Bernard Schlager serves as the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at the Pacific School of Religion since 2008, where also holds the position of Associate Professor of Historical and Cultural Studies and briefly served as Interim President. Additionally, Bernard Schlager has been the Executive Director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry since July 2009, having previously held the role of Director of National Programming from 2004 to 2009. Bernard Schlager earned a PhD in History from Yale University between 2000 and 2006.