Kathy Tuan-MacLean

Kathy Tuan-MacLean (PhD, Northwestern) is the national faculty ministry director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, where she invites and resources faculty to follow Jesus together. Since joining InterVarsity in 1990, she has led numerous students and faculty in Bible study, spiritual formation, and leadership development. She is also a spiritual director who has led marriage ministry and women's retreats. Kathy is married to Scott, and they have three young adult children and an overanxious mini labradoodle.

Contributions by Kathy Tuan-MacLean

Podcasts

May 27, 2025

By Kathy Cooper, Karen Hice Guzmán, Denise-Margaret Thompson, Kathy Tuan-MacLean and Ann Boyd

On Hope & Courage: A Summer Roundtable Conversation

Four esteemed guests join us on the podcast to discuss how we can reflect on this school year and enter into summer from a place of spiritual vitality.

Podcasts

April 30, 2024

By Tara Edelschick, Kathy Tuan-MacLean and Ann Boyd

Tara Edelschick and Kathy Tuan-MacLean: Moms at the Well

Authors Tara Edelschick and Kathy Tuan-MacLean join us on the podcast to discuss parenthood, life in the academy, and the path toward spiritual transformation.

Spiritual Formation

August 19, 2021

By Kathy Tuan-MacLean and Tara Edelschick

A Prayer Before School

As seasonal rhythms turn toward school, receive this prayer for professors and their children as two generations prepare to walk into a new year.

In Focus

July 20, 2021

By Tara Edelschick and Kathy Tuan-MacLean

Spiritual Formation for Moms in Pandemic

As we emerge from the pandemic, many of us are asking, "What just happened?" Kathy Tuan-MacLean and Tara Edelschick explore the spiritual formation that took place during the past 18 months.

Blog

March 03, 2016

By Kathy Tuan-MacLean

Women and Power (or How to Avoid Being Catty)

“Don’t let male spirituality determine your spirituality.” The words leapt off the page as I sat in the crowd at a spiritual formation retreat for InterVarsity women staff. Julie Anderton, a spiritual director, had passed out an outline...

Blog

February 02, 2016

By Kathy Tuan-MacLean

My Uneasy Relationship with Leadership

For years, I rejected my call to be a leader. Or at least, I rejected embracing the identity of being a leader by calling everything I did that looked “leaderly” something else...