Brian Doak, PhD
Department Chair, College of Christian Studies
Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
Office: Hoover 238
Office Hours: Contact for hours
MA, Missouri State University
BA, Evangel University
Teaching and Research Interests: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament; Hebrew language; history of interpretation; archaeology of the ancient Near East; comparative religion in the ancient world; the Book of Job; iconography and art history of the ancient Near East
Brian Doak is currently chair of the College of Christian Studies and associate professor of biblical studies. He has served as a pastor, worked on an archaeological excavation in Israel, toiled away for a summer in an aluminum foundry, lived in a village in Tanzania, wrote his doctoral dissertation as a stay-at-home dad to an infant, and tried and failed to summit Mt. Hood several times. He has been married to his wife Susan for nearly two decades, and they raise their daughters in a small town outside of Portland, Oregon.
Dr. Doak hosts his CV/résumé online, as a public GoogleDoc, here. Many of his academic publications can be downloaded here, from his Academia.edu profile, and teaching videos can be located here on his YouTube channel. He posts his Pacific northwest hiking and climbing adventures on his Instagram page (@brian.r.doak), and co-hosts a podcast called “Weird Religion” with Leah Payne at www.weirdreligion.com.