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Martha A. Iancu
Associate Professor of English as a Second Language
Director of the English Language Institute
EXPERTISE:
• Romanian culture
• Issues and concerns of international students
• Language learning and teaching
• Linguistics
Recipient of three Fulbright grants for teaching overseas from the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars. Lived
for nine years in Romania. Previously taught at Portland Community College, Linfield College, and the University of Oregon,
all in Oregon.
EDUCATION: MA in linguistics from the University of Oregon
503-554-2641 • miancu@georgefox.edu
Kerry E. Irish
Professor of History
EXPERTISE:
• 20th-century American Military, Political and Diplomatic History
• History of the American West
Named 2000 Professor of the Year at George Fox University.
EDUCATION: PhD in history from the University of Washington
503-554-2672 • kirish@georgefox.edu
Dale R. Isaak
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
Athletic Trainer
EXPERTISE:
• Athletic training
• Sports medicine
• General health
Previously worked as an athletic trainer for high schools and for the Institute for Athletic Medicine in Minnesota and is a
NATABOC certified athletic trainer.
EDUCATION: MEd in physical education from University of Minnesota; MS in physical education and athletic training
from Indiana State University.
503-554-2916 • disaak@georgefox.edu
Clella I. Jaffe
Professor of Communication Arts
Chairperson of Department of Communication Arts
EXPERTISE:
• Argumentation and debate
• Episcopal Church controversy about Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire (the first gay bishop)
• Russian Old Believers
• Jehovah's Witness students in public schools
• Time and communication
• Media effects on culture
• Promise Keepers' wives
• Mother's advice manuals
• Choral reading techniques
Previously taught at St. John's University in New York, Oregon State University, and at public and private schools. Wrote
Public Speaking: Concepts and Skills for a Diverse Society, fifth edition. Previous editions came out in 1995, 1998,
2001, and 2003. Recipient of excellence in teaching award at Oregon State University.
EDUCATION: PhD in educational foundations from Oregon State University.
503-554-2616 • cjaffe@georgefox.edu
Craig E. Johnson
Professor of Leadership Studies
Director, Doctor of Business Administration Program
EXPERTISE:
• Leadership
• Organizational ethics
• Leadership ethics
• Interpersonal and cross-cultural communication
• Organizational communication
Johnson previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He is the author of Meeting the Ethical Challenges of
Leadership: Casting Light or Shadow and co-author of Leadership: A Communication Perspective, with Michael Hackman of
the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Past recipient of George Fox University´s Burlington Northern Foundation
Faculty Achievement Award.
EDUCATION: PhD in speech communication from the University of Denver
503-554-2610 • cjohnson@georgefox.edu
John M. Johnson
Associate Professor of Mathematics
EXPERTISE:
• Mathematics
• Math education
Previously taught at McPherson (Kan.) College and Kansas State University.
EDUCATION: MS in mathematics from Kansas State University
503-554-2721 • jjohnson@georgefox.edu
Lionel G. Johnson
Assistant Professor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Education administration
Served in numerous capacities in Portland Public Schools from 1975 to 1999, including supervisor/education administrator
of the Head Start program, principal/district coordinator of alternative education, assistant principal, administrative
assistant, curriculum coordinator, unit leader, basic skills specialist, and elementary teacher. From 1960 to 1975, Johnson
was an elementary and ESL teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
EDUCATION: PhD in philosophy in curriculum and instruction from University of Oregon; MA in curriculum and
instruction from University of Oregon; BA in elementary education from Cal State University, Los Angeles; post-doctoral
education administration certificate from University of Oregon.
503-554-2842 • ljohnson@georgefox.edu
Mary J. Johnson
Instructor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Child Development
• Support, coach and train staff and student teachers
Johnson is an early childhood-elementary cohort leader for MAT at Night and teaches early childhood education and art
methods in the undergraduate teacher education program. She earned a master's degree at George Fox University with an
emphasis in early childhood education, and a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Luther College in Decorah,
Iowa. She has taught kindergarten, first and second grades in both public and private, secular and Christian settings in
Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, and Oregon. Her early childhood experience includes setting up work and family support
programs, parenting education, and corporate on-site child care. She was part of the start-up team for the child development
center at Mentor Graphics in Wilsonville, Ore.
