She earned her MTS from Duke University Divinity School and an MA and PhD from Notre Dame. Professor Babka’s teaching interests include Christology, the doctrine of God (Trinity), the problem of catastrophic suffering, theological aesthetics and the connection between art and the sacred, feminist and liberation theologies. In addition to articles and book chapters, she is working on a book, Suffering, Kenosis, Presence: Exploring the Doctrine of the Incarnation in Visual Art, which argues that visual art is a resource for interpreting the meaning of the incarnation of God in Christ.