Kimberly D. Russaw holds the Ph.D. in Religion from Vanderbilt University where she studied Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel. She has taught and lectured in diverse learning environments including the local and connectional church, universities and seminaries, and is currently the assistant professor of Hebrew Bible at Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis, IN). Russaw is the author of Daughters in the Hebrew Bible (Fortress Academic, 2018) and Revisiting Rahab: Another Look at the Woman of Jericho (Wesley's Foundery Books, forthcoming 2021).

A sought-after teacher, lecturer, and preacher, Russaw was named one of “Six Black Women at the Center of Gravity in Theological Education” by NBCNews.com and inducted into the prestigious Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegium of Scholars. Russaw is an ordained clergywoman in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and holds membership in the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion, and the Society for the Study of Black Religion.