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Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Paul Anderson

Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies

Teaching and research interests

  • Gospel of John
  • Jesus and spirituality
  • Quaker studies
Isaac Choi

Isaac Choi, PhD

Director, Honors Program

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Teaching and research interests

  • Philosophy of religion and analytic theology
  • The nature and epistemology of expertise
Joseph Clair

Associate Provost, Division of Humanities, Honors, and Education

Professor of Theology and Culture

Teaching and research interests

  • Christian thought and ethics
  • The role of religion in public life
Andrew del Rio

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Director, ºÚÁÏÍø Apologetics Initiative

Faculty Fellow, ºÚÁÏÍø Honors Program

Teaching and research interests

  • Philosophy of Religion and Apologetics
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Analytic Philosophical Theology
Brian Doak

Brian Doak, PhD

Vice President, ºÚÁÏÍø Digital

Professor of Biblical Studies

Teaching and research interests

  • Hebrew Bible/Old Testament & language
  • Archaeology of the ancient Near East
  • Comparative religion in the ancient world
  • Iconography and art history of the ancient Near East
Lindsey Hankins

Chair, Department of Theology

Assistant Professor of Theology

Director, School of Humanities

Teaching and research interests

  • Historical theology (late Antiquity through the Scholastic period)
  • Practices of piety, with special attention to doctrinal and gendered considerations
  • Ethics
  • History
Jason Lepojärvi

C.S. Lewis Associate Professor of Theology & Literature

Director, C.S. Lewis Initiative

Teaching and research interests

  • The Inklings (C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and friends)
  • Love in religion, philosophy, and literature
  • Ethics
Joel Mayward

Assistant Professor of Christian Ministries, Theology and the Arts

Teaching and research interests

  • Christian ministry and leadership
  • Contextual and liberation theologies
  • Theological aesthetics
  • Theology, philosophy, and popular culture
  • Continental philosophical theology
Ross McCullough

Associate Director, Honors Program

Associate Professor of Theology

Teaching and research interests

  • Eschatology
  • Creation
  • The Eucharist
  • Late scholasticism
Jesse Peterson

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Teaching and research interests

  • Biblical literature, languages, and interpretation
  • Ecclesiastes/Qoheleth and wisdom literature
  • Philosophy in dialogue with biblical texts
Travis Pickell

Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics

Director, Cornerstone Core and Character Virtue Initiative

Faculty Fellow, ºÚÁÏÍø Honors Program

Research and teaching interests

  • Ethics
  • Theology
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Technology
  • Pluralism and Public Life
Sunggu Yang

Associate Professor of Theology and Christian Ministries

Director, Margaret Fell Scholars Program

Research and teaching interests

  • Homiletics
  • Theological aesthetics
  • Multicultural and emerging worship
  • Christian formation
  • Asian American Christianity

Staff

Jonelle  Retsema

Jonelle Retsema

Administrative Assistant, Department of Theology

Program Coordinator, School of Humanities

Faculty Emeriti