Christine Roy Yoder is J. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Columbia Theological Seminary, and an ordained minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
She is currently serving as interim dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs.
[1] She was the instructor of Old Testament language, literature, and exegesis at Columbia Theological Seminary (1998–2000), before then becoming an assistant professor of Old Testament language, literature, and exegesis (2000–2004), and then was promoted to professor.
[2] Yoder has performed research and exegetical study on the Old Testament, with a focus on wisdom literature and proverbs.
Her current research is focused on the configuration of desire in Israelite wisdom literature.