Nov 21, 2024  
Gordon College Academic Catalog 2024-2025 
  
Gordon College Academic Catalog 2024-2025

Directory



Board of Trustees

Rev. Dr. Samuel Acevedo
Boston, Massachusetts 
Pastor for Social Transformation at the Congregación León de Judá 

Dr. William E. Brown  
Mars Hill, North Carolina
Senior Fellow of Worldview and Culture, Colson Center for Christian Worldview

Mr. Francis K. Brown II 
Danvers, Massachusetts
National Managing Partner of Capin Crouse LLP

Dr. Dorothy Chappell
West Chicago, Illinois
Dean of Natural and Social Sciences, Wheaton College (Ret.)

Mr. Foster Chase, Jr.
Colbert, Washington
Principal, CLQ Solutions

Mrs. Lisa B. Forkner
Hingham, Massachusetts
Member, Board of Directors, Christian Camps and Conferences Inc.

Mr. Charley George
Weston, Florida
VP, Corporate Controller and Treasurer, ChenMed

Mr. Gordon Hall
Houston, Texas
Chairman, Archrock, Inc. 

Mr. Peter F. Herschend
Branson, Missouri
Co-founder, Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation

Rev. Enoch Liao
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston Chinese Evangelical Church 

Mr. Douglas R. MacGray
West Chester, Pennsylvania
President of Stonecrop Wealth Advisors

Dr. Reid Maclellan
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
Founder and CEO, Cortiana Health Inc. 

Mrs. Alexis Rapo 
Marstons Mills, Massachusetts 
Founder, JACKSPOT, Inc. 

Dr. Ravi Ravicandran 
Winchester, Massachusetts
VP and CTO, BAE Systems

Dr. Dante Rutstrom
Blountville, Tennessee
Former Chemical Industry Executive, Eastman Chemical

Mr. John K. Sargent, Jr.
Hingham, Massachusetts
President and Managing Director, Middleton & Company, Inc.

Rev. Samuel A. Schreiner III
Derry, New Hampshire
Executive Director and Board Member, Friends of Forman Christian College

Mr. Santiago Sedaca 
McLean, Virginia
CIO and Economic Growth Practice Lead, DT Global

Mrs. Mary Shahian 
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Partner, Daintree Advisors

Mrs. Madelyn M. Shields
Manchester, Massachusetts
Founding Member, Alpha New England 

Mrs. Lori Smith 
Chino Hills, California
Licensed real estate brocker  

Dr. Carrie D. Tibbles (Chair)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Director of Graduate Medical Education and Vice Chair of Clinical Innovations, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Mrs. Karon Williamson
Topsfield, Massachusetts
Writer and Public Speaker

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Trustees Emeriti


CLASS OF 2012

James H. Roberts ‘66B
Coventry, Rhode Island
President, Armbrust International

David R. Young
Oxford, England
Founder and Managing Director, Oxford Analytica Ltd.

CLASS OF 2013

Donald P. Chase
Fort Myers, Florida
Corporate Executive (Ret.), Investor

Peter Bennett
Hingham, Massachusetts
Founder, Boston Private Financial Holdings, Investor

Peter Blackwell
West Kingston, Rhode Island
Principal (Ret.)

Seppo Rapo
Marstons Mills, Massachusetts
Physician

John Zvara
Lexington, Massachusetts
President, Park Street Kids, Inc.

CLASS OF 2015

Harold L. Myra
Carol Stream, Illinois
CEO of Christianity Today (Ret.)

President’s Senior Leadership Team

* Date following title indicates beginning of full-time continuous faculty appointment of Gordon.

