Nancy R. Howell (born 23 January 1953) is an American professor of Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri.
She initially worked as the academic dean of Saint Paul School of Theology.
[1] Howell's research and teaching explore the intersections of ethology, genetics, evolution, ecology, and theology with attention to the social location of the worldviews shaping the fields.
Howell is a founding member of the prestigious International Society for Science and Religion.
She is a steering committee member for the Kansas City Religion and Science Dialogue Project and Vice President of the Highlands Institute for American Religious and Philosophical Thought—both projects are recipients of Local Societies Initiative grants for programming in science and religion.