PRESBYTERA JEANNIE CONSTANTINOU holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Studies (1980) and a Master of Arts degree in Practical Theology from the University of San Diego (1992). She received a Master of Theology degree from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in 1996 where she specialized in Orthodox Theology and Patristics. She also received a Master of Theology from Harvard Divinity School in 1998 where she specialized in the New Testament. She had also previously earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1985 and has been a member of the California Bar since that same year. Dr. Constantinou received her Ph.D. at Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, in 2007, writing her doctoral dissertation on “Andrew of Caesarea and the Apocalypse in the Ancient Church of the East.”
Dr. Constantinou has been teaching Biblical Studies and Early Christianity at the University of San Diego since 2002. Previously she taught New Testament at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology from 1998-1999. She has led bible studies, taught and lectured on the Bible and Orthodoxy at parishes, conferences, retreats and seminars for over thirty years. She is married to Fr. Costa, who is a Greek Orthodox priest, and is simply “Mom” to son Christopher.
2008 Université Laval, Québec City, Canada, Ph.D. New Testament and the History of Biblical Interpretation. Dissertation topic: “Andrew of Caesarea and the Apocalypse in the Ancient Church of the East.”
1998 Harvard University, School of Divinity, Th.M. Area of Emphasis: New Testament Thesis: “The Roman Administration of Criminal Justice in First Century Judea.”
1996 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Th.M. Patristics, Orthodox Theology. Thesis: “Chrysostom as an Interpreter of the New Testament: Three Exegetical Principles.”
1992 University of San Diego, M.A., Practical Theology
1985 Pepperdine University, School of Law, Juris Doctorate
1980 University of San Diego, B.A., Religious Studies