EDUCATION: MEd from George Fox University
503-554-6113 • maryj@georgefox.edu
Merrill L. Johnson
University Librarian
Associate Professor
EXPERTISE:
• Academic library administration
• Learning resources in various media
Johnson previously worked as a reference librarian at a county library in Oregon.
EDUCATION: MLS in library science, the University of Oregon
503-554-2411 • mjohnson@georgefox.edu
William G. Jolliff
Professor of Writing/Literature
EXPERTISE:
• Contemporary poetry
• American literature
• Composition
Previously taught at Messiah College in Pennsylvania and The Ohio State University. Received Excellence in Teaching award
at Messiah. Author of Whatever Was Ripe, a chapbook published by Bright Hill Press, 1998, and The Poetry of John
Greenleaf Whittier: A Reader´s Edition, Friends United Press, 2000.
EDUCATION: PhD in English from The Ohio State University
503-554-2604 • wjolliff@georgefox.edu
Charles D. Kamilos
Portland Center Librarian
Assistant Professor
EXPERTISE:
Expertise and research interests include contemplative/mystical prayer and research methods.
EDUCATION: MA in library and information science from University of Iowa, MDiv from Brite Divinity School/Texas Christian University.
503-554-6131 • ckamilos@georgefox.edu
Kristina M. Kays
Assistant Professor of Psychology
EXPERTISE:
• Clinical psychology
• Parent training
• Grief and loss issues
Has 10 years of experience in a successful private clinical practice in Clackamas, Ore., working with
adolescents, adults and families. She taught previously at Clackamas Community College.
EDUCATION: PsyD in clinical psychology from George Fox; masters in psychology from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary.
503-554-2762 • kkays@georgefox.edu
Judith D. Keeney
Instructor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Student management
• Teacher evaluation
• Staff development
• School reform and assessment
• School climate
Keeney did graduate course work in standard administrative certificate program at Portland State University. Also completed
graduate course work in basic administrative certificate program at the University of Oregon.
EDUCATION: MA in curriculum and instruction from University of Oregon
503-554-2857 • jkeeney@georgefox.edu
David B. Kerr
Assistant Professor of Art
EXPERTISE:
• Graphic design as it applies to marketing and ministry planning
Kerr has consulted and produced award-winning marketing tools for many industries such as: education, government, real
estate, forestry/mining, manufacturing, medical, food, retail/wholesale, nonprofit, religious and knowledge-based industries.
David spent 15 years developing a reputable marketing communications company based in Canada and serviced clients in
North America. His marketing skills have produced annual reports and financial documents, product/service and
informational brochures, viewbooks and catalogs, coffee-table books, admissions posters, advertising, exhibit displays,
newsletters, development packages, case statements for fund-raising, logo and identity programs, and Web site design for
the Internet.
EDUCATION: MA in business and corporate communication/graphic design from California State University-Los Angeles;
BA in Psychology, Bible and Visual Arts from Judson Baptist College-Portland.
503-554-2630 • dkerr@georgefox.edu
Gary M. Kilburg
Associate Professor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Effective teaching skills
• Challenges facing teachers in the classroom
• Developing professional relationships
• Developing and designing K-12 mentoring programs for public and private schools
• Mentoring program trainer for public and private schools
Kilburg previously taught at Linfield College in Oregon and Oregon State University. Also taught at the high school level,
receiving Teacher of the Year honors six times.
EDUCATION: PhD in adult education from Oregon State University
503-554-2832 • gkilburg@georgefox.edu
Dwight J. Kimberly
Associate Professor of Biology
EXPERTISE:
• Developmental anatomy
• Human anatomy and physiology
• Natural history
Named Oregon's 2000 Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support and Education and the Carnegie
Foundation. Teacher of the Year awards from both the Oregon Academy of Science and George Fox University. Previously
taught biology at Warner Pacific College in Oregon.
EDUCATION: MS in zoology from Oregon State University
503-554-2708 • dkimberly@georgefox.edu
Esther J King
Professor of Nursing
EXPERTISE:
• End of life/hospice care
• Oncology
• Parish nursing
• Nursing management/leadership
• Renal conditions
Before joining the George Fox University nursing faculty in the fall of 2006, King taught medical/surgical nursing
and nursing management courses at Clark College in Vancouver, Wash. Prior to becoming a nursing educator, she
was a manager for a surgical/urology unit at a Portland hospital for seven years. Her previous
clinical experience has been primarily intensive care nursing with some diversions into a family practice clinic and
home care nursing.