Michael D. Hammond, Ph.D.
President, 2021
B.A., Taylor University; M.A., Wheaton College; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Tim Breene, B.A.
Executive Vice President of Strategy and Innovation
B.A., Trinity College, Dublin

Britt Carlson Easton, B.A.
Vice President for Advancement
B.A., Gordon College

Sandra M. Doneski, Ph.D.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of Music; Director, Graduate Program in Music Education, 1999
B.M., Gordon College; M.M.Ed., Ph.D., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford

Jeff Eubank
Interim CFO and VP of Finance
B.S., Old Dominion University; M.B.A., Cairn University 

 

Faculty

Faculty - Undergraduate 

* Date following title indicates beginning of full-time continuous faculty appointment of Gordon.

Liza Abraham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2023. B.Sc., Kerala University; M.Sc., Mahatma Gandhi University; M.Phil., Cochin University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology.

Stephen G. Alter, Ph.D., Professor of History, 2000. B.M., Southern Methodist University; M.M., University of Texas Austin; M.A., Rice University; Ph.D., University of Michigan.

Ellen Ballock, Ph.D., Dean, School of Education, 2013. B.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University.

Graeme D. Bird, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics and Classics, 2001. B.A., M.A., Auckland University; B.M., Berklee College of Music; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University.

Susan C. Bobb, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 2015. B.S., Sweet Briar College; M.A., University of Virginia; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Dorothy F. Boorse, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 1999. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison.

Paul A. Brink, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, 2006. B.A., Redeemer University College; M.A., Dalhousie University; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame.

Mark W. Cannister, Ed.D., Professor of Christian Ministries, 1992. B.S., California University of Pennsylvania; M.A., West Virginia University; Ed.D., University of Pittsburgh.

Sean Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Kinesiology; Director of Health Professions, 2000. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., Oregon State University.

Sybil W. Coleman, M.S.W., Professor of Social Work, 1989. B.A., Gordon College; M.Ed., Salem State College; M.S.W., University of Minnesota Duluth.

Kaye V. Cook, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology; Chair, Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work, 1978. B.A., Georgia College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina.

Kristen Cooper, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics and Business; Chair, Department of Economics and Business, 2013. B.A., Gordon College; Ph.D., Cornell University.

Karl-Dieter Crisman, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, 2005. B.A., Northwestern University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Ryan Daley, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2022. B.A., Gordon College; Ph.D., Boston College.

Gregory Deddo, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of Art, 2021. B.A., Judson University; M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design.

Ian DeWeese-Boyd, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Education, 2002. B.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., Covenant Theological Seminary; Ph.D., St. Louis University.

Damon DiMauro, Ph.D., Professor of French, 2001. B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison.

Mathew Doll, M.F.A., Director, Gordon in Orvieto, 2011. B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Sandra M. Doneski, Ph.D., Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of Music; Director, Graduate Program in Music Education, 1999. B.M., Gordon College; M.M.Ed., Ph.D., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford.

Julia D’Onofrio, M.Ed., Instructor Teaching Professor, 2018. B.A., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Kelly Foster, M.A., Associate Professor of Art, 2022. B.A., Texas A&M University; M.A., Harvard University.

Andrea K. Frankwitz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2006. B.A., Evangel College; M.A., University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University.

Mark D. Gedney, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, 1998. B.A., Gordon College; M.Litt., University of Edinburgh; Ph.D., Boston University.

Ivy George, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, 1983. B.A., M.S.W., Stella Maris College; Ph.D., Brandeis University; M.T.S., Harvard University.

K. David Goss, M.A., Assistant Professor in the Practice of History, 1999. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Tufts University.

Sarah Grant, Ed.D., Associate Professor in the Practice of Education, Director of Graduate Education, 2023. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., University of Southern Maine; Ed.D., Northeastern University.

Noelle Guerin, B.A., Instructor Teaching Professor, Professional in Residence for Strategic Communication for the Communication Arts, 2023. B.A., Gordon College.

Stephanie Hadden, M.S., Associate Professor in the Practice of Accounting, 2021. B.A., Northeastern University; M.S., Gordon College.

Kerilyn Harkaway-Krieger, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2015. B.A., Hope College; M.A., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., Indiana University.

