She chaired the English Department at
Shelton College, Ringwood, New Jersey from 1955 to 1963 and at
Nyack College from 1963 to 1967. She then taught at
William Paterson University from 1967 to 1997, chairing the English Department from 1972 to 1976. Since 1997 she has held the position of Professor of English Emeritus. She became an associate of the
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) in 1977. WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization which works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. She also was a member of the translation committee for
An Inclusive Language Lectionary for the
National Council of Churches from 1980 to 1988. From 1980 to 1990, she was on the Board of Pacem in Terris, Warwick, New York. From 1989 through 1994, Mollenkott served on the Board of the Upper Room
AIDS Ministry, Harlem, New York. For over a decade she was on the Board of Kirkridge Retreat and Conference Center, Bangor, Pennsylvania, starting in 1980. She held a seat on the Advisory Board of the Program on Gender and Society at the Rochester (New York) Divinity School from 1993 to 1996. She has been a manuscript evaluator for the
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion since 1994. She worked as a contributing editor to
The Witness from 1994 to 2000. Since 1997 she has served on the editorial board of
Studies in Theology and Sexuality, based in the United Kingdom. She was a contributing editor to
The Other Side from 2003 to 2007. She has delivered hundreds of guest lectures on feminist and LGBT theologies at churches, conferences, universities and seminaries throughout the United States. ==Awards==