Academic careerĪt the start of her academic career, Douglas found a position as Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida. She completed her doctorate in Systematic Theology in 1988, studying with Professor James Cone, a pioneer in black theology. Douglas was the first black woman to be ordained in the diocese, and one of the first ten black women ordained in the Episcopal Church USA.Īfter earning her M.Div., Douglas stayed on to pursue a Ph.D. Women's ordination was officially approved in the Episcopal Church USA in 1976, and the first woman to be ordained in the Southern Ohio Diocese was Doris Ellen Mote.

Margaret's Episcopal Church in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. On September 1, 1983, she was ordained by Walter Dennis as an Episcopal priest at St. She graduated with a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in 1982.

Graduate education and ordinationįollowing her college graduation, Douglas moved to New York City to attend Union Theological Seminary. She later served on the Denison Alumni Council. She was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society, and graduated summa cum laude in 1979. She was active as a student leader and served on a search committee for a new president of the university in 1976. She attended college at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where she pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. She grew up in a middle-class family, her father was a professional, and her mother stayed home to take care of her children.

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