Dana L. Robert
Dana Lee Robert (born 1956) is an American historian of Christianity and a missiologist.For years, Robert held the School of Theology's Truman Collins Professorship in World Christianity and History of Mission,[2] but in 2022 she was installed in the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professorship, the highest distinction bestowed upon senior faculty members who remain actively involved in research, scholarship, teaching, and the University’s civic life.[7] In 2010, Dana Robert delivered the keynote address at the Edinburgh 2010 Conference, which marked the centennial of the World Missionary Conference of 1910, speaking on “Witnessing to Christ Today: Mission and Unity in the 'Long View' from 1910 to the 21st Century.”[8] Robert has also given numerous other public lectures, including: In 2017, Dana Robert received several honors in recognition of her contributions to history, theology, and religious studies.[17] In 2024, the Overseas Ministries Study Center at Princeton Theological Seminary gave her its Lifetime Achievement Award of Excellence for her contributions to shaping the field of World Christianity.The Association of Theological Schools named her a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology,[18] and she served as a senior research fellow at the Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz, Germany.