荣誉项目教师

 

联系 info and brief biography of our Honors faculty.

The honors general study program brings together top faculty from many 沃拉沃拉大学 academic departments. Many honors courses are interdisciplinary and team-taught by faculty from different areas.


莎拉Kakazu

英语教授
荣誉主任

 

莎拉.kakazu@vaftizo.com

教育

  • 西华盛顿大学 
  • 纽约州立大学布法罗分校博士 

教学领域

Poetry and creative nonfiction, 作文, early American and 19th20世纪美国文学 

研究/利益

Poetry and American narratives, particularly 19th-century travel narratives and their role in identity formation, 解放奴隶/叙述, 以及囚禁叙事   

其他 

  • Served as Chair and 英语教授 at Pacific Union 大学  
  • PUC年度教育家,2021年 

Monique罗迪

历史学副教授
荣誉主任

(509) 527-2863
monique.roddy@vaftizo.com

教育

  • PhD University of Chicago, 2016; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

教学 区域
古代近东, 古典希腊和罗马, 西方思想, 中东历史, 非洲历史, 西方与世界, 世界地理

研究/利益

Khirbat al-Balua的铁器时代家庭, Jordan (co-director of the Balua Regional Archaeological Project)

History and Archaeology of the 古代近东; Households and Communities of the Iron Age Southern Levant (circa 1200 BC)

爱好
旅行、编织和烹饪

其他

标题

Vice President of the Walla Walla Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

出版物 Manager for the Center for Near Eastern Archaeology, La Sierra University

房间

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凯莉债券

英语副教授
大学 写作协调员

(509) 527-2825
凯莉.bond@vaftizo.com

教育: Ph.D.俄勒冈大学; M.A.俄勒冈大学

主要研究方向: Modern literature; modern poetry; poetics

希拉里·迪克森

历史学教授

(509) 527-2065
希拉里.dickerson@vaftizo.com

教育: Ph.D. 在你.S. history, Washington State University, 2011; M.A. in American studies, Washington State University, 2004 

主要研究方向: Cultural exchanges between Japan and the United States between the 1920s–1950s, particularly focused on the lives of Nobuo Tatsuguchi and B.P. Hoffman; 20th century American history; Japan, particularly from the Meiji-Era to the American Occupation; America during the Cold War and World War II; United States foreign policy

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格雷格·多兹

主席,历史学教授 
Chair, Humanities and Multidisciplinary studies 

(509) 527-2851
格雷戈里.dodds@vaftizo.com

教育: Ph.D. in history, Claremont 研究生 University, 2004; M.B.A. Peter F. Drucker 研究生 School of Management, 2000

主要研究方向: The legacy and influence of Desiderius Erasmus; religion in the 17th century; the scientific revolution in England

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马蒂尔德弗雷

Professor of Hebrew Bible, Old Testament

(509) 527-2379

玛蒂尔德.frey@vaftizo.com

(BA, Seminar Marienhoehe, Darmstadt, Germany; PhD, Andrews University)

马蒂尔德弗雷 comes to 沃拉沃拉大学 with a European background. She grew up in communist Romania where she attended elementary and high school, 并获得了学士学位. In 1984, 她移民到了西德, 在奥地利和德国学习神学, served as a pastor in the South German Conference for five years. In 2003, 她搬去了贝里恩斯普林斯, 密歇根, earned a PhD in Old Testament from Andrews University. 她的论文题目是, The Sabbath in the Pentateuch: An Exegetical and Theological Study.

In 2008, Mathilde accepted a call to teach Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Hebrew Language at the Adventist 国际 Institute of Advanced Studies, 在菲律宾. 她还担任过 Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary (JAAS) and as chair of the Master of Arts in Theology Program until 2014, when she moved to Walla Walla together with her husband Marcus and their two children, 迪莉娅和伊娃.

Mathilde's academic interest is focused on close reading of the Hebrew Bible. She has written articles and book chapters on the Sabbath, has authored the Deuteronomy commentary for the Andrews Study Bible, is currently writing a commentary on the book of Judges for the Seventh-day Adventist 国际 Bible Commentary. Her international experience combined with pastoral ministry and academic work enriches her teaching in the classroom and her other contributions to the 沃拉沃拉大学 campus.


劳伦·彼得森 

英语助理教授

(509)-527-2861

劳伦.peterson@vaftizo.com

教育

  • 学士沃拉沃拉大学,2012
  • 西华盛顿大学硕士,2015年
  • PhD University of California, Davis, 2022

教学领域

维多利亚时代的文学, 中世纪文学, 作文, 文学批评理论, 还有电影研究.

研究/利益

除了她的教学领域, her research and interests include nineteenth-century transatlantic literature, 帝国的研究, 人文环境, 医学人文, 科幻小说, 民间传说, 中世纪英语, 和古英语. 她的论文题目是 Industrial Specters of Nineteenth-Century Literature: Mills, Ports, Mines; selections have been published in 文学地理位置超大杯哥特式自然.

杨晨沃什伯恩

Associate Professor of Social Work and Sociology

(509) 527-2479

杨晨.washburn@vaftizo.com

教育 

  • PhD – Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA, 2016
  • MA – Religion—Old Testament, Andrews University, 2010
  • MA – Religion—Religious 教育, Andrews University, 2010
  • BA – Theology, 沃拉沃拉大学, 2005

研究/利益

  • Interdisciplinary study of ancient tombs and inscriptions
  • Intersections between psychological science and theology, particularly in the area of compassion and spirituality
  • Creative pedagogy, particularly in the areas of Bible and archaeology
  • 希伯来圣经中的隐喻

爱好
Camping, hiking, playing ragtime on the piano, reading, going out with friends.


辛西娅Westerbeck

英语教授,主席

(509) 527-2370
辛西娅.westerbeck@vaftizo.com

教育: Ph.D.华盛顿大学圣路易斯市分校. 路易; M.A.华盛顿大学圣路易斯市分校. 路易

主要研究方向: The intersection between literature and the arts; environmental literature; general studies and curriculum development; Renaissance literature and 18th 世纪英国文学

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