Melva Wilson Costen

Melva Wilson Costen is Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor Emeritus of Worship and Music at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia, where she taught for thirty-two years. She chaired the committee that developed The Presbyterian Hymnal: Hymns, Psalms and Spiritual Songs and served on the Advisory Committee for the African American Heritage Hymnal. She is the author of several books.