Jennifer Hevelone-Harper, Ph.D., Professor of History; Chair, Department of Political Science, Philosophy, and History, 1998. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.

Ya Lin Huang, Ph.D., Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, 2019. B.M., Taipei University of Education; M.M., New England Conservatory; D.M.A., Boston University.

Amy Brown Hughes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology, 2015. B.A., Oral Roberts University; M.A., Ph.D., Wheaton College.

Steven A. Hunt, Ph.D., Professor of New Testament, 2001. B.A., Northwestern College; M.C.S., Regent College; Ph.D., University of Sheffield.

Norman M. Jones, M.A., Professor of Theatre Arts, 1985. B.S., Houghton College; M.A., University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

Gregory Keller, Ph.D., Professor of Biology; Chair, Department of Life, Health, and Physical Sciences, 2007. B.S., Alma College; M.A., The College of William and Mary; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Sharon Ketcham, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Christian Ministries; Chair, Department of Biblical Studies and Christian Ministries, 2004. B.A., Gordon College; M.Th., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston College.

Minji Kim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Music, 2022. B.A., Yeungnam University; M.A., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., University of Maryland.

Joanna Kline, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, 2020. B.A., Gordon College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Harvard University.

Mary Montgomery Koppel, Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, 2014. B.A., Middlebury College; Diplome in Composition, l’Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris; D.M.A., Boston University.

Sarita Kwok, D.M.A., Professor of Music; Artist in Residence; Chair, Department of Music, 2014. B.A., University of Sydney; M.M., Michigan State University; M.M., D.M.A., Yale University.

Mina Lim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering, 2022. B.A., Texas A&M University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University.

Mengqi Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Business and Economics, 2021. B.A., Communication University of China; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico.

Samuel D. Mason, M.S., Instructor of Chemistry and Biology, 2020. B.A., Gordon College; M.S., The College of William and Mary.

Kenann McKenzie-DeFranza, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Practice of Education, Director of Academic Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, 2023. B.A., Cornell University; M.Ed., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Columbia University.

Ruth Melkonian-Hoover, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, 2005. B.A., Biola University; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University.

Jessica Modaff, D.M.A., Assistant Professor of Music, 2011. B.M., Wheaton College; M.M., D.M.A. Boston University.

Andy Moore, Professor in the Practice of Economics and Business, 2011. B.S., California State University; M.S., Philadelphia Bible University; M.S., Troy State University.

Timothy Morgan, M.S., Teaching Professor in Communication Arts and The Great Conversation, 2020. B.A., Gordon College; M.S., Boston University.

Marnie Nair, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education, 2023. B.A., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., Teacher’s College at Columbia University; M.Ed., Ph.D., Harvard University.

Priscilla S. Nelson, Ed.D., Professor of Education; Graduate Education Program Director, 2001. B.S., Gordon College; M.Ed., Boston University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Daniel Norton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2019. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University.

Erica Oldaker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2021. B.S., Lee University; M.S., Ph.D., Baylor University.

Luke Redington, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English; Director of the Tupper Writing Center, 2020. B.A., M.A., Kansas State University; Ph.D., Purdue University.

Myron Schirer-Suter, Ed.D., Director of Library Services, 2004. B.A., David Lipscomb University; M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; M.A.R., David Lipscomb University; Ed.D., Pepperdine University.

Kent Seibert, D.B.A., Professor of Economics and Business, 2008. A.B., Kenyon College; M.A.I.R., M.A., University of Minnesota; D.B.A., Boston University.

Jonathan R. Senning, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1993. B.S., Gordon College; M.A.M., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Chan Shin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, 2023. B.A., Seoul National University; M.A., Seoul National University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.

Kristen E. Siaw, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physics and Chemistry, 2018. B.S., Biola University; Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara. 

