some stand on their own; others connect directly to PSR certificates and degree programs.
- Browse every Kwaray course, including these four pillars and courses from partner organizations.
- See PSR’s degrees and certificates, several of which share ground with PSR Collective’s pillars.
- See how PSR, PSR Collective, Kwaray, and the Graduate Theological Union fit together.
Meet the people
Faculty and partners behind PSR Collective
Susan Abraham, ThD
Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty, Professor of Theology and Post-Colonial Cultures
Teaches PSR Collective’s Theological Thinking course and oversees academic affairs across PSR’s degree programs.
Byron Chung
Vice President of Institutional Growth, Faculty Associate in Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Leads institutional growth at PSR and is part of the Ignite Institute team building Kwaray’s Wisdom-Based Leadership courses.
Bernard Schlager, PhD
Associate Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies, Executive Director of the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion
Directs PSR’s Certificate of Sexuality and Religion and teaches the Christian History and Social Change course on PSR Collective.
Tricia Mills
Executive Director, Kwaray and PSR Collective
Leads the Kwaray platform and PSR Collective, the bridge between PSR’s degree programs and its open courses for changemakers.
Cindy Liu
Executive Director, Kwaray
Leads Kwaray, and co-tells the platform’s origin story with PSR’s president.
Alicia Paullin
Director of Academic Strategy and Curriculum Design, Kwaray
Supports PSR Collective partners in building high-quality digital learning resources for rising faith leaders.
Dena Boeddeker
Director of Operations, Kwaray
Directs day-to-day operations and production for the courses and cohorts delivered on PSR Collective.