Professor "Dri" Rivera
Professor Adriana "Dri" Rivera
Assistant Professor of Contextual Education and Educational Ministry
Eden Theological Seminary
Adriana “Dri” Rivera is Assistant Professor of Contextual Education and Educational Ministry at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis. A former seventh-grade English teacher and Lutheran (ELCA) youth minister, Dri earned a Bachelor of Science in Secondary English Education from Indiana University Bloomington and a Master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary. Dri is completing a PhD in Christian Education and Congregational Studies at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Dri’s research centers trauma-informed and healing-centered post-pandemic pedagogies for digital theological education, emphasizing faculty development and institutional mission-alignment. Dri previously directed the joint Writing and Resource Center for Catholic Theological Union and McCormick and served with McCormick’s Trauma Healing Initiative, overseeing the Microcredential in Community Healing Practices and facilitating faculty development in trauma-informed teaching. Dri also consults in religious education, specializing in programming, evaluation, and curriculum design.