Greg Smith, M.B.A., Associate Professor in the Practice of Business and Marketing, 2021. B.S., California State University Long Beach; M.S., Northeastern University; M.B.A., Endicott College.

Robert G. Southard, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, 2022. B.A., Ithaca College; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; D.M.A., Michigan State University.

Jeffrey Stevenson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish; Senior Adviser to the Graduate Leadership program, 2020. B.A., Central Washington University; M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington. 

Mark Stevick, M.A., Professor of English, 1998. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Boston University.

Craig M. Story, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 2002. B.S., Gordon College; Ph.D., Brandeis University.

Stephen Strombeck, Ph.D., Professor of Business and Marketing, 2023. B.A., Westmont College; MBA, Pepperdine University; Ph.D., The University of Mississippi.

Yi Sun, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, 2021. B.Ed., Beijing Sport University; Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Oleksiy Svitelskiy, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, 2014. B.S., Kyiv State Taras Shevchenko University; Ph.D., Lehigh University.

Russ Tuck, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science, 2015. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Duke University.

Chris Underation, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication Arts, 2020. B.A., Mount Union College; M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; M.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., Regent University. 

Michael H. Veatch, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics; Chair, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, 1987. B.A., Whitman College; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Andrea Welty Peachey, M.M.Ed., Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Education, 2023. B.A., Goshen College; M.Ed., The Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford.

Jon Welty Peachey, Ph.D., Dean of Academic Affairs; Professor of Sport Management and Leadership, 2022. B.S., Goshen College; M.Ed., Temple University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut.

Robert J. Whittet, M.Div., Professor in the Practice of Christian Ministries; Director of Church Relations, 1998. B.A., Gordon College; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Sophia Wetzig, M.F.A., Assistant Professor of English, 2023. B.A., Gordon College; M.F.A., Columbia University.

Rachel Jong-in Chang Yoo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication Arts, 2018. B.A., Ewha Womans University; M.A., Seoul National University; Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Shelly Zhang, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science, 2023. B.S., University of Science & Technology of China; M.S., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Yuanming Zheng, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 2002. B.S., M.S., Southwest Agricultural University; Ph.D., Washington State University.

 

Faculty - Graduate Education

Stephen G. Alter, Ph.D., Professor of History, 2000. B.M., Southern Methodist University; M.M., University of Texas Austin; M.A., Rice University; Ph.D., University of Michigan.

Ellen Ballock, Ph.D., Dean, School of Education, Professor of Education, 2013. B.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Graeme Bird, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics and Classics, 2001. B.A., M.A., Auckland University; B.M., Berklee College of Music; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University.

Susan C. Bobb, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 2015. B.S., Sweet Briar College; M.A., University of Virginia; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Sean Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Kinesiology, 2000. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., Oregon State University.

Karl-Dieter Crisman, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, 2005. B.A., Northwestern University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Kenann McKenzie-DeFranza, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Practice of Education, Director of Academic Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, 2023. B.A., Cornell University; M.Ed., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Columbia University.

Krista Erikson, M.A.T., Teaching Professor of Graduate Education. B.S., M.A.T., Gordon College.

K. David Goss, M.A., Assistant Professor in the Practice of History, 1999. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Tufts University.

Sarah Grant, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education, Director of Graduate Education, 2023. B.A., Gordon College; M.Ed., University of Southern Maine; Ed.D., Northeastern University.

Nili Luo, Ed.D., Professor and Administrator of the Chinese Early Childhood Program, 2021. B.A., Tongling University; M.A., East Normal University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts.

Priscilla Nelson, Ed.D., Professor of Education, Graduate Education Program Director, 2001. B.S., Gordon College; Ed.M., Boston University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Jeffrey Stevenson, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish, 2020. B.A., Central Washington University; M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Central Washington University.

Craig Story, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 2002. B.S., Gordon College; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University.

Chad Stutz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2011. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., University of Nevada Las Vegas; Ph.D., Boston College.

