Name: Sister Laurie Brink, O.P. Sister Laurie Brink, O.P. is a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa, and an Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Catholic Theological Union. Because of her interest in archaeology, she has traveled extensively and worked as a senior staff member on an archaeological site in Israel. Before her academic career in higher education, Sister Laurie taught high school students in Kingston, Jamaica, the South Bronx and rural New York.