Communication Arts Faculty

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Clella Jaffe

Contact Clella Jaffe:
By E-mail - cjaffe@georgefox.edu
By Phone - Ext. 2616

Clella Jaffe is professor and chair of the department of communication arts at George Fox University. Jaffe taught at Oregon State University and St. John's University (New York) before coming to George Fox University in 1995.

Her classes include introduction to communication, nonverbal communication, gender communication across cultures, argumentation and debate, and interpersonal communication.

Jaffe has many research interests. Her textbook, Public Speaking: Concepts and Skills for a Diverse Society, 5th ed. (Wadsworth), was first in the field to emphasize diversity. Her doctoral work examined intercultural communication among Russian Old Believers, Jehovah's Witness, and Latino students. Research on the medieval mother, Dhuoda, appears in In Their Own Voices: The Rhetorical Activities of Historical Women (Molly Wertheimer, ed., Southern Illinois University Press). Research on wives of Promise Keepers appeared in Standing on the Promises (Dane Classen, ed., Pilgrim Press). Her oral interpretation book, Performing Literary Texts: Concepts and Skills (Wadsworth), came out in 2006. She is currently researching and writing about the impact on the global Anglican Communion of the consecration of V. Gene Robinson as a bishop in the Episcopal Church.

Outside of the classroom, she maintains a flower garden, creates colored pencil drawings, plays the piano, travels, and enjoys her new river cabin.

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Richard Engnell

Contact Richard Engnell:
By E-mail - rengnell@georgefox.edu
By Phone - Ext. 2611

Richard A. Engnell, professor of communication arts, has been at George Fox University since 1978. He earned a BA at Biola University, where he was a debater. He received an MA and PhD degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Engnell teaches persuasion, linguistics, rhetorical criticism, and communication theory. He occasionally preaches in area churches.

Professor Engnell has published in Quarterly Journal of Speech, Western Journal of Communication, Southern Journal of Communication, and Critical Studies in Mass Communication.

He enjoys four-wheeling in Wyoming and raising llamas on his acreage in Oregon. He wishes he had time to restore antique cars. He and his wife have three daughters.

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Thomas Peng

Contact Thomas Peng:
By E-mail - tpeng@georgefox.edu
By Phone - Ext. 2614
Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies
Director, China and East Asia Programs