Oleksiy Svitelskiy, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, 2014. B.S., Kyiv State Taras Schevchenko University; Ph.D.. Lehigh University.

Russ Tuck, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science, 2015. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Duke University.

Michael H. Veatch, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, 1987. B.A., Whitman College; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Faculty - Master of Public Health 

Michael Ritter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Public Health, 2022. B.S., Grove City College; M.P.H., Emory University; Ph.D., Tufts University.

Heather Sipsma, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health, 2021. B.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Yale University.

Faculty - Master of Science in Financial Analysis

Ivan Filby, Ph.D., Interim Executive Director of the M.S. in Financial Analysis, Executive Director of Gordon Global Adult Education. B.Sc. (hons), Aston University; M.A., Sheffield University; M.A., Dublin University; Ph.D., Aston University.

Stephanie Hadden, C.P.A., Associate Professor in the Practice of Accounting. B.S., Northeastern University; M.S.F.A., Gordon College.

Andrew P. Moore, C.P.A., Professor in the Practice of Economics and Business, 2011. B.S., California State University, Los Angeles; M.S., Troy State University; M.S., Philadelphia Biblical University.

Faculty - Graduate Music Education

Sandra Doneski, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, 1999. B.M., Gordon College; M.M.Ed., Ph.D., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford.

Jessica Modaff, D.M.A., Assistant Professor of Music, 2011. B.M., Wheaton College; M.M., D.M.A., Boston University

Andrea Welty Peachey, M.M.Ed., Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, 2023. B.A., Goshen College; M.M. Ed., The Hartt School at the University of Hartford.

 

Faculty - Graduate Leadership

Susan Banke, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Baptist Bible College; M.S., Ph.D., Barry University.

Jeffrey Stevenson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish; Senior Adviser to the Graduate Leadership program, 2020. B.A., Central Washington University; M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington. 

Part-time Faculty - Graduate Education

Vincenzo Antignani, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Naples, Portici, Italy.

Bryan Auday, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Biola University; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., Colorado State University.

Debra L. Auday, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Biola University; M.Ed., Lesley College.

Jeffrey R. Barraclough, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., University of New Hampshire.

Nancy Capen, M.A.T., Lecturer. B.A., B.S., Gordon College; C.A.G.S., M.A.T., Salem State University.

Samantha Claveau, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Stonehill College; M.Ed., Gordon College.

Blair Cochran, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Rachel de Nijs, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Saint Louis University; M.A., University of Cincinnati.

Sara Doughty, M.A.T., Lecturer. B.S., M.A.T., Gordon College.

Abigail Downing, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Gordon College.

James Drimalla, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Trinity International University; M.S., Loyola University; Ph.D., University of Georgia.

Ian Drummond, M.Div., Lecturer. B.A., George Mason University; M.A., Tufts University; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Holly Gershman, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Clayton Hall, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Southern Connecticut State University; M.A., Bowdoin College; Ed.D., Columbia University.

Michael Hildebrandt, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Colby College; M.S.Ed., Simmons College; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire.

Mariann Illingworth, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Salem State College.

Wendy Jacobson, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Gordon College; Math Program of Study, University of California, Berkeley.

Larry Kamp, D.S.M., Lecturer. B.M., Boston University School of Theology; M.S.M., Boston University School of Theology; D.S.M., Boston University School of Theology.

Amanda Lecaroz, C.A.G.S., Lecturer. B.S., State University of New York at Cortland; M.Ed., Notre Dame College; C.A.G.S., Plymouth State University.

Kimberly Leonard, Ed.S., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Gordon College.

Elissa Lincoln, B.A., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College.

R. Paul Mason, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., Wheaton College; M.S., M.Ed., University of Colorado; Ph.D., Northeastern University.

Thomas Messinger, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Santiago State University; M.Ed., University of Kansas.

