Marcia graduated from St. Olaf College, earned her MA and PhD from the University of Chicago in hermeneutics and historical theology. She taught at Luther Seminary, Luther College, Gustavus Adolphus College and Christ College at Valparaiso University. She is Professor of Religion and the Bernhardson Distinguished Chair of Lutheran Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She has a strong focus on children, the nature of children, and our obligation to children.