Lallene J. Rector, M.T.S., Ph.D.
In January 2014, Dr. Lallene J. Rector became president of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary located in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Rector has been a faculty member since 1986 and held the role of Vice President of Academic Affairs and Academic Dean from 2006-2013.
Dr. Rector received a BA in psychology and religion from Texas Christian University, an MTS from Boston University’s School of Theology, and a Ph.D. in psychology of religion from Boston University’s Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences in 1986. She received clinical training in pastoral psychotherapy at the Center for Religion and Psychotherapy of Chicago, and subsequently trained as a psychoanalyst at the Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago. Dr. Rector is a United Methodist layperson and serves the national church on a number of committees related to education and ministry.