Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore is a professor of theology and Christian education at the School of Theology at Claremont and has been involved in various forms of youth work for thirty years. A diaconal minister in the United Methodist Church, she has done research in education, gender, culture, feminist theology, and spirituality, which led to her involvement in the Lilly Endowment's Youth Ministry in Many Cultures project. Moore is co-director of the Center for Process Studies and the Multicultural Resource and Research Center; she writes and lectures widely on practical theology. Her many books include Youth Ministries in Many Cultures.(Bio dated 1997)