Visiting Professors and Adjunct Faculty
Visiting Professors
Len Sweet
Visiting Distinguished Professor
Academic Background: An honors and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Richmond, he earned his M.Div. from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and
Expertise and Research Interests: Full
Email: lsweet@georgefox.edu
Jason Swan Clark
Visiting Professor and Founding Pastor of
Academic Background: PhD, "Evangelicalism and Capitalism: A Reparative Account and Diagnosis of Pathogeneses in the Relationship," ; DMin, Theology and Leadership, Portland Seminary; BA, Hons Theology, London School of Theology. He is the lead mentor for Portland Seminary's Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives.
Certifications: Post Graduate Certificate in Education, University of Greenwich (London)
Expertise and Interests: Ecclesiology, worship, theological anthropology, political theology, spiritual formation, leadership, capitalism and consumerism, Christian ethics, visual ethnography, evangelical theology & history, charismatic and pentecostal theology, missional theology, church planting, preaching & teaching, theological education & practice
E-Mail: jclark@georgefox.edu
Website:
Ken Van Vliet
Guest Mentor; Pastor, Monte Vista Chapel
Academic Background:BA, Business Administration, California State University Stanislaus; MDiv, Bethel Theological Seminary; DMin, Leadership and Spiritual Formation, Portland Seminary.
Expertise and Interests:Spiritual formation in the local church; systemic, organizational and cultural change; leadership development; pastoral coaching.
E-Mail: kvanvliet@georgefox.edu, ken@mvcturlock.com
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Adjunct Faculty
Dominic Abaria
Adjunct Professor of Leadership & Formation
Academic Background: DMin, Portland Seminary; MDiv, Western Seminary; BA, Concordia University
Certifications: Association of Professional Chaplains
Expertise and Interests: Ministerial and Clergy Burnout, Non-profit Organizational Leadership, Pastoral Leadership, Preaching, Teaching, Christian Spiritual Formation, and Spiritual Direction
Email: dabaria@georgefox.edu
Website:
Alyssa Bell
Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Formation
Academic Background: DMin Leadership & Spiritual Formation, Portland Seminary; MDiv Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Certifications: Spiritual Direction Training, Companioning Center
Expertise and Interests: Pastoral Care, Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Care for Mothers in Ministry
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Email: abell@georgefox.edu
Cherice Bock
Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Formation
Academic Background: MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary; MS, Antioch University; PhD Candidate, Antioch University
Expertise and Interests: Intersectional Justice Issues, Nonviolent Theology, Nature Writing, and Quaker Studies
Email: cbock@georgefox.edu
Website:
Amber M. Dillon
Adjunct Professor of New Testament Studies
Academic Background: PhD, New Testament, Ridley Melbourne; MA, Biblical and Theological Studies, Western Seminary
Expertise and Interests: Johannine literature, New Testament Greek, New Testament Use of Old Testament
Email: adillon@georgefox.edu
Haley Gabrielle
Adjunct Professor of New Testament
Academic Background: PhD, New Testament, Emory University; MAR, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Yale Divinity School; BA, Classics, Kenyon College
Expertise and Interests: Luke-Acts, Gender/Sexuality, Race/Ethnicity, Postcolonialism, Minoritized Interpretation, South Asian (American) Interpretation
Email: hgabrielle@georgefox.edu
Lynn Clouser Holt
Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Formation
Academic Background: MDiv, Portland Seminary
Certifications: Spiritual Director, Portland Seminary; Spiritual Direction Training, Mercy Center Colorado Springs; Spiritual Direction Supervision Training, Mercy Center Burlingame
Expertise and Interests: The intersection of psychology, spirituality, theology in relation to
Email: lholt@georgefox.edu
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Peter Lim
Adjunct Professor of Ministry Leadership
Academic Background: PhD, Gonzaga University; MA, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Fox University; MDiv., ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Fox University
Expertise & Interests: Context and Contextualization; Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Studies; Leadership Studies, Mentoring in Partnership Development; Religion and Ecology; Third-Culture Building
Email: plim@georgefox.edu
David McDonald
Adjunct Professor of Ministry Leadership
Project Faculty, DMin
Academic Background: DMin, Portland Seminary; MA, Southerwestern Christian University; BA, Trinity Western University
Certifications:Founder: Fossores Chapter House; Distinguished Dissertation Award, 2005 Portland Seminary
Expertise and Interests: Punk Rock and Patristic Theology
Email: dmcdonald@georgefox.edu
Website:
Karen Murphy
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology
Academic Background: PhD, Fuller Seminary; MAT, Fuller Seminary; BA, Seattle Pacific University
Expertise and Interests: Pentecostal History and Theology, Catholicism, Ecumenism, Sacramental Theology, Liturgical Theology, Global Christianity, Christian Mysticism, Christian Spirituality, Theology and Film
Thomas Payne
Adjunct Professor of Chaplaincy
Academic Background: Master of Theological Studies, Vanderbilt University
Professional Affiliation: Providence Cancer Institute
Certifications: Association of Professional Chaplains
Expertise and Interests: Chaplaincy in ambulatory medical environments and the influence of secular spiritualities on patient experiences in American healthcare
Email: paynet@georgefox.edu
Susan Rose
Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Studies
Academic Background: BA, University of Florida; MDiv, Memphis Theological Seminary; DMin, Portland Seminary (Leadership and Spiritual Formation)
Certifications: Certified Spiritual Director
Expertise and Interests: Women in Ministry; Entrepreneurial Ministry; Church Leadership
Jeffrey Tacklind
Adjunct Professor of Ministry Leadership
Academic Background: DMin, Portland Seminary; MA, Talbot Seminary, Philosophy of Religion
Certifications: Spiritual Director
Expertise and Interests: Spiritual Formation, Pilgrimage, Epistemology
Website:
Email: jtacklind@georgefox.edu
Jason Wellman
Adjunct Professor of Ministry Leadership
Project Faculty, DMIN in Leadership and Spiritual Formation
Academic Background: DMin, Portland Seminary; MDiv, Ashland Theological Seminary; BS, Music Education, Bluffton University
Expertise and Interests:Wesleyan Theology, Faith and Work/Vocation, Faith Integration, Church and Pastoral Leadership, Discernment Practices, Spiritual Formation, Leadership Coaching.
Email: jwellman@georgefox.edu
Website:
Jeremy I. Williams
Adjunct Professor of Old Testament Studies
Academic Background: PhD, UCLA; MA, UCLA; MATS, Portland Seminary; BA, Wheaton College
Expertise and Interests: Hebrew Bible; Persian Period / Second Temple Studies; Interdisciplinary approaches involving ritual studies, economic anthropology, and other socio-scientific methods; Latino/a Biblical Interpretation
Email: jeremyw@georgefox.edu