K. Samuel Lee is a practical/pastoral theologian who brings his pastoral experience and clinical expertise to his teaching. As an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church and a licensed psychologist, he is interested in the intersection of psychology and religion/spirituality as it pertains to pastoral practice and congregational life. His research interests include clinical and pastoral practice in multicultural contexts and the use of empirical methods in practical theology. Dr. Lee is the Executive Director of The Clinebell Institute for Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy. He previously taught pastoral theology, pastoral care and counseling at Yale University Divinity School and Wesley Theological Seminary. He served as President of the Society for Pastoral Theology and provided the leadership for the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education to develop multicultural competencies standards. Dr. Lee served as a co-editor of J of Pastoral Theology, and has been a member of the editorial boards of J of Counseling and Ministry and Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry. Recent publications include an edited volume of “A Special JPT Issue of COVID-19,” 31(2&3); “Caring Over Troubled Waters: Creative and Critical Pastoral Theological Imaginations in the 21st Century,” JPT, 31(1); “Pastoral Theological Imagination in Times of Social Unrest: Speaking for Freedom,” JPT, 30(3), pp. 157-159; “Changing Face of Pastoral Theology,” JPT, 30(2), pp. 83-85.