EDUCATION: AA in nursing from Hesston College; BSN from Oregon Health Sciences University; MN in nursing management
from Oregon Health Sciences University
503-554-2954 • eking@georgefox.edu
E. Alan Kluge
Professor of Business
Director of Oregon MBA Program
EXPERTISE:
• Quality improvement with emphasis on Six Sigma
• Marketing and marketing research
• Project management
Kluge previously taught at Purdue University in Indiana and Oregon State University. Worked as consultant on lodging and
tourism development projects throughout Oregon. Served as corporate director of marketing for a chain of motor inns in the Pacific Northwest,
and as sales manager for a major Oregon hotel.
EDUCATION: MBA and PhD in postsecondary and adult education both from Oregon State University
503-554-2823 • akluge@georgefox.edu
Christopher J. Koch
Professor of Psychology
EXPERTISE:
• Visual attention and object recognition
• Program/teaching assessment
• Sports psychology
Taught at the University of Georgia and Truett-McConnell College in Georgia.
EDUCATION: PhD in cognitive-experimental psychology from the University of Georgia
503-554-2744 • ckoch@georgefox.edu
Beth A. La Force
Professor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Reading and writing instruction
• Language acquisition and the importance of reading aloud to children
• Children´s literature and its integration into other subject areas
• First-year teachers and the process of becoming a teacher
• Moral development
EDUCATION: PhD in curriculum and instruction from Michigan State University.
503-554-2833 • blaforce@georgefox.edu
David V. Larson
Instructor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Instructional and curriculum evaluation
• Student behavioral management
• School administration
Larson is a cohort leader in the MAT in Your Community program. Served as an elementary principal in the North
Clackamas School District in Milwaukie, Ore., from 1986 to 2001.
EDUCATION: MS in counseling from Portland State University
cdlarson@teleport.com
Carleton H. Lloyd
Professor of Management
EXPERTISE:
• Marriage, family, and parenting issues
• Mood disorders: depression and bipolar disorders
• Issues related to divorce recovery, single parenting
• Substance-abuse issues
• Human growth and development
• Emotional and developmental disorders
• Crisis intervention and critical incident stress
• Medical social work: pediatric oncology, emergency services, psychiatric care
• School social work
• Administration: school, social work agencies,
hospital, church
• Integration of Judeo-Christian perspectives with social sciences
• Teaching teachers, training trainers, teaching the adult learner
• Neurolinguistic programming, neurolinguistic semantics
Previously taught at Colorado Christian University; Regis University in Colorado; Union Graduate Institute of Cleveland,
Ohio; Dallas (Texas) Baptist University; and Columbia Christian College in Oregon. Ordained to the ministry in 1975. Has a
"transdenominational' background, having served in various pastoral roles with Church of Christ, Christian churches,
Disciples of Christ, Assemblies of God, Southern Baptists, Conservative Baptists, Community Churches, and Free Methodist
churches. Has conducted hundreds of workshops and seminars with churches on a wide range of subjects, such as single
parenthood, divorce recovery, self-esteem, biblical exposition, death and dying, premarital counseling, and more. Received
George Fox University´s 1998 Faculty Achievement Award.
EDUCATION: PhD in social work from the University of Texas-Arlington
503-554-6184 • clloyd@georgefox.edu
Melva Lloyd
Assistant Professor of Professional Studies
Associate Director of School of Professional Studies
EXPERTISE:
• Adult Education
• Writing
• SPS student portfolios
Lloyd's writing experience includes freelance writing for area newspapers and authoring two books: Writing Down Memory Lane
and Celebrating the Vision. She taught community education writing classes for both Portland Community College and Clackamas
Community College. She began her career at George Fox University as guest service director at Tilikum Retreat Center in 1992.
EDUCATION: MS in post-secondary, adult and continuing education, Portland State University
503-554-6182 • mlloyd@georgefox.edu
Rhett F. Luedtke
Associate Professor of Theatre
EXPERTISE:
• Acting
• Directing
• Theatre history
• Acting/directing theory
Received an MFA in directing from Illinois State University and a bachelor's degree in English and theatre and television
Arts from Valparaiso University. At George Fox, he directs the University Theatre season and teaches acting, directing,
theatre history, and acting/directing theory.
