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  • Faculty

    Sarah D. Brooks Blair
    Director of the Library
    Assistant Professor of Church History
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    Thomas B. Dozeman
    Professor of Hebrew Bible
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    Wendy J. Deichmann
    President
    Associate Professor of History and Theology
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    Richard (Dick) Eslinger
    Vice President for Academic Affairs
    Dean Professor of Homiletics and Worship
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    Lisa M. Hess
    Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Contextual Ministries
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    Vivian Johnson
    Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible
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    Emma J. Justes
    Distinguished Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
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    Kendall K. McCabe
    Professor of Evangelization in the Heisel Chair
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    Andrew Sung Park
    Professor of Theology
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    Jason E. Vickers
    Associate Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies
    Director of the Center for Evangelical United Brethren Heritage
    President's Associate for Mission Advancement
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    David F. Watson
    Assistant Professor of New Testament
    Associate Dean for Program Development and Recruiting
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    David M. Whitford
    Professor of the History of Christianity; Director of Assessment
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  • Adjunct Faculty


    Peter Bellini
    Adjunct Instructor in Urban Ministry; Chair of the Advisory Council for United’s Center for Urban Ministry; Senior Pastor of Higher Ground United Methodist Church, Dayton, OH; pastor of Westville United Methodist Church, Westville, OH
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    Bishop Thomas Bickerton
    Bishop of the West Pennsylvania Conference, UMC
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    Ruth Brandon
    Adjunct Instructor in UCC History and Polity; Association Minister for the Southwest Ohio Northern Kentucky Association of the United Church of Christ
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    David Brockman
    Adjunct Faculty
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    Kevin Carnahan
    Adjunct Instructor for Christian Ethics
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    James I. (Jim) Eller
    G. Ernest Thomas Instructor in Christian Communications; Fully Affiliated Instructor in Digital Culture Ministries
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    Phyllis J. Ennist
    Director of Educational Technology and Distance Learning
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    Marilyn L. Evans
    Co-Director of Pohly Center for Supervision and Leadership Formation
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    John Fiedler
    Senior Pastor of First United  Methodist Church, Dallas, TX
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    Janet Flanagan
    Director of and Instructor in the West Virginia In-Context M.Div. Program
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    Randall F. Flanagan
    Instructor in the West Virginia In-Context M.Div. Program; Lead Pastor of Christ Church United Methodist, Charleston, WV
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    Robert Foster
    Adjunct Instructor in New Testament
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    Rev. Jeff Greenway
    Senior Pastor of Reynoldsburg United Methodist Churc, Reynoldsburg, OH.
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    Harold Hudson
    Fully Affiliated D.Min. Mentor; Senior Pastor of Calvary Tremont Missionary Baptist Church, Columbus, OH
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    Robert E. Jones
    Fully Affiliated Urban Ministries Advisor and Instructor; Pastor of College Hill Community Church, Dayton, OH
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    Rodney W. Kennedy
    Fully Affiliated Professor of Baptist Studies; Pastor of First Baptist Church, Dayton, OH
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    Sue Nilson Kibbey
    Adjunct Instructor for Leadership for Ministry; Executive Pastor, Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, Tipp City, OH
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    Rabbi Irwin Kula
    Adjunct Instructor in Practical Theology; Host of Simple Wisdom and president of CLAL - The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
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    Lynn M. Labs
    Adjunct Instructor in Hebrew; Minister of Adult Faith Formation, First United Church of Christ, Troy, OH
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    Rev.  Brian Maguire
    Pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Xenia, OH
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    Jacqueline J. Nowak
    Director of the Institute for Applied Theology; Director of the Harriet L. Miller Women’s Center; Adjunct Instructor in Christian Education; Mentor, Doctor of Ministry Program, for Developing the Theory, Practices and Power of Spiritual Nurture Ministries through Prayer and Blessing
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    Dr. Ken Ramsey
    District Superintendent, Wesleyan District, West Virginia Annual Conference
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    Tom Rand
    Adjunct Instructor in Worship
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    Dr. Tex Sample
    Retired professor, author, and storyteller
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    Michael B. Slaughter
    Adjunct Instructor; Lead Pastor, Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, Tipp City, OH
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    Daniel B. Spross
    Adjunct Instructor; Professor of Biblical Theology and Literature, School of Religion at Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN
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    Rev. Harold Stockman
    Retired United Methodist clergy
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    Robert Walker
    Fully Affiliated M.Div. Formation/Integration Facilitator and D.Min. Mentor; Executive Director of Wesley Community Center, an Urban Ministries project in Dayton, OH
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    William H. (Bill) Wilson
    Adjunct Instructor for Ministerial Formation II in the West Virginia In-Context M.Div. Program; Council Director and Assistant to the Bishop, West Virginia Annual Conference
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    Jennifer Woodruff Tait
    Adjunct Instructor for United Methodist History; Independent Scholar, Huntington, IN
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    Ricky A. Woods
    Fully Affiliated D.Min. Mentor; Senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC
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    G. Edwin Zeiders
    Adjunct Instructor for United Methodist Polity; President Emeritus, United Theological Seminary; Pastor, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, State College, PA
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  • Executive Staff

