Claudia Beversluis
Adjunct Professor of Educational
Ministry and Pastoral Care (2005)
B.A. (Calvin College, 1974)
M.A., Ph.D. (Loyola University of Chicago, 1980, 1983)
Claudia DeVries Beversluis graduated from Calvin College with a degree in clinical psychology. After completing her graduate studies in Chicago, Claudia practiced as a clinical psychologist with families and adolescents. She then served as the Director of Congregational Life at a Christian Reformed Church congregation. Her professional academic life began at Calvin College where she was an Associate Professor of Psychology. Since then, Claudia has served as Acting Dean of Instruction and Professor of Psychology at Calvin College, and as an instructor in Pastoral Care at Calvin Theological Seminary. Her teaching specialties have included physiological psychology, human sexuality and gender, history of psychology and personality psychology.
Claudia DeVries Beversluis co-edited Connection and Commitment: Service Learning and the Christian College. Her current research is on the formative power of worship and she is involved with several larger research groups to explore adolescent faith formation.
Claudia is married to a physician, and they have three children.