Faculty Scholarship and Achievement Committee
The George Fox University Faculty Scholarship and Achievement (FSA) Committee, previously known as the Faculty Development Committee (FDC), was established to facilitate professional development and effective teaching through research and to encourage faculty to make research results available to a public forum for professional consideration.
Through a generous donation each year, the FSA Committee is able to fund a number of summer research grants, research leaves, and faculty writing workshops. Current research grants have been funded by a generous donation from the Morland Family Trust.
Each year the FSA Committee is responsible for selecting the winners of the Faculty Achievement Award for Research and Scholarship from nominations submitted by faculty members. Two awards are given, one for an outstanding undergraduate faculty member and one for an outstanding graduate or George Fox Digital faculty member.
The faculty members selected present their research at two faculty lectures the following academic year. The Fall Faculty Lecture features the undergraduate recipient of the award, and the Spring Faculty Lecture features the graduate/George Fox Digital recipient of the award.
Faculty Lectures
Spring 2026 Faculty Lecture:
Tuesday, March 3rd, at 6 p.m. in Hoover 105
Join us for the Spring 2026 Faculty Lecture featuring Dr. Jeongah Kim, Professor of Social Work and recipient of the 2024-25 Faculty Achievement Award for Graduate Research & Scholarship.
View previous FACULTY LECTURE VIDEOS.
2025-26 Faculty Scholarship and Achievement Committee
- Jason Brumitt (Chair)
- Nathan Slegers (Co-Chair)
- Daniel Kang
- John Schmitt
- Marvin Eans
- Tiffany Hokanson
- Alex Rolfe
- Chengping Zhang
- Kristina Kays
- Thomas Shifley
- Abraham Kang
- Jesse Peterson
- AAO: Rachel Winslow
2024-25 Faculty Achievement Awards for Research and Scholarship
- Undergraduate - Abraham Kang, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Graduate/SPS - Jeongah Kim, PhD, Professor of Social Work
2025 Summer Grants were awarded to:
- Ryan Jacobson
- Earnest Kim
- Jason Lepojarvi
- Heidi Pullmann-Lindsley
- Jay Miller
- Aaron Sullivan
2025 Summer Collaborative Grants were awarded to:
- Pablo Burgos, Abraham Kang
- Scott Burkhart, Matt Miller, Tyler Whited
- Rebecca Dobler, Matt Klein
- Shawn Hussey, Paul Shelton
2025-2026 Research Leaves were awarded to:
- Travis Ross
- Arielle Hodges