Faculty & Staff
Core Faculty
![Isaac Choi](choi-isaac-thumb.jpg)
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
![Jason Lepojärvi](jasonlepojarvi.jpg)
Jason Lepojärvi, PhD
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
![Ross McCullough](../../academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/images/mccullough-ross-thumbnail.jpg)
Ross McCullough, PhD
Associate Director, Honors Program
Associate Professor of Theology
Teaching and research interests
- Eschatology
- Creation
- The Eucharist
- Late scholasticism
![Jesse Peterson](jessepetersoncrop.jpg)
Jesse Peterson, PhD
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
![Dana Robinson](danarobinsonlarge.jpg)
Dana Robinson, PhD
Assistant Professor of History and Theology
Associate Director, Honors Program
Principal Investigator & Program Director, Liberation Scholars
Teaching and research interests
- Ancient Mediterranean History
- Early Christianity
- Food, work, and everyday religion in late antiquity
![Jay David Miller](../../academics/undergrad/departments/writing_lit/FacultyPages/images/miller-jay-thumb.jpg)
Jay David Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor of English
Teaching and Research Interests
- Early American literature
- The Atlantic World
- Theology and literature
- Literature and the environment
- Quakerism
Faculty Fellows
![Joseph Clair](../../academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/josephclair_22crop.jpg)
Joseph Clair, PhD
Executive Dean, Cultural Enterprise
Dean, College of Humanities
Associate Professor, Theology and Culture
Teaching and research interests
- Christian thought and ethics
- The role of religion in public life
![Caitlin Corning](../../academics/undergrad/departments/history/faculty/images/corning-caitlin-thumb.jpg)
Caitlin Corning, PhD
Chair, Department of History and Politics
Professor of History
Teaching & Research Interests
- Early Medieval church history
- Late Antiquity
- Sub-Roman Britain
![Ryan Dearinger](../../academics/undergrad/departments/history/faculty/images/dearinger-ryan-thumb.jpg)
Ryan Dearinger, PhD
Associate Professor of History
Faculty Fellow, George Fox University Honors Program
Teaching & Research Interests
- The American West and Pacific Northwest
- Immigration, labor and working-class history
- Environmental history
- Violence in American history
![Andrew del Rio](../../academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/andrewdelriocrop.jpg)
Andrew del Rio, PhD
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Director, George Fox University Apologetics Initiative
Faculty Fellow, George Fox University Honors Program
Teaching and research interests
- Philosophy of Religion and Apologetics
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Philosophy of Science
- Analytic Philosophical Theology
![Brian Doak](../../academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/images/doak-brian-thumbnail.jpg)
Brian Doak, PhD
Vice President, George 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
![Joel Mayward](../../academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/maywardjoel_thumb.jpg)
Joel Mayward, PhD
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
![Leah Payne](../../seminary/faculty/images/payne-leah-thumb.jpg)
Leah Payne, PhD
Associate Professor of American Religious History
Research and teaching interests
- American religious innovation
- Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianties
- Religion, politics, and popular culture
- Gender, race and class construction
- Ritual and performance theory
![Travis Pickell](../../academics/undergrad/departments/religion/faculty/images/pickell-travis-thumbnail.jpg)
Travis Pickell, PhD
Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics
Director, Cornerstone Core and Character Virtue Initiative
Faculty Fellow, George Fox University Honors Program
Research and teaching interests
- Ethics
- Theology
- Religion and Medicine
- Technology
- Pluralism and Public Life
![Rebecca Sandberg](../../academics/undergrad/departments/writing_lit/FacultyPages/images/sandberg-rebecca-thumb.jpg)
Rebecca Sandberg, MFA
Assistant Director, Cultural Enterprise
Faculty Fellow, George Fox University Honors Program
Teaching and Research Interests
- Liberal arts and culture
- Great Books
- Writing and rhetoric pedagogy (fiction)
- Organizational leadership/human development