    Wendy J. Deichmann
    President; Associate Professor of History and Theology
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    Richard (Dick) Eslinger
    Vice President for Academic Affairs / Dean; Professor of Homiletics and Worship
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    Timothy Forbess
    Vice President for Development
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    Harold Hudson
    Diversity Advisor; Associate Dean of Doctoral Studies; Lecturer in Christian Formation and African American Studies
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    Ron Kuker
    Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
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    Pat Lodge
    Executive Assistant to the President
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  • Main Staff

    Martha M. Anderson
    Registrar
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    Sabrina Berry
    Director of the Heinrich Center for Wellness Education and Ministry
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    Sarah D. Brooks Blair
    Director of the Library; Assistant Professor of Church History
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    Marc Bostwick
    Instructional Technologist
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    Roger Bowyer
    Director of Facilities
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    Rychie Breidenstein
    Library Assistant
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    Barbara Buttram
    Assistant to the Vice-President for Development
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    Robbie Collins
    Administrative Assistant to the Dean
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    Nora Dailey
    Admissions Associate
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    Caryn Dalton
    Library Circulation Coordinator
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    Wendy J. Deichmann
    President
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    Lorraine Dodds
    Receptionist
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    Edna Ebersole
    Director of Finance and Student Accounts
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    Michele Engling
    Graphic Designer/Web Designer
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    Phyllis J. Ennist
    Director of Educational Technology and Distance Learning
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    Richard (Dick) Eslinger
    Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean; Professor of Homiletics and Worship
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    Gary Eubank
    Coordinator of Contextual Ministries
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    Marilyn Evans
    Co-Director of the Pohly Center for Supervision and Leadership Formation
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    Roger Evans
    Co-Director of the Pohly Center for Supervision and Leadership Formation
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    Janet Flanagan
    Director, West Virginia In-Context M.Div. Program
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    Timothy Forbess
    Vice President for Development
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    Jeri Getts
    Caterer
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    Jeff Gravitt
    Associate for Finance
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    Lesia Harvey
    Library Acquisitions and Collection Development
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    Ivan Douglas Hicks
    Associate Vice President for Development
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    Glenna Holdeman
    Administrative Assistant, Institute for Applied Theology
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    Greg Hoskins
    Director of Information Technology
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    Harold Hudson
    Diversity Advisor; Associate Dean of Doctoral Studies; Lecturer in Christian Formation and African American Studies
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    Darice Jackson
    Mailroom Supervisor
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    Michael Johnson
    Director of the Center for Urban Ministry
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    Dr. Rod Kennedy
    Director of the Baptist House of Studies
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    Janice Kronour
    Administrative Assistant, Doctoral Studies
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    Lynn M. Labs
    Adjunct Professor
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    Tammy Lightfoot
    Custodian
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    Pat Lodge
    Executive Assistant to the President
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    Robin MacGregor
    Administrative Assistant to the Vice President for Administration and Treasurer; Payroll / Human Resources
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    Thomas Miller
    Director of New Student Relations
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    Rick Mohr
    Systems Manager
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    Dorla Morgan
    Assistant to the Vice-President for Development
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    Phyllis Nesselroad
    United/COS Hybrid Coordinator
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    Jacqueline J. Nowak
    Director of the Institute for Applied Theology; Director of the Harriet L. Miller Women’s Center; Adjunct Instructor in Christian Education; Mentor, Doctor of Ministry Program, for Developing the Theory, Practices and Power of Spiritual Nurture Ministries through Prayer and Blessing
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    Helen Riley
    Cokesbury Bookstore Manager
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    Brillie Scott
    Library Interlibrary Loan and Periodicals
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    Shannon Sellars
    Coordinator of Studio Operations and Production
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    Renee Stefan
    Coordinator for Student Services
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    George Taylor
    Lead Custodian
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    Sandra D. Taylor
    Administrative Assistant to Student Services
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    Brice Thomas
    Interim Assistant for Development; Associate Director of Alumni/ae Services
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    Coordinator for the Center for Worship, Preaching, and the Arts
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    Jason Vickers
    Associate Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies; Director of the Center for Evangelical United Brethren Heritage; President's Associate for Mission Advancement
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    Lacey Vickers
    Assistant for Special Projects
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    JoAnn Wagner
    Director of Communications and Interim Director of Alumni/ae Relations
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    David F. Watson
    Associate Dean for Program Development and Recruiting
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    David M. Whitford
    Professor of the History of Christianity; Director of Assessment
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    Jeremy Winston
    Coordinator of Music Ministry

    M. Merritt Worthen
    Director of Student Services
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  • Doctor of Ministry Mentors

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  • Ministry Group Facilitators

    Thomas Bowser
    Retired minister of the Church of the Brethren
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    Leroy Chambliss
    Lead Pastor, Stillwater United Methodist Church at the YMCA, Dayton, OH
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    Ed Ellis
    Spiritual Services Director at Hospice of Miami County, Inc., and ordained elder in the West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church
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    Lois B. Fortson
    Retired pastor, West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church; sculptor; and member of Shalem, a contemplative prayer group
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    Linda Haller
    Director of Music at Central Presbyterian Church, Dayton, OH
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    Mary Reaman
    Founder and Pastor of the Tree of Life Community
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    Jerome Stevenson
    Retired Baptist minister and mentor with the Doctor of Ministry program
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    Robert Walker
    Executive Director of Wesley Community Center, an urban ministries project in Dayton, OH
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    Ed Wilder
    Director, Prayerways: Resources for Prayer and Spiritual Growth; retired United Methodist pastor; and volunteer staff at The Pohly Center for Supervision and Leadership Formation
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