American Baptist Seminary of the West
Associate Professor of Pastoral Care
Chaplain Administrator for Alta Bates Summit Medical Center

At GTU since 2003

Ph.D., Emory University, 2001
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1991
B.A., Baylor University, 1987

Phone: 510/869-6719
E-mail: clarkp1@sutterhealth.org

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Spiritual care in Asian American and Pacific Islander populations
• Dynamics of aging and religious faith
• Implications of Buddhist-Christian interreligious dialogue for pastoral caregiving
• Spiritual assessment based on the capacity for hoping/hopefulness
• Cultural competence and humility in spiritual caregiving
• Clinical Pastoral Education

Selected Publications

• "The 'Cogwheeling' of Don Browning: Examining His Eriksonian Perspective," Pastoral Psychology, vol. 43, no. 3 (1995), pp. 141-161.
• Co-author with John Snarey, "A Generative Drama: Scenes from a Father-Son Relationship," in Generativity and Adult Development, edited by Dan McAdams and Ed de St. Aubin (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press, 1998), pp. 45-74.
• "Faith and Identity in Nisei Self-Narratives," Princeton Seminary Bulletin, vol. 19, no. 3 (1998), pp. 279-293.
• "Biblical Themes for Pastoral Care Revisited: An Asian American Re-reading of a Classic Pastoral Care Text," Semeia, vol. 90-91 (2002), pp. 291-314, and forthcoming in revised form in Pastoral Psychology, vol. 54, no. 4,  (2006), pp. 355-376.
• "Compassion among Aging Nisei Japanese Americans," in Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America, edited by Jane Naomi Iwamura and Paul Spickard (New York: Routledge, 2003), pp. 43-65.
• "Exploring the Pastoral Dynamics of Mixed-Race Persons," Pastoral Psychology, vol. 52, no. 4 (2004), pp. 315-328.