EDUCATION: MFA in directing from Illinois State University
503-554-2632 • rluedtke@georgefox.edu
Howard R. Macy
Professor of Religion and Biblical Studies
EXPERTISE:
• Contemporary religious life and issues
• Biblical exegesis and interpretation
• Christian and Quaker history and thought
• Humor and spirituality/the Bible
Previously taught at Friends University in Kansas, Warner Pacific College in Oregon, and Earlham College in Indiana.
Former pastor and denominational administrator in the Friends church. Speaker and workshop leader. Author of Rhythms of
the Inner Life: Yearning for Closeness with God and The Shalom of God. Honored as Professor of the Year at Friends
University.
EDUCATION: PhD in Near Eastern languages and cultures from Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences.
503-554-2655 • hmacy@georgefox.edu
Margaret L. Macy
Associate Professor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Needs of gifted and special education children
• Effective teaching methods
• School counseling programs
• Needs of diabetic patients
Former elementary school counselor and teacher, former church education director, and counselor to diabetic patients.
EDUCATION: PhD in education from Walden University in Minnesota
503-554-2835 • mmacy@georgefox.edu
Michael A. Magill
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
EXPERTISE:
• Civil and Mechanical Engineering
• Applied structures
• Solid mechanics
• Fracture mechanics
• Structural inspection
• Finite elements
• Computer-aided analysis
• Machine tools
• Land surveying
Formerly production systems engineer for Amoco Production Company; computer analyst, structural engineer, and project
supervisor for the Department of the Interior; professor of engineering technology at Oklahoma State University, and
professor/department head of mechanical engineering technology at Purdue University. Registered Professional Engineer in
Oklahoma, Indiana and Oregon.
EDUCATION: PhD in civil engineering from Oklahoma State University
503-554-2784 • mmagill@georgefox.edu
David Manock
Associate Professor of Counseling
EXPERTISE:
• Systemic psychology
• Marriage and family therapy
• Emotionally-focused couple's therapy
• Image of God: an individual's unconscious picture or image of God
• Integration of theology and psychology
• Postmodernity
• Attachment theory
• Church growth
• Biblical leadership: development and dynamic
• Sanctification model for churches
• Spiritual development
• Church reorganization
• Church as a family system
David has been an ordained PCUSA pastor since 1975.
EDUCATION: MDiv from San Francisco Theological Seminary; MMFT and PhD Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology
503-385-4850 • dmanock@georgefox.edu
Mark S. McLeod-Harrison
Professor of Philosophy
EXPERTISE:
• Philosophy and Christian faith
• Religious diversity and the Christian
• Apologetics
• Convergence church movement
Previously taught at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Westmont College in California. Former visiting instructor
of the University of California and Austin College in Texas. Ordained in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches.
Author of Rationality and Theistic Belief.
EDUCATION: PhD in philosophy from University of California
503-554-2654 • mmcleod@georgefox.edu
Lisa Graham McMinn
Professor of Sociology
EXPERTISE:
• Sexuality & Gender
• Social Change
• Family
Previously, McMinn was associate professor and chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Wheaton College
in Illinois. She also taught at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Ill. McMinn has authored three books, most recently
The Contented Soul with IVP.
EDUCATION: PhD in Systems Science/Sociology from Portland State University.
503-554-2742 • lmcminn@georgefox.edu
Mark R. McMinn
Professor of Psychology, Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology
EXPERTISE:
• Integration of psychology and Christianity
• Psychology and the church
• Clergy-psychology collaboration
McMinn began his career at George Fox in 1984, then left in 1993 to take a faculty
position at Wheaton College in Illinois. He taught at Wheaton for 13 years, holding an endowed professorship
from 1996 to 2006, and then returned to George Fox University in 2006. He is author or coauthor of numerous books,
most recently Integrative Psychotherapy: Toward a Comprehensive Christian Approach. APA fellow and ABPP diplomat
in clinical psychology; licensed.
EDUCATION: PhD in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University (Tennessee)
503-554-2380 • mmcminn@georgefox.edu
Matt Meyer
Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Communication
EXPERTISE:
• Film & TV sound
• Audio recording, editing and mixing
• The writings of P.G. Wodehouse
Meyer worked as a sound effects editor and mixer in Hollywood and Portland before coming to George Fox
in 2005.