Thomas Milachewski, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Colby College; M.Ed., Boston University; M.Ed., Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Heidi Mongeau, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Salem State College; M.Ed., Gordon College.

Kathleen Mort, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Rhode Island College; Ed.D., Johnson and Wales University.

Christen Nine, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Lauren O’Leary, M.S., Lecturer. B.A., Saint Joseph’s College, M.S., University of Hartford.

Moises Park, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California - Davis.

Maria Perez, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., M.S., Salem State University; Ed.D., Johnson and Wales University.

Margaret Pickett, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Simmons College; M.Ed., Lesley University; C.A.G.S., Salem State University; Ed.D., Cambridge College.

Rebecca Pitkin, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., Gordon College; M.Ed., University of Nevada; Ph.D., Iowa State University.

Jessica Pooley, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Elissa Arndt Rader, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., C.C.C.-S.L.P., Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health Professions; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Mary Riso, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Georgetown University; M.Div., Th.M. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Stirling.

Joshua Robinson, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Westfield State.

Elizabeth Scottron, M.A.T., Lecturer. B.S., M.A.T., Gordon College.

Jillayne Stutz, Ed.S., Lecturer. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Ed.S., Gordon College.

Abigail Sullivan, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., M.A.T., Gordon College; Ed.D., Northeastern University.

Jamiee L. Taborda, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.Ed., Fitchburg State College.

Andre Tavares, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; M.S., Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Ph.D., Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Edward Vander Brug, M.F.A., Lecturer. B.F.A., Calvin College; M.F.A., Tufts University / School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Eric Vendt, Ed.S., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Gordon College.

Doris-Ann Vosseler, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., M.A., Houghton College; M.A., Middlebury College.

Katherine Ware, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Montclair State University; M.A., New Jersey City University.

Marie White, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; Master of Philosophy, City University of New York; M.A., State University of New York; Ph.D., City University of New York.

Elizabeth J. Wilcoxson, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Boston College.

Kim Winsor, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Boston University.

Part-time Faculty - Master of Public Health

Rachelle Chiang, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Instructor. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.P.H., George Washington University; Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Casey Hughes, M.A., M.C.H.E.S., Instructor. B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., University of Alabama.

Marshae McNeal, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S., Instructor. B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi.

Christine Palmer, Ed.D., M.P.H., M.C.H.E.S., Instructor. B.A., Christopher Newport University; M.P.H., Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; Ed.D., University of South Carolina.

LaReisha Robison, Dr. P.H., M.P.H., Instructor. B.S., University of Southern Mississippi; M.P.H., University of Southern Mississippi; Dr.P.H., Jackson State University.

Part-time Faculty - Master of Science in Financial Analysis

Leah Archibald, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.B.A., Olin Business School of Babson College. 

Todd Chesebro, P.h.D., Senior Instructor. B.A., University of Phoenix; M.A., University of Texas at Arlington; P.h.D., Capella University.

Brian Eddy, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., Gordon College; M.B.A., Boston University. 

Bob Gough, P.h.D., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Bates College; Ph.D., Duke University.

Jonathan Gray, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., Duquesne University; M.B.A., University of Texas. 

Gordon Hall, S.M., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; S.M., Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tanya Holcomb, M.Acc., Senior Lecturer. B.B.A., Michael J. Coles College of Kennesaw State University; M.B.A., M.Acc., Liberty University. 

Craig Hovda, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.B.A., Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis. 

Robert Howell, D.B.A., Lecturer. B.S., Bucknell University; M.B.A., Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; D.B.A., Harvard University.

Dan Kuzmak, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.B.A., University of Connecticut.

Randy Markley, P.h.D., Senior Lecturer. B.A., University of La Verne; M.A., University of Southern California; M.B.A., University of La Verne; Ph.D., Warrington College of Business of University of Florida. 

William Messenger, D.Min., Senior Lecturer. B.S., Case Western Reserve University; M.B.A., Harvard Business School; M.Div., Boston University; D.Min., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 

Michael Portnoy, C.F.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., M.B.A., Stetson University.

