Honors program faculty

 

联系 info and brief biography of our Honors faculty.

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


莎拉Kakazu

Professor of English
Honors Co-director

 

莎拉.kakazu@c3qb.com

教育

  • MA Western Washington University 
  • PhD University at Buffalo, SUNY 

教学领域

Poetry and creative nonfiction, 作文, early American and 19th-century American literature 

Research/Interests

Poetry and American narratives, particularly 19th-century travel narratives and their role in identity formation, slave/liberation narratives, captivity narratives   

其他 

  • Served as Chair and Professor of English at Pacific Union 大学  
  • PUC Educator of the Year, 2021 

    Monique罗迪

    Associate Professor of History
    Honors Co-director

    (509) 527-2863
    monique.roddy@c3qb.com

    教育

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

    教学 区域
    Ancient Near East, Classical Greece and Rome, 西方思想, Middle Eastern History, 非洲历史, The West and the World, 世界地理

    Research/Interests

    Iron Age Households at Khirbat al-Balua, Jordan (co-director of the Balua Regional Archaeological Project)

    History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East; Households and Communities of the Iron Age Southern Levant (circa 1200 BC)

    爱好
    Travel, knitting and cooking

    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

    政府 Building 233


    凯莉债券

    Associate Professor of English
    大学 Writing Coordinator

    (509) 527-2825
    凯莉.bond@c3qb.com

    教育: Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.A., University of Oregon

    Research interests: Modern literature; modern poetry; poetics

    Hilary Dickerson

    Professor of History

    (509) 527-2065
    希拉里.dickerson@c3qb.com

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

    Research interests: 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

    政府 Building 236/p>


    格雷格·多兹

    Chair, Professor of History 
    Chair, Humanities and Multidisciplinary studies 

    (509) 527-2851
    格雷戈里.dodds@c3qb.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

    Research interests: The legacy and influence of Desiderius Erasmus; religion in the 17th century; the scientific revolution in England

    政府 Building 227

    马蒂尔德弗雷

    Professor of Hebrew Bible, Old Testament

    (509) 527-2379

    玛蒂尔德.frey@c3qb.com

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

    马蒂尔德弗雷 comes to Walla Walla University with a European background. She grew up in communist Romania where she attended elementary and high school, graduated with the Baccalaureate. In 1984, she immigrated to West Germany, studied Theology in Austria and Germany, served as a pastor in the South German Conference for five years. In 2003, she moved to Berrien Springs, 密歇根, earned a PhD in Old Testament from Andrews University. Her dissertation is titled, 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, in the Philippines. She also served as the editor of the 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 Walla Walla University campus.


    劳伦·彼得森 

    Assistant Professor of English

    (509)-527-2861

    劳伦.peterson@c3qb.com

    教育

    • BA Walla Walla University, 2012
    • MA Western Washington University, 2015
    • PhD University of California, Davis, 2022

    教学领域

    Victorian literature, medieval literature, 作文, literary and critical theory, film studies.

    Research/Interests

    In addition to her teaching areas, her research and interests include nineteenth-century transatlantic literature, 帝国的研究, environmental humanities, medical humanities, science fiction, 民间传说, 中世纪英语, Old English. Her dissertation is titled Industrial Specters of Nineteenth-Century Literature: Mills, Ports, Mines; selections have been published in Literary Geographies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@c3qb.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, Walla Walla University, 2005

      Research/Interests

      • 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
      • Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible

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


      Cynthia Westerbeck

      Professor of English, Chair

      (509) 527-2370
      辛西娅.westerbeck@c3qb.com

      教育: Ph.D., Washington University in St. 路易; M.A., Washington University in St. 路易

      Research interests: The intersection between literature and the arts; environmental literature; general studies and curriculum development; Renaissance literature and 18th Century British literature

      政府 Building 209