EDUCATION: MFA in film production from the University of Southern California
503-554-2596 • mmeyer@georgefox.edu
Rand Michael
Associate Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy
Clinical Director of Marriage and Family Therapy
EXPERTISE:
• Individual therapy
• Marital therapy
• Effective interpersonal communication and team building
• Marriage and family issues
• Transitions, loss, and grief
• International clinical services
• Organizational consultation and training
• Personal/executive coaching
• Clinical supervision
• Spiritual formation/integration of psychology and theology
Has taught at Warner Pacific College in Oregon, MidAmerica Nazarene College in Kansas, Central Baptist Theological
Seminary in Kansas, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Missouri, and Portland State University, as well as
lectured at Kansas University Medical School. Clinical training includes work at the Menninger Foundation. Did six years of
pastoral ministry.
EDUCATION: DMin in counseling and prevention services from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Missouri.
Postdoctoral work at Kansas University, Brigham Young University in Utah, and Portland (Ore.) State University.
503-554-6145 • rmichael@georgefox.edu
Ronald Mitchell
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Nursing
EXPERTISE:
• Nursing
• Nursing management
Hired as director of George Fox University's nursing program after chairing the Department of Nursing at Idaho State
University. Mitchell has taught at Idaho State for 15 years. He has a bachelor's degree from Walla Walla College, a master's
degree from California State University, Fresno, and a PhD in nursing education administration from University of Utah.
Has served as a staff nurse in Fresno, Calif., Portland, Ore., West Valley City, Utah, Salt Lake City, and Pocatello, Idaho.
EDUCATION: PhD in nursing education administration from University of Utah
Melanie Springer Mock
Associate Professor of Writing/Literature
EXPERTISE:
• Composition and rhetoric
• Autobiographical theory
• Modern British and American literature
• Great War literature
• Creative Nonfiction
Published Writing Peace: The Unheard Voices of Great War Mennonite Objectors. Member of Mennonite Historical Society
and Christianity and Literature.
EDUCATION: PhD in English literature from Oklahoma State University
503-554-2605 • mmock@georgefox.edu
Ronald L. Mock
Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Political Science
Director of University Scholars Program
EXPERTISE:
• Conflict resolution
• Civilian peacemaking
• Peace issues
• Law and justice issues
• Community mediation
Mock is the author of Loving Without Giving In: Christian Responses to Terrorism and Tyranny, scheduled for publication in
the fall of 2004. He is also the coauthor of When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and Reconciliation in Palestine and
Israel, published in the summer of 2004. He was the director for the Center for Peace and Learning from 1990 to 2003 and
previously taught at Western Evangelical Seminary in Oregon and University of Detroit Law School in Michigan.
EDUCATION: Masters in public administration from Drake University; JD from University of Michigan
503-554-2680 • rmock@georgefox.edu
MaryKate Morse
Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation and Pastoral Studies, George Fox Evangelical Seminary
Director of Masters Programs
EXPERTISE:
• Bible and gender issues
• Healthy and effective spiritual leaders
• Healthy, growing churches
• Team ministry and development
• Spiritual formation
• Systemic change and transformation
Former missionary to Peru and Bolivia. Recorded minister in the Friends Church. Trained spiritual director. Church planter
and current church consultant, especially in pastoral team/staff issues.
EDUCATION: PhD in leadership from Gonzaga University
503-554-6158 • mkmorse@georgefox.edu
Lee Nash
Professor of History
EXPERTISE:
• American history
• American literature
• Christian higher education
• Herbert Hoover
• Writing family history
• Christian renewal movements
• Book collecting
• Oregon Trail
Previously served as vice president for academic affairs at George Fox University from 1984 to 1992. Also taught at Northern
Arizona University and at the original Cascade College in Oregon. Edited Understanding Herbert Hoover: Ten Perspectives.
Edited Francis Fuller Victor's River of the West: The Adventures of Joe Meek, vol.II, The Oregon Years. Awarded the Joel
Palmer Award in 1998 for best article of the year in the Oregon Historical Quarterly, titled "Abigail versus Harvey: Sibling
Rivalry in the Oregon Campaign for Woman Suffrage."