David Saulnier, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., The Citadel; M.B.A., Baylor University Hankamer School of Business. 

Russ Stevens, P.h.D., Professor in the Practice of Finance and Accounting. B.A., California State University; M.B.A., Hope International University; Ph.D., Northcentral University. 

Richard Swanson, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer. B.A., University of Colorado; M.S., Tuft’s Fletcher School; Ph.D., University of Colorado.

Douglas Tendgin, M.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Trinity International University.

Ryan Teramono-Tyler, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Miami University; M.B.A., Hankamer School of Baylor University.

Part-time Faculty - Graduate Music Education

Gerald Dolan, M.M., Lecturer. B.M., St. Michael’s College; M.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Kirsten Helgeland, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.M., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; M.M., College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.

Mary Ellen Junda, Ed.D, Lecturer. B.M., The Hartt School, University of Hartford; M.M.Ed., Holy Names University; Ed.M., Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University.

Michael LaCava, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.Ed, Fitchburg State University.

Kenneth Trapp, M.M.Ed., Lecturer. B.M., Western Connecticut State University; M.M.Ed., The Hartt School, University of Hartford

Part-time Faculty - Graduate Leadership

Frederick Banke, Ed.S., Lecturer. B.S., Florida Atlantic University; M.S., Florida International University; Ed.S., Florida Atlantic University; Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Liberty University.

Bill Brown, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., University of South Florida; Th.M., Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary.

Hunter Chadwick, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Georgia Southern University; M.Ed., Georgia Southern University; Ed.S., Nova Southeastern University; Ed.D., Georgia Southern University.

Kevin Clark, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., University of Central Florida; M.A., The Reformed Theological Seminary; Ph.D., D.L.S., Georgetown University.

Eric Cook, Ed.S., Lecturer, B.A., Transylvania University; M.A., Northern Kentucky University; Ed.S. Gordon College.

David Diener, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., M.S., Indiana University; Dual Ph.D., Indiana University.

Charles Evans, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Washington Bible College; M.A., Hollins University.

Ronald Farrar, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Fitchburg State University; M.Ed., Cambridge College; C.A.G.S., Cambridge College; Ed.D., Cambridge College.

John Ferguson Jr., J.D., Lecturer. B.A., Baylor University; M.Ed., Covenant College; J.D., Texas Tech University; Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Dallas Baptist University.

Barry Giller, M.S., Lecturer. B.A., Wheaton College; M.S., Nova Southeastern University.

Mike Hayes, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Lee University; M.S., University of Tennessee; Ed.D., University of Tennessee.

Mark A. Jennings, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Furman University; M.Ed., University of South Carolina; M.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Marquette University.

Brian Kennerly, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Columbia University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University.

Curt Masters, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Wheaton College; M.Ed., University of Puget Sound; Doctoral Candidate (ABD), University of Miami.

Christopher Miller, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia.

Leslie Moeller, J.D., Lecturer. B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., Boston College. 

Joseph “Joey” Morecraft, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., King University; M.A., Georgia State University; Ph.D., Georgia State University.

Keith Nix, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Jacksonville; M.A., Gordon College.

Misty Overman, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Georgia. 

Davies Owens, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Furman University; M.Div., Duke Divinity School; Ph.D., Gordon Conwell Seminary.

Christopher Perrin, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., University of South Carolina; M.Div, Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary.

Jason Powell, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., M.S., Florida State University; Ed.D., University of Central Florida. 

Tyson Rallens, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., New Saint Andrews College; B.S., University of Idaho; M.B.A., D.Phil., Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Justin Smith, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., The University of San Diego; M.Ed., Sam Houston State University; Ed.D., Sam Houston State University.

Jared Squires, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.B.A., M.B.A., Texas Tech University; Ed.S., Ed.D., Liberty University. 

