Faculty

Gregg H. Afman (1999) Professor of Kinesiology

B.A., Calvin College
M.A., Central Michigan University
Ed.D, Brigham Young University

Judith L. Alexandre (1994) Associate Professor of Sociology

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
M.S.W., University of Denver
Ph.D., United States International University

Stanley E. Anderson, Jr. (1978) Professor of Chemistry

B.S., Wheaton College
Ph.D., University of Illinois

Karen M. Andrews-Jaffe (1994) Associate Professor of Urban Studies and English

B.A., Westmont College
M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

R. Anthony Askew (1984) Distinguished Professor of Art

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A., California State University, Los Angeles

Bradford S. Berky (1990) Assistant Professor of Urban Studies

B.A., Gordon College
M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary

John D. Blondell (1989) Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Winona State University
M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

M. Grey Brothers (1994) Associate Professor of Music

B.S., University of California, Davis
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

L. Steve Butler (1995) Associate Professor of Music

B.A., College of Charleston
M.M., D.M.A., University of South Carolina

John R. Carlander (1980) Professor of Art

B.A., Concordia College
M.F.A., Bowling Green State University

Alister C. S. Chapman (2004) Assistant Professor of History

B.A., M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., University of Cambridge

Mary B. Collier (1981) Professor of French

B.A., M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D., Université de Paris-Sorbonne

Stephan H. Cook (1981) Professor of English

B.A., Colorado State University
M.A., Ph.D., Marquette University

Carter R. Crockett (2005) Assistant Professor of Economics and Business

B.A., Westmont
A.B.D., Robert Gordon University

Lisa J. De Boer (1999) Associate Professor of Art History

B.A., Calvin College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Paul W. Delaney (1972) Professor of English

B.A., Asbury College
M.A., Ph.D., Emory University

Mary K. Docter (1992) Professor of Spanish

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Deborah S. Dunn (1997) Associate Professor of Communication Studies

B.A., California State University, San Francisco
M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Leonor A. Elías (1999) Associate Professor of Spanish

B.A., Middlebury College, Vermont
M.A., Middlebury College, Madrid
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

Ronald M. Enroth (1965) Professor of Sociology

B.A., Houghton College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Charles E. Farhadian (2004) Assistant Professor of World Religions and Christian Mission

B.A., Seattle Pacific University
M.Div., Yale University
Ph.D., Boston University

Thomas G. Fikes (1998) Associate Professor of Psychology

B.A., California State University, Fresno
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Bruce N. Fisk (1999) Associate Professor of New Testament

B.S., Philadelphia College of Bible
M.A., M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Ph.D., Duke University

Stan D. Gaede (1996) President

B.A., Westmont College
M.A., California State University, Northridge
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Robert H. Gundry (1962) Scholar-in-Residence, Religious Studies

B.A., B.D., Los Angeles Baptist College & Seminary
Ph.D., University of Manchester

Andrea G. Gurney (2005) Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.A., Wheaton College
M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Northeastern University

Steven R. Hodson (1996) Professor of Music

B.Mus.Ed., Lewis and Clark College
M.Mus.Ed., University of Oregon
D.Mus.A., University of Colorado

Elizabeth A. Horvath (1990) Assistant Professor of Biology

B.A., Westmont College
M.S., California State University, Long Beach

Russell W. Howell (1978) Professor of Mathematics

B.S., Wheaton College
M.Sc., University of Edinburgh
Ph.D., The Ohio State University

David J. Hunter (2000) Associate Professor of Mathematics

B.S., University of Illinois
M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Patti Wilger Hunter (2000) Associate Professor of Mathematics

B.S., Westmont College
M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Wayne F. Iba (2003) Assistant Professor of Computer Science

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Thomas D. Jayawardene (1988) Professor of Sociology

B.A., M.A., Pontifical Urbaniana University
M.Phil., National Seminary of Sri Lanka
Ph.D., University of Surrey
Ph.D., International University

Ryan A. Jorden (2000) Assistant Professor of Kinesiology; Assistant Coach, Men’s Soccer

B.A., Westmont College
M.S., Oregon State University
A.B.D., University of Northern Colorado

Kenneth E. Kihlstrom (1984) Professor of Physics

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University

Kim P. Kihlstrom (1999) Associate Professor of Computer Science

B.S., M.S., Stanford University
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Cheri L. Larsen Hoeckley (1997) Associate Professor of English

B.A., University of California, Riverside
M.A., University of Texas, Austin
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

David G. Lawrence (1974) Professor of Political Science

B.A., Wheaton College
M.A., Ph.D., The American University

Jonathan E. Leech (1985) Professor of Mathematics

B.A., University of Hawaii
M.A., Dallas Theological Seminary
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Kathleen M. LeSage (1990) Assistant Professor of Kinesiology;

Head Coach, Women's Tennis
B.A., Westmont College
M.A., Azusa Pacific University

Tremper Longman, III (1998) Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies, Old Testament

B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University
M.Div., Westminster Theological Seminary
M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Chandra S. Mallampalli (2001) Assistant Professor of History

B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College
M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

David F. Marten (1983) Professor of Chemistry

B.S., Western Illinois
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Marilyn C. McEntyre (1996) Professor of English

B.A., Pomona College
M.A., University of California, Davis
Ph.D., Princeton University

