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Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Paul Anderson

Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies

Teaching and research interests

  • Gospel of John
  • Jesus and spirituality
  • Quaker studies
Isaac Choi

Isaac Choi, PhD

Director, Honors Program

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Teaching and research interests

  • Philosophy of religion and analytic theology
  • The nature and epistemology of expertise
Joseph Clair

Associate Provost, Division of Humanities, Honors, and Education

Professor of Theology and Culture

Teaching and research interests

  • Christian thought and ethics
  • The role of religion in public life
Andrew del Rio

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Director, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Fox University Apologetics Initiative

Faculty Fellow, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Fox University Honors Program

Teaching and research interests

  • Philosophy of Religion and Apologetics
  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Analytic Philosophical Theology
Brian Doak

Brian Doak, PhD

Vice President, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Fox Digital

Professor of Biblical Studies

Teaching and research interests

  • Hebrew Bible/Old Testament & language
  • Archaeology of the ancient Near East
  • Comparative religion in the ancient world
  • Iconography and art history of the ancient Near East
Lindsey Hankins

Chair, Department of Theology

Assistant Professor of Theology

Director, School of Humanities

Teaching and research interests

  • Historical theology (late Antiquity through the Scholastic period)
  • Practices of piety, with special attention to doctrinal and gendered considerations
  • Ethics
  • History
Jason Lepojärvi

C.S. Lewis Associate Professor of Theology & Literature

Director, C.S. Lewis Initiative

Teaching and research interests

  • The Inklings (C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and friends)
  • Love in religion, philosophy, and literature
  • Ethics
Joel Mayward

Assistant Professor of Christian Ministries, Theology and the Arts

Teaching and research interests

  • Christian ministry and leadership
  • Contextual and liberation theologies
  • Theological aesthetics
  • Theology, philosophy, and popular culture
  • Continental philosophical theology
Ross McCullough

Associate Director, Honors Program

Associate Professor of Theology

Teaching and research interests

  • Eschatology
  • Creation
  • The Eucharist
  • Late scholasticism
Jesse Peterson

Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies

Teaching and research interests

  • Biblical literature, languages, and interpretation
  • Ecclesiastes/Qoheleth and wisdom literature
  • Philosophy in dialogue with biblical texts
Travis Pickell

Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics

Director, Cornerstone Core and Character Virtue Initiative

Faculty Fellow, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Fox University Honors Program

Research and teaching interests

  • Ethics
  • Theology
  • Religion and Medicine
  • Technology
  • Pluralism and Public Life
Sunggu Yang

Associate Professor of Theology and Christian Ministries

Director, Margaret Fell Scholars Program

Research and teaching interests

  • Homiletics
  • Theological aesthetics
  • Multicultural and emerging worship
  • Christian formation
  • Asian American Christianity

Staff

Jonelle  Retsema

Jonelle Retsema

Administrative Assistant, Department of Theology

Program Coordinator, School of Humanities

Faculty Emeriti