EDUCATION: PhD in American cultural and intellectual history from University of Oregon; MA in American literature
and writing from University of Washington.
503-538-8132 • lnash@georgefox.edu
John R. Natzke
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
EXPERTISE:
• Electromagnetics
• Microwave engineering
• Numerical analysis of antenna devices
EDUCATION: PhD from University of Michigan.
503-554-2783 • jnatzke@georgefox.edu
Robert Nava
Assistant Professor of Education
EXPERTISE:
• Early Literacy in the primary grades
• Multicultural education
EDUCATION: Completing PhD at Oregon State University
503-544-6114 • rnava@georgefox.edu
Roger J. Newell
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
EXPERTISE:
• Writings of C.S. Lewis, T.F. Torrance
• Reformed theology
• Pastoral ministry
• Theological aesthetics
• Theology and science
Previously was associate pastor of a Presbyterian church near Portland. Also, was part-time teaching fellow at University of
Aberdeen, spent eight years as a United Reformed Church pastor in Great Britain, and Reformed chaplain to the University
of Durham in Britain. Author of Passion's Progress, the Meanings of Love.
EDUCATION: PhD in systematic theology from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland
503-554-2660 • rnewell@georgefox.edu
S. Susan Newell
Assistant Professor of Social Work
EXPERTISE:
• Social work
• School-based social work, child and family empowerment
Licensed clinical social worker in the state of Oregon. Previously worked as a special education social worker at an Oregon
elementary school, as a social worker at an Oregon school, and as a child and family therapist for two agencies and an
adolescent residential treatment facility in Oregon. Also organized and maintained a chaplaincy visitors program for the
Durham Health Authority in England and served as a personal tutor at the University of Durham. Taught at the American
School of Aberdeen, Scotland, and at a private Christian high school in California.
EDUCATION: MA in social work from Portland State University
503-554-2747 • snewell@georgefox.edu
Neal P. Ninteman
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
EXPERTISE:
• General mathematics education
• Spiritual and personal mentoring of college students
• Cross-cultural ministry
• Development of student ministry groups
• Contemporary concerns of Russian youth
Spent 11 years with the ministry organization Campus Crusade for Christ; the first three years as business manager and
ministry director for Athletes in Action Basketball, then the following eight years in Russia as campus ministry director at
Moscow State Technical University, and then as national campus ministry director.
EDUCATION: MS in civil engineering from Stanford University
503-554-2714 • nninteman@georgefox.edu
Sylvette Norre
Assistant Professor of French
EXPERTISE:
• French
A native speaker of French, she was born and raised in Bruxelles, Belgium. She attended L'Université Catholique de
Louvain, Louvain, Belgium, and graduated cum laude with a Licence en Sociologie and an Agrégation en Sciences Sociales.
Her Thesis, "Etudes des pratiques de consommation du Théâtre à Bruxelles," was inspired by her interest in theatre. She also
holds a master of arts in teaching from the University of Utah. Norré headed French language and culture teaching projects
in Brussels prior to teaching in the United States. She started teaching at George Fox University in 2000. She travels
extensively in Europe, where she returns yearly. She is interested in contemporary Francophone writers worldwide.
EDUCATION: MAT in teaching languages from University of Utah
503-554-2642 • snorre@georgefox.edu
Mark L. Ocker
Assistant Professor of Professional Studies
EXPERTISE:
• Adult and community education
• Nonverbal communication
• Organizational behavior
• Leadership
Previously served as a Friends (Quaker) missionary in Alaska, as a pastor, and as headmaster at a Friends boarding school
in Ohio, and a marketing researcher.
EDUCATION: BA in Religion from George Fox University; MAT from Alaska Pacific University
503-554-6186 • mark.ocker@georgefox.edu
Susan L. O'Donnell
Assistant Professor of Psychology
EXPERTISE:
• Child and adolescent development
• Relationship research
Ongoing research examining children's motivation and parent (especially father)-child relationships. Also examining the
relation between adolescent religiosity and risk behaviors. Annual presentations.
EDUCATION: PhD in child psychology, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
503-554-2756 • sodonnel@georgefox.edu
Mary R. Olson
Assistant Professor of Management, Boise Center
EXPERTISE:
• Adult learning programs
• Writing
• Research
Taught since 1986 at George Fox University's Boise Center. Previously taught at Oregon Institute of Technology and was an
assistant dean of admission at both Boise State University and Pacific Lutheran University. Also worked as an experimental
psychologist for Hewlett-Packard Corp.'s Human Factors Engineering department.
