Special to United Methodist Insight | July 25, 2025
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School (CRCDS) is pleased to announce the appointment of The Reverend Jeffrey Joseph (J.J.) Warren IV (he/him) as Assistant Professor of (Queer) Theology and Lead of the Gender, Sexual, and Racial Justice (GSRJ) Program, effective July 16, 2025.
This appointment was made by President Dr. Angela D. Sims and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Emilio Alvarez, who affirmed Rev. Warren’s bold commitment to justice, theological imagination, and scholarly excellence as powerfully aligned with the mission and vision of Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.
Rev. J. J. Warren
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He holds a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Boston University School of Theology (’22), and a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College (’19), where he focused on religion and creative writing. Rev. Warren also completed a year of undergraduate study at Oxford University, where he concentrated on Biblical Hebrew, Early Church history, and gender studies of late antiquity.
Since 2022, Rev. Warren has been pursuing a Ph.D. in Advanced Theological Studies at the University of Vienna in Austria, with anticipated completion in Fall 2025. His research engages Paul Tillich’s theology in conversation with queer theology and ecclesiology. In June 2023, he was commissioned as a Provisional Member (clergy) in the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Rev. Warren currently serves as executive director of the Young Prophets Collective, a nonprofit that equips and empowers LGBTQIA+ religious leaders and allies worldwide. He also lectures at the University of Vienna and has contributed as faculty affiliate to Colgate Rochester Crozer’s pioneering Doctor of Ministry in Queer and Trans Studies, which launched in Fall 2024.