Kathy Teston, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Florida Bible College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Liberty University.

David Tilley, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Leadership and Lecturer. B.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Karen Wrobbel, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Biola University; M.A., Wheaton College; Ed.D., University of Minnesota.

 

 

Professor Emeriti


Jane B. Andrus, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 1985-1995. (Barrington College, 1979-1985.) B.A., Colorado College; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of Maryland.

Kay Bannon, Ed.D., Professor of Education, 1982-2002. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., Lesley College; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts.

Russell K. Bishop, Ph.D., Professor of History, Stephen Phillips Chair of History, 1965-1998. A.B., M.A., Wheaton College; Ph.D., McGill University.

Russell C. Bjork, MSEE, MDiv., Professor of Computer Science, 1980-2020. BSEE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MSEE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Diane E. Blake, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for External Education, 1987-2001. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University.

Paul C. Borgman, Ph.D., Professor of English, 1981-2015. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Southern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Russell Camp, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 1970-2007. B.S., Baldwin-Wallace College; M.A., Miami University, Ohio; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.

Ann D. Ferguson, Ph.D., Professor of English, 1955-2010. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University.

Muriel Radtke Franz, Ed.D., Professor of Education, 1985-2001. (Barrington College, 1967-1985.) B.S., Minot State College; M.S., University of Wisconsin; Ed.D., Boston University.

Michael W. Givens, Ph.D., Professor of Kinesiology, 1979-2007. B.A., LeTourneau College; M.Ed., Stephen F. Austin State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois.

Roger J. Green, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, 1985-2016. (Barrington College, 1970-78; 1981-85.) B.A., Temple University; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary; M.Th., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston College.

William A. Harper, Ph.D., Professor of Political Studies, 1968-2006. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University.

Harold Heie, Ph.D., Director, Center for Christian Studies, 1994-2003; Professor of Mathematics, 1975-1980. B.M.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York; M.S.M.E., University of Southern California; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.

Margaret A. Hothem, Ed.D., Professor of Leisure Studies, 1979-2013. B.S., Malone College; M.A., Morehead State University; Ed.D., Boston University.

Peter W. Iltis, Ph.D., Professor of Kinesiology, 1983-2021. B.S., M.S., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Kansas.

Robert H. Joss, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 1974-2012. B.S., Wheaton College; M.A., Ph.D., University at Buffalo, State University of New York.

Irvin J. Levy, M.S., Professor of Chemistry, 1985-2020. B.S., University of Bridgeport; M.A., Wesleyan University; M.S., Boston University.

Jerrold L. McNatt, Ph.D., Professor of Physics; Chair, Department of Physics, 1971-2006. B.S., Wheaton College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois.

R. Rice Nutting, D.M.A., Professor of Music, 1952-1991. B.M., Wheaton College Conservatory of Music; M.M., Eastman School of Music; D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; A.A.G.O.

Dale J. Pleticha, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, 1984-2017. B.S., Saint Procopius College; M.Div., Biblical Theological Seminary; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University.

Malcolm A. Reid, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy, 1968-2007. B.A., Central Bible College; M.Div., Gordon Divinity School; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh.

Donna J. Robinson, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education, 1999-2013. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., C.A.G.S., Salem State College; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Timothy Sherratt, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science, 1989-2021. B.A., M.A., Oxford University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky. 

Richard Stout, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, 1980-2021. B.S., Wheaton College; M.A., Oakland University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Ronald O. Waite, M.B.A., Professor of Business, 1987-2005. B.S., Houghton College; M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Pace University.

Marvin R. Wilson, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical Studies, 1971-2018 (Barrington College, 1963-1971). B.A., Wheaton College; M.Div., Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University.

Theodore N. Wood, M.B.A., Professor of Economics and Business, 1981-2011. B.A., Taylor University; M.B.A., Clark University.

Richard T. Wright, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 1965-1998. A.B., Rutgers; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University.