EDUCATION: PhD in philosophy from the University of Idaho
208-375-3900 • molson@georgefox.edu
Paul Otto
Professor of History
Chairperson of Department of History and Political Science
EXPERTISE:
• Early American and Native American history
• New Netherland, European-Native American relations in the Colonial northeast
• Wampum
• Native Americans in film and history
Named to Who´s Who Among America´s Teachers in 2002, 2004, and 2005. Published book in 2006: The Dutch-Munsee
Encounter in America: The Struggle for Sovereignty in the Hudson Valley (New York: Berghahn, 2006). Published several
articles, including "Reassessing American Frontier Theory: Culture, Cultural Relativism, and the Middle Ground," in Sylvia
Hinton and C.A. van Minnen, ed., Frontiers and Boundaries in United States History; "Common Practices and Mutual
Misunderstandings: Henry Hudson, Native Americans, and the Birth of New Netherland" in De Halve Maen LXXII; "Peter
Stuyvesant" in American National Biography; "The Origins of New Netherland: Interpreting Native American Responses to Henry
Hudson´s Visit" in Itinerario VXIII; and "History as a Humanity: Reading and Literacy in the History Classroom," in
The History Teacher 26. Received the Hendricks Manuscript Award in 1998 for his work on Dutch-
Indian relations in New Netherland. Received the J. William Fulbright Research Grant for research in the Netherlands for
1993-94.
EDUCATION: PhD in history from Indiana University
503-554-2676 • potto@georgefox.edu
Devorah Overbay
Associate Professor of Nursing
EXPERTISE:
• Cardiovascular nursing
• Adult critical care nursing
• Adult solid organ transplantation
• Medical surgical nursing
• Community leadership
Overbay has taught at various university school's of nursing as clinical instructor while practicing as a clinical
nurse specialist since 1995. As a consultant, Overbay has been involved in the continuing education of nursing staff throughout
Oregon and Southwestern Washington since relocating to the Northwest in 2000. Overbay is licensed as a registered nurse
and clinical nurse specialist in state of Oregon and acts as an expert clinician and consultant to hospitals and clinics
throughout Oregon and southwestern Washington.
EDUCATION: MSN in cardiovascular and medical/surgical nursing from Yale University School of Nursing; BSN from University
of Washington School of Nursing.
503-554-2956 • doverbay@georgefox.edu
Mary A. Peterson
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
EXPERTISE:
• Clinical supervision
• Healthcare management
Served as clinical coordinator for inpatient, partial hospitalization and residential treatment center programs in Scottsbluff,
Neb. Current research includes predicting adjustment of youth with conduct disorder and defining outcome variables
following secure residential treatment for adults with serious mental illness.
EDUCATION: PhD in philosophy in clinical psychology from California School of Professional Psychology
Polly R. Peterson
Assistant Professor of Writing and Literature
Associate Director of the Academic Resource Center
EXPERTISE:
• Basic writing instruction
• Writing center theory
• Curriculum and development
Previously, Peterson served as an adjunct professor at George Fox University in the writing and literature department and assisted in the development of several courses in the university's Educational Foundations and Leadership program.
EDUCATION: MEd in curriculum and development from George Fox University
503-554-2602 • popeters@georgefox.edu
Alex A. Pia
Assistant Professor of English as a Second Language
Director of International Student Services
EXPERTISE:
• Needs facing international students studying in the United States
• Teaching of English as a second language
Pia previously taught at Portland State University, Concordia University, Warner Pacific College, and Mount Hood
Community College, all in Oregon.
EDUCATION: MA in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Portland State University
503-554-2643 • apia@georgefox.edu
Donald R. Powers
Professor of Biology
Chairperson of the Department of Biology and Chemistry
EXPERTISE:
• Ornithology, particularly hummingbird physiology and behavior
• Comparative physiology
• Physiology ecology
Previously taught at Biola University, Saddleback Community College, and Sierra Community College, all in California.
EDUCATION: PhD in physiological ecology from the University of California-Davis
503-554-2705 • dpowers@georgefox.edu