Bruce F. McKeown (1988) Professor of Political Science

B.A., Seattle Pacific University
M.A., University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., Kent State University

Eileen J. McMahon (2004) Assistant Professor of Biology

B.S., Eckerd College
Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Christine C. Milner (1978) Associate Professor of Kinesiology

B.A., Biola University
M.S., University of Oregon

Laura M. Montgomery (1990) Professor of Anthropology

B.A., Wheaton College
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

John G. Moore (1993) Associate Professor of Kinesiology;

Head Coach, Men's Basketball
B.A., Westmont College
M.A., Azusa Pacific University

Paul L. Morgan (1979) Professor of Economics & Business

B.S., Greenville College
M.A., Northern Illinois University
D.A., Illinois State University

Rebecca E. Mouw (2005) Instructor of Kinesiology; Head Coach, Women's Soccer

B.S., Wheaton College

Andrew D. Mullen (2001) Associate Professor of Education

B.A., Houghton College
M.A.T., Colorado College
Ph.D., Columbia University

Shirley A. Mullen (1983) Provost and Professor of History

B.A., Houghton College
M.A., University of Toronto
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Ph.D., University of Wales

William B. Nelson, Jr. (1986) Professor of Old Testament

B.A., Westmont College
M.A., Institute of Holy Land Studies, Jerusalem
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

David B. Newton (1990) Professor of Economics & Business

B.S., King's College
M.B.A., Suffolk University
D.B.A., United States International University

Allan M. Nishimura (1981) Distinguished Professor of Chemistry

B.S., University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Edd S. Noell (1986) Professor of Economics & Business

B.A., Texas Tech University
M.B.A., University of Texas, Austin
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Robert Omedi Ochieng (2005) Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

B.A., Daystar University
M.A., A.B.D., Bowling Green State University

Raymond F. Paloutzian (1981) Professor of Psychology

B.A., California State University, Los Angeles
M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School

Susan E. Penksa (1997) Associate Professor of Political Science

B.A., Gordon College
M.A., Ph.D., Miami University

Frank W. Percival (1975) Professor of Biology

B.A., Occidental College
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Richard W. Pointer (1994) Professor of History

B.A., Houghton College
M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Helen Rhee (2004) Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

B.A., University of California, Berkeley
M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary
A.B.D., Fuller Theological Seminary

Marianne A. Robins (1996) Associate Professor of History

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Paris I–La Sorbonne

Warren F. Rogers (1994) Professor of Physics

B.S., Harvey Mudd College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

C. Ray Rosentrater (1980) Professor of Mathematics; Associate Dean for Curriculum

B.A., Messiah College
M.Sc., University of Toronto
M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

Susan D. Savage (1998) Associate Professor of Art

B.A., M.F.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Jeffrey P. Schloss (1981) Professor of Biology

B.S., Wheaton College
Ph.D., Washington University

Michael D. Shasberger (2005) Adams Chair of Music and Worship

B.A., St. Olaf College
M.A., University of Redlands
D.M.A., University of Southern California

John W. Sider (1972) Professor of English

B.A., University of Waterloo
M.A., McMaster University
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Russell C. Smelley (1979) Professor of Kinesiology;

Head Coach, Track and Field, and Cross Country
B.A., M.Ed., University of Richmond

Brenda S. Smith (1989) Professor of Psychology

B.A., Calvin College
M.A., Ph.D., Wayne State University

H. Michael Sommermann (1985) Professor of Physics

M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany

Heather M. Speirs (1986) Associate Professor of English

B.A., M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Gregory H. Spencer (1987) Professor of Communication Studies

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
M.S., Ph.D., University of Oregon

James E. Taylor (1993) Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Westmont College
M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary
M.A., Ph.D., University of Arizona

Jennifer M. Taylor (2001) Director of Internships

B.S., University of California, Davis
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Mitchell M. Thomas (2004) Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

B.A., Whitworth College
M.F.A., University of Washington

Glenn P. Town (2003) Professor of Kinesiology

B.S., Oral Roberts University
M.S., Ph.D., Kent State University

Nivaldo J. Tro (1990) Professor of Chemistry

B.A., Westmont College
Ph.D., Stanford University

Gayle H. Tucker (1976) Professor of Education

B.S., Greenville College
M.A., Ball State University
Ed.D., University of Alabama

Ruth E. Tucker (1976) Professor of Education

B.S., Greenville College
M.A., Ed.D., University of Alabama

David A. Vander Laan (2000) Assistant Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Calvin College
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Randall J. VanderMey (1991) Professor of English

A.B., Calvin College
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa

Curtis W. Whiteman (1976) Professor of Historical Theology

B.A., Taylor University
M.A., Wheaton College
Ph.D., St. Louis University

Erlyne F. Whiteman (1974) Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Theatre Arts

B.S., Wheaton College
M.S., Northern Illinois University
Ph.D., University of Southern California

Paul J. Willis (1988) Professor of English

B.A., Wheaton College
M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University

David G. Wolf (1991) Associate Professor of Kinesiology;

Head Coach, Men's Soccer; Athletic Director
B.A., Wheaton College
M.A., Azusa Pacific University

Telford C. Work (2003) Assistant Professor of Theology

B.A., Stanford University
M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Duke University