Dr. Susanne Scholz is a researcher, writer, and teacher in theological and religious studies with an emphasis in Christianity and Judaism. She is a professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology/Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She holds a Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary, NY. Previously, she taught at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, Fordham University, the College of Wooster, Merrimack College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Graduate Theological Union's summer session. She is a frequent lecturer at educational programs of churches and religious organizations in the United States and in Europe.

Her scholarly interests are in Hebrew Bible, biblical studies, women/gender, culture, and religion, as well as interfaith dialog.  In 2004-05, she was named McCarthy Scholar at the Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations at Merrimack College.  Among her publications are Introducing the Women’s Hebrew Bible (T&T Clark 2007), Rape Plots: A Feminist Cultural Study of Genesis 34 (Lang 2000), Biblical Studies Alternatively: An Introductory Reader (Prentice Hall 2003) and Zwischenräume: Deutsche feministische Theologinnen im Ausland (LIT 2000).

Dr. Scholz is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), American Academy of Religion (AAR), European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR), and the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA).