[{ id: "101378", first_name: "Backil", last_name: "Sung", email: "bsung@puc.edu", phone: "6633", phone_alt: "", office: "Clark Hall 303", position: "Professor of Biology", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.D., Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2012", biography: "Dr. Backil Sung has been at PUC since 2012. He has degrees in medicine (M.D.), physiology (M.S.), and medical biotechnology (Ph.D). He has authored or co-authored 39 scientific papers in neuroscience, mainly in the area of pain mechanisms. He has also authored two book chapters, and frequently goes on medical mission trips. He teaches Neurobiology, Microbiology, Medical Microbiology and Biological Foundations.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "M.M.S., Korea University; 1997; Ph.D., Korea University; 1999", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0019/103456/backil-sung2.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Biology"] },{ id: "113737", first_name: "Serah", last_name: "Choi", email: "scchoi@puc.edu", phone: "7618", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 209", position: "Assistant Professor of Nursing
Simulation and Lab Director", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., R.N.", faculty_since: "2013", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S.N., Pacific Union College; 2008; M.S.N., Loma Linda University; 2012", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0006/189483/choi-serah.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "120135", first_name: "Tim", last_name: "de la Torre", email: "tdelatorre@puc.edu", phone: "6371", phone_alt: "", office: "Fisher Hall 203A", position: "Assistant Professor of Visual Arts", department: "", chair: "", degree: "Exec. M.B.A.", faculty_since: "2013", biography: "Tim de la Torre, Assistant Professor of Film & Television, has partnered with his wife, Jaymie, to run a boutique media production company since 2009. With a particular passion for non-fiction storytelling, Tim has produced TV shows for Hope Channel, documentaries, and various projects for many corporate clients. His favorite parts of his work are to have his subjects trust him to tell their stories, and opportunities to travel the world. He is excited to mentor his students and challenge them to take their projects to the next level.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Pacific Union College; 2006; Executive MBA, Quantic School of Business and Technology; 2023", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0015/120138/tim-de-la-torre.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Visual Arts"] },{ id: "132984", first_name: "Jon", last_name: "Carstens", email: "jcarstens@puc.edu", phone: "6606", phone_alt: "", office: "Fisher Hall 218B", position: "Associate Professor of Art History", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.A.", faculty_since: "2014", biography: "As a professor of art history, Jon Carstens brings a breadth of knowledge of the humanities and a passion for art history, with a concentration in American art of the nineteenth century and the work of Winslow Homer in particular. He believes that \u201clooking is not as easy as it looks,\" and in his courses he employs the visual image as a document to reveal how art and architecture reveal the cultural and historical milieu in which it was created.

Carstens rejoins the college faculty after previously teaching at PUC for 25 years. He lives in Angwin with his wife Claudia. In his free time, he enjoys auto racing, interior and landscape design, and travel.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A. University of Redlands; 1976; M.A. University of California, Riverside; 1979", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0014/134222/jon-carstens.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Honors"] },{ id: "133592", first_name: "Abram", last_name: "Fisher", email: "ayfisher@puc.edu", phone: "6521", phone_alt: "", office: "Irwin Hall 317F", position: "Professor of Business Administration", department: "", chair: "", degree: "J.D.", faculty_since: "2014", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Pacific Union College; 2007; J.D., University of Maryland; 2011", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0015/134223/Abram_Fisher.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Business Administration & Economics "] },{ id: "150272", first_name: "Hannah", last_name: "Saravanakumar", email: "hsaravanan@puc.edu", phone: "7630", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 209", position: "AS Director,
Associate Professor of Nursing,
Assistant Director to the BRN", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., R.N.", faculty_since: "2016", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S.N., MG Ramachandra Deemed University; 2003; M.S.N., Washington Adventist University; 2012", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0016/161134/hannah-saravanakumar.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "150667", first_name: "Jefferson", last_name: "Joiner", email: "jjoiner@puc.edu", phone: "7031", phone_alt: "", office: "Fisher Hall 158", position: "Associate Professor of Nursing & Emergency Services, Director of the Emergency Services Program and Director of the Health Sciences Program", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., R.N., C.E.N., N.R.E.M.T., W.E.M.T.", faculty_since: "2015", biography: "Jeff Joiner has worked in healthcare as an RN since 1980. He has served as staff nurse, department manager, nursing supervisor, and hospital vice-president. He obtained his MSN as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Critical Care\/Trauma. Jeff holds national certifications in Emergency Nursing and as a Wilderness EMT. He has been active in Emergency Management and Disaster Response at the local, state, national and international levels since 2001. He has over 20 years of experience in higher education teaching Nursing and Emergency Management. He has served as a content expert and lecturer in Disaster Response and Emergency Management. He continues to maintain a clinical practice in Emergency Nursing and is a volunteer Firefighter\/EMT. Jeff has been married to his wife Judy for over 40 years. They have two grown daughters and four grandsons. Jeff enjoys camping, reading, scuba diving and international travel.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "AS, Southern Adventist University; 1980; BSN, Southwestern Adventist University; 1986; MSN, University of Kentucky; 1996", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0017/161135/jeff-joiner.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "160422", first_name: "Matthew", last_name: "Russell", email: "mrussell@puc.edu", phone: "7032", phone_alt: "", office: "Fisher Hall 158", position: "Assistant Professor of Emergency Services", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.", faculty_since: "2016", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Union College; 2014; M.S., Southern Adventist University; 2016", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0004/167854/matthew-russell.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "166462", first_name: "Jason", last_name: "St. Clair", email: "jstclair@puc.edu", phone: "6640", phone_alt: "", office: "Library, Upper Level", position: "Associate Librarian", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.", faculty_since: "2017", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A., Walla Walla University; 2005; M.S., Drexel University; 2008", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0004/166864/jason-stclair.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Library"] },{ id: "166524", first_name: "Damaris", last_name: "Perez", email: "dperez@puc.edu", phone: "6546", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 109D", position: "Social Work Program Director and Chair of Psychology & Social Work", department: "", chair: "- Department Chair", degree: "M.S.W.", faculty_since: "2017", biography: "

Before entering academia, Damaris was a hospice social worker for the top provider in the United States for 4 years. Before entering the world of hospice, she\u00a0\u00a0served as a bilingual therapist, case manager and intake coordinator at a Federally Qualified Healthcare center in the San Francisco Bay Area. As the sole Spanish-speaking therapist on staff, Damaris primarily worked with the Latino and Hispanic population. She provided psychosocial services to survivors of domestic violence, facilitated parenting groups and therapy to individuals, families, and children. Her first work after graduate school was providing services to over 100+ dialysis patients at the #1 Dialysis provider in the United States.\u00a0\u00a0\r\n<\/p>\r\n

Damaris' research interests include the correlation of medical ailments and emotional health. One of her greatest passions is empowering social work students and advancing the field of Social Work. Her goal is for her students to be better social workers than her. As Field Placement Coordinator, Damaris is responsible for placing each senior Social Work major in a local community internship where they provide a minimum of 420 hours of work. Popular placements include Domestic Violence shelters, schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and Foster Care. Most PUC social work graduates continue pursuing their education by obtaining a Master's degree. Many gain employment in for and non-profit agencies.<\/p>", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S.W., Pacific Union College; 2007; M.S.W., Walla Walla University; 2010", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0003/167853/damaris-parez.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Psychology & Social Work"] },{ id: "166527", first_name: "Katrina", last_name: "Blue", email: "kblue@puc.edu", phone: "6501", phone_alt: "", office: "Graf Hall 6", position: "Professor of Theology", department: "", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2017", biography: "Katrina Blue specializes in teaching theology and Christian spirituality. Her Ph.D. dissertation is on “Union with Christ in the Writings of Ellen G. White.” She has presented papers at the Ellen G. White Symposium on the Holy Flesh Movement, and has published articles in the Ellen White Symposium Journal<\/em>, a series on Paul in Galatians for the Compass Magazine<\/em>, as well as Spectrum <\/em>magazine. She is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. She has worked as a teaching assistant at Fuller Theological Seminary, a hospital chaplain, associate pastor (intern), and as an adjunct professor at Andrews University in the undergrad Religion Department as well as in the Theological Seminary. She is married to David, an anesthesiologist.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A. Hons, Monash University; 1995; M.A.I.C.S., Fuller Theological Seminary; 2002; M.A.T., Fuller Theological Seminar; 2008; Ph.D., Andrews University; 2015", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0006/166866/katrina-blue.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Theology"] },{ id: "166530", first_name: "James", last_name: "Wibberding", email: "jwibberding@puc.edu", phone: "6513", phone_alt: "", office: "Graf Hall 10", position: "Professor of Theology", department: "", chair: "Chair", degree: "D.Min.", faculty_since: "2017", biography: "Jim Wibberding specializes in Applied Theology and Biblical Studies. He is passionate about building up the God-created potential in others. Jim served as a pastor for seventeen years in Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Washington before joining the faculty of the Theology Department in 2017. While pastoring, he enjoyed training lay pastors, serving a term as Chaplain of the Idaho Senate, acting in Bible and Reformation stage plays, and finding innovative ways to translate the Adventist Message to our changing world. Jim also serves as Adjunct Professor to the Doctor of Ministry Program at Andrews University. In his recreational time, you might find him playing outdoors with his three children, chatting with his wife Laura about a new intellectual curiosity, working on his \u201955 Chevy Station Wagon, or building a stringed instrument from reclaimed wood.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A., Southern Adventist University; 2000; M.Div., Andrews University; 2004; D.Min., Andrews University; 2010", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0011/166691/jim-wibberding.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Honors"] },{ id: "17011", first_name: "Ross", last_name: "Winkle", email: "rwinkle@puc.edu", phone: "6516", phone_alt: "", office: "Graf Hall 14", position: "Professor of New Testament", department: "Religion", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2005", biography: "Professor Ross E. Winkle teaches biblical studies. He has a professional focus in the New Testament and wrote his doctoral dissertation was on clothing imagery in the book of Revelation. He is a member of the Andrews Society for Religious Studies, Society of Biblical Literature, and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He has received several PUC Faculty Development Research and Honors awards as well as two Herber Faculty Development Awards. He has been a student missionary in Tokyo, Japan, a chaplain in Portland, Ore., and a pastor for thirteen years in three successive church districts in Oregon. He is an ordained minister and occasionally leads adult Sabbath School discussions on campus and preaches in surrounding churches. He is married to Darla, a health professional, and they have three children: Tristan, Elise, and Alexis.", accomplishments: "

“Voice of God.”\u00a0 In The Encyclopedia of Ellen G. White<\/em>, ed. Jerry Moon and Denis Fortin, 1253-57.\u00a0 Washington, DC: Review and Herald, 2013.<\/p>\r\n

“Resistance Is Not Futile: Restraint as Cultic Action in 2 Thessalonians 2.”\u00a0 Presentation to the Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement Section, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore, MD, November 23, 2013.<\/p>\r\n

“The calkoli,banw| Conundrum in Revelation.”\u00a0 Presentation to the Apocalyptic Literature Section, International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 9, 2013. <\/p>\r\n

“The Atonement and the Restrainer.”\u00a0 Presentation to the Adventist Theological Society, Spring Symposium on the Atonement, Campus Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church, Loma Linda, CA, April 20, 2013.<\/p>\r\n

“Apocalyptic Optics: The Ancient Extramission Theory of Vision and John’s Apocalypse.”\u00a0 Presentation to the Sensory Perception in the Bible and Early Judaism and Christianity Consultation, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2011.<\/p>\r\n

“Armed with the Censer Containing Weaponized Incense: Censer and Incense as Articles of Dress for the High Priest.”\u00a0 Presentation to the Levites and Priests in History and Tradition Consultation, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2011.<\/p>\r\n

"Creation and Tabernacle, Sabbath and Glory." Presentation to the Sabbath in Text, Tradition, and Theology Consultation, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 24, 2008, with a formal response by Dr. Baruch Schwartz of the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at Hebrew University, Israel.<\/p>\r\n

"'You Are What You Wear': The Dress and Identity of Jesus as High Priest in John's Apocalypse." Presentation to the Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement Consultation, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, November 18, 2007.<\/p>\r\n

"Iridescence in Ezekiel," Andrews University Seminary Studies<\/em> 44 (Spring 2006): 51-77.<\/p>\r\n

"'You Are What You Wear': The Dress and Identity of Jesus in John's Apocalypse." Presentation to the Second International Bible Conference, Izmir, Turkey, July 11, 2006.<\/p>\r\n

"The Rainbow and the Mighty Angel in the Apocalypse of John: Meteorological Spectacle, or Iridescent Clothing Imagery?" Presentation to the Apocalyptic Literature Section, Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 5, 2006.<\/p>\r\n

"Discord in Heaven: Could This Be the End of the 'Emerald Rainbow'?" Presentation to the Chicago Society for Biblical Research, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, April 16, 2005.<\/p>\r\n

"Adventism, Gnosticism, and The Matrix<\/em>." Presentation to the Faculty at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 18, 2005.<\/p>\r\n

"Disappearing Act: Hiram Edson's Cornfield Experience," Spectrum<\/em> 33 (Winter 2005): 46-51.<\/p>\r\n

Review of Crispin H. T. Fletcher-Louis, All the Glory of Adam: Liturgical Anthropology in the Dead Sea Scrolls <\/em>(Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah, ed. F. Garc\u00eda Mart\u00ednez, vol. 42 [Leiden: Brill, 2002], Andrews University Seminary Studies<\/em> 42 (2004): 231-36.<\/p>\r\n

"Embracing Wonderland: Chasing Gnosticism Down the 'Rabbit-Hole' of The Matrix<\/em>." Presentation to the Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 22, 2004.<\/p>\r\n

"Disappearing Act: The Mighty Acts of God Within Adventism and the Problematic Case of Hiram Edson's Cornfield Experience." Presentation to the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 19, 2004.<\/p>", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A., Walla Walla College; 1983; M.Div., Andrews University Theological Seminary; 1987; Ph.D., Andrews University; 2012", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0003/27327/ross-winkle.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Honors"] },{ id: "17035", first_name: "James", last_name: "Robertson", email: "jrobertson@puc.edu", phone: "6684", phone_alt: "", office: "Chan Shun Hall 238D", position: "Associate Professor of Physics", department: "Physics", chair: "- Department Chair", degree: "M.S.", faculty_since: "2003", biography: "James Robertson has been faculty at PUC since 2003. While a graduate student at Florida State, he worked at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory\u2019s D-zero experiment where he did research in high-energy physics. Outside of his responsibilities in the physics classroom and lab, he hosts sessions at the Young Observatory and volunteers with the local fire and ambulance companies. With over nine years of fire\/EMS experience, James is a captain with the Angwin Fire Department and the Angwin Ambulance\u2019s training officer. As a firefighter\/EMT, he has received specialized training in emergency services. He is a certified CPR instructor, a registered California fire instructor and the PUC Emergency Services program director. In October of 2007, Robertson and his crew were part of a week-long strike team of Type 3 engines from Napa County that responded to the wildland fires in San Diego.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Southern Adventist University; 1991; M.S., Florida State University; 1994", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0007/89026/james-robertson.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Mathematics & Physics"] },{ id: "17044", first_name: "Debra", last_name: "Wallace", email: "dwallace@puc.edu", phone: "7627", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 116", position: "Director of LVN/Med Tech/EMT-P to RN Off Campus Programs, BRN Assistant Director", department: "Nursing", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., R.N, C.N.E.", faculty_since: "1997", biography: "Debra Wallace has worked in management her entire career as a nurse, her first job as a women\u2019s health clinic coordinator. She has led out in discharge planning, wellness health screenings, and directed a home health care agency. Working in academics was never something that entered her mind early in her career but has become her true passion since being at PUC 25+ years. Debra is the Director of PUC\u2019s Med Tech\/LVN to RN programs and loves working with our off-campus, non-traditional students. It is extremely rewarding to help Med Techs\/LVNs reach their RN goal while balancing work, family, military, and other life obligations. She loves hunkering down with a good book, watching movies, gardening, interior design, and spending time with family and friends. Her favorite get-away is to Little River Inn in Mendocino.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "A.S., Walla Walla Community College; 1978; B.S., Walla Walla College; 1981; MSN, University of Phoenix; 2003", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0020/27281/debra-wallace.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "17080", first_name: "Susan", last_name: "Bussell", email: "sbussell@puc.edu", phone: "6760", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 214", position: "Professor of Nursing", department: "Nursing", chair: "", degree: "D.N.P., R.N., A.C.N.P", faculty_since: "2005", biography: "Susan Bussell, professor of nursing, started teaching full-time at PUC in 2005 after teaching clinicals as an adjunct professor at Kaiser Vallejo in 2003. With a CNE, she taught pharmacology, pathophysiology, and multiple medical\/surgical classes. Between 2014 and 2020, she was the AS program director. Susan was honored to be awarded Educator of the Year in the 2022-23 school year.\r\n

\r\nShe graduated from LLUSN in 1993 with a BSN and received her MSN and acute care nurse practitioner from USCF in 1999. In 2013, she graduated from LLUSN with her DNP. Susan met her husband Ty at PUC, and they have been married for almost 30 years. Napa Valley has been home for 31 years with their four children, including her daughter-in-law. She loves baking, providing food for groups, traveling, and being with her family and dogs. Susan enjoys crafts, sewing, and everything Christmas.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Loma Linda University; 1993; M.S., University of California, San Francisco; 1999", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0008/27269/susan-bussell.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "17086", first_name: "Rachelle", last_name: "Berthelsen Davis", email: "rdavis@puc.edu", phone: "6655", phone_alt: "", office: "Paulin Hall 205", position: "Professor of Music, Strings Director", department: "Music", chair: "Chair", degree: "D.M.A.", faculty_since: "2005", biography: "Rachelle Berthelsen-Davis, D.M.A., specializes in violin performance and violin pedagogy. She has taught at Columbia Union College; been the assistant director and concertmaster of the New England Symphonic Ensemble and assistant director of the New England Youth Ensemble; directed a middle school orchestra program; toured Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, China, Southeast Asia, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean as a soloist and orchestral and chamber musician; and continues to participate in local chamber music and solo recitals. She is currently fascinated with alternative musical styles (non-classical music) and how to translate them to violin. She enjoys jamming with any group of instruments, reading, having interesting, meaningful conversations, and raising two young boys.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Pacific Union College; 1994; M.M., Indiana University, Bloomington; 1998; D.M.A., University of Texas, Austin; 2004", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0003/62067/Rachelle_Davis.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Honors"] },{ id: "17110", first_name: "Sylvia", last_name: "Rasi Gregorutti", email: "srasi@puc.edu", phone: "6510", phone_alt: "", office: "Irwin Hall 212", position: "Professor of World Languages", department: "Modern Languages", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "1993", biography: "Sylvia Rasi Gregorutti specializes in applied and sociolinguistics, as well as world language instruction. She has worked as Foreign Language Testing Specialist at the Center for Applied Linguistics, and was recipient of the Title VII Fellowship from the U.S. Dept. of Education. During her tenure at PUC, Rasi Gregorutti has taught linguistics, ESL, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish (literature and film, Spanish for business and health care) as well as ESL teacher training. She has co-led Honors Program study tours to Italy, presented at international conferences on faith and learning, and serves on the Adventist Colleges Abroad (ACA) Board and ACA Curriculum Committee, consulting for the organization internationally. She currently chairs the Latino Campus Council at PUC. Creating bridges across languages and cultures, and equipping others to do so, brings her joy. Gardening keeps her grounded, and travel abroad with family keeps her happy.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A., Andrews University; 1989; M.S., Georgetown University; 1991; Ph.D., Georgetown University; 2002", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0020/27308/sylvia-rasi-gregorutti.jpg", groups: ["Academic","World Languages"] },{ id: "17158", first_name: "Linda", last_name: "Gill", email: "llgill@puc.edu", phone: "6609", phone_alt: "", office: "Stauffer Hall", position: "Professor of English", department: "English", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "1993", biography: "Linda Gill specializes in Victorian England, development of the novel, literary theory and dramatic performance. Gill has written articles for Dickens World, The Journal of Popular culture and Victorian Institute. She has also presented papers on Victorian authors such as Bronte, Dickens and Kipling, in addition to papers on the Harry Potter novels at Popular Culture conferences. She is particularly interested in investigating identity construction, meaning making and power in narratives. In addition to teaching courses in Romantic and Victorian literature, Gill teaches courses in Acting and performs regularly in DAS productions.", accomplishments: "

\u201cJane Austen\u2019s Northanger Abbey: Narrative, Empowerment, Gender and Religion.\u201d Pennsylvania Literary Journal<\/em>. 5.3 (2014). Ed. Dr. Anna Faktorovich. Tucson: Anamorpha-Pennsylvania Literary Press. 36-57. Print.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe Sermon and the Victorian Novel\u201d in The Oxford Handbook of The British Sermon<\/em> 1689-1901. Eds. Keith A. Francis and William Gibson. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Print.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cThe Sermon and the Victorian Novel.\u201d The Oxford Handbook of the Modern British Sermon 1689-1901<\/em>. Ed. Keith R. Francis. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2012.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cJane Austen\u2019s Northanger Abbey: Narrative Empowerment, Gender and Religion.\u201d Presentation at Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media. March, 2012.<\/p>\r\n

The Princess in the Tower: Gender and Art in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre<\/u> and Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott." Victorian Institute Journal<\/em>.35 (2007): 109-136. Print.<\/p>\r\n

Harry's Great Expectations or the Great Expectations of Harry Potter?: Self-fashioning or Destiny in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/em>. Presentation at Popular Culture Conference, San Antonio, 2005.<\/p>\r\n

"The Snake Problem: Adolescence, Masculinity and Power in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." Presentation at Popular Culture Conference, San Antonio, 2004.<\/p>\r\n

"Women Beware ! The Appropriation of Women in Hollywood's Revisioning of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." Journal of American and Comparative Cultures<\/em> 24 (Fall and Winter 2001): 93-98.<\/p>", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A., Andrews University; 1984; M.A., La Sierra University; 1986; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside; 1992", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0006/74229/Linda-Gill.jpg", groups: ["Academic","English"] },{ id: "17170", first_name: "Jean", last_name: "Buller", email: "jbuller@puc.edu", phone: "7265", phone_alt: "", office: "West Hall 214", position: "Professor of Education", department: "Education", chair: "- Department Chair", degree: "Ed.D.", faculty_since: "1988", biography: "Jean Buller, Ed.D, has been teaching at Pacific Union College since 1988. She graduated from PUC with two degrees, biology and education. Her doctorate degree in Curriculum and Instruction focused on identifying beginning stages of reading instruction in preservice teachers. Although she specializes in elementary education, she has experience with all grade levels, preschool to graduate students. Her 44 years of teaching in Northern California include working as elementary teacher, reading specialist, middle and high school science teacher, and college professor. She enjoys music and regularly performs with various choral groups in Napa Valley. She loves writing, boating, hiking with her dogs, and exploring the world with her husband, Mark.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A., Pacific Union College; 1972; M.A., Pacific Union College; 1985; Ed.D. University of the Pacific; 2003", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0020/61463/jean-buller.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Education"] },{ id: "17191", first_name: "Tammy", last_name: "McGuire", email: "tmcguire@puc.edu", phone: "6694", phone_alt: "", office: "Irwin Hall 327", position: "Professor of Communication", department: "Communication", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2005", biography: "Tammy McGuire, Ph.D., professor, specializes in organizational communication. She taught English for many years at Sunnydale Academy (Missouri) and Upper Columbia Academy (Washington) and has written and presented extensively on communication topics, with several presentations at the National Communication Association Conventions. However, she is particularly proud of her communication research students winning numerous top paper awards themselves at these conventions. She loves mountain climbing, rock climbing, backpacking, mountain biking, bikepacking, and tennis.", accomplishments: "

McGuire, Tammy. From Emotions to Spirituality: "Spiritual Labor" as the Commodification, Codification, and Regulation of Organizational Members' Spirituality (paper presented at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)<\/p>\r\n

McGuire, Tammy. Spirituality and the Politics of Meaningful Work (paper presented at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)<\/p>\r\n

McGuire, Tammy. Sexual harassment of nurses by patients: Competing tensions of identity and control (paper presented at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)<\/p>\r\n

McGuire, Tammy. Communicating World Views: Feminists of Faith (presentation at the 2007 National Communication Association Convention)<\/p>\r\n

McGuire, Tammy. "Being a Feminist of Faith" panel presentation at the 2007 National Communication Association convention (Chicago).<\/p>", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A. in Language Arts Education, Union College; ...; M.A. in English, Eastern Washington University; ...; Ph.D. in Communication, University of Missouri - Columbia; 2006", video_youtube_id: "ypfRj9zWHkk", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0010/27298/tammy-mcguire.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Communication"] },{ id: "17200", first_name: "Kent", last_name: "Davis", email: "kadavis@puc.edu", phone: "7600", phone_alt: "", office: "Chan Shun Hall 343", position: "Professor of Chemistry", department: "Chemistry", chair: "- Department Chair", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2002", biography: "Kent A. Davis , Ph.D., associate professor, specializes in physical chemistry and surface science. He has taught at PUC since 2003 and has also been a visiting professor at Texas State University-San Marcos and an adjunct professor at Trinity College. He enjoys reading, jazz, listening to classical music, and much more.", accomplishments: "

"Interactions of Ultrathin Pb Films with Ru(0001) and Pd(111)", G. Liu, K. A. Davis, D. C. Meier, P. S. Bagus, D. W. Goodman, and G. W. Zajac, Phys. Rev. B<\/em> 68 (2003) 35406.<\/p>\r\n

"Ultraviolet spectroscopy of cyclohexane-benzene clusters" D. C. Easter and K. A. Davis, Chem. Phys. Lett,<\/em> 380 (2003) 471.<\/p>\r\n

"The Growth of Silver on an ordered alumina surface", K. Luo, X. Lai, C.-W. Yi, K. A. Davis, K. K. Gath, and D. W. Goodman, J. Phys. Chem. B<\/em>, 109 (2005) 4064.<\/p>\r\n

"Comment on 'Predicting boron diffusion in wood from surface sorption'" K. A. Davis and J. R. Van Hise, Forest Products Journal<\/em>, 56 (2006) 38. <\/p>", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Andrews University; 1992; Ph.D., Indiana University; 1998; Postdoctoral Research - Texas A&M University; 1998-2000", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0019/27280/kent-davis.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Chemistry"] },{ id: "17203", first_name: "Marie", last_name: "Pak", email: "mpak@puc.edu", phone: "7598", phone_alt: "", office: "Chan Shun Hall 354", position: "Professor of Chemistry", department: "Chemistry", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "1999", biography: "Marie Pak, Ph.D., professor, began teaching at PUC in 1999. She specializes in biochemistry and spent six years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Pak enjoys reading, going to state fairs, and watching movies.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Indiana University; 1988; M.S.,Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine; 1993", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0013/27301/marie-pak.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Chemistry"] },{ id: "17218", first_name: "David", last_name: "Bell", email: "dbell@puc.edu", phone: "6527", phone_alt: "", office: "Irwin Hall 317E", position: "Associate Professor of Business Administration", department: "Business Administration & Economics", chair: "Department Chair", degree: "M.S.B.A., M.I.S.", faculty_since: "1987", biography: "David Bell, associate professor, began teaching at PUC in 1990. He enjoys music, physics, and electronics.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S.E., Walla Walla College; 1987; M.S.B.A., M.I.S., California State University; 1999", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0004/29866/David_Bell800x600.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Business Administration & Economics "] },{ id: "17221", first_name: "Keith", last_name: "Neergaard", email: "kneergaard@puc.edu", phone: "6523", phone_alt: "", office: "Irwin Hall 317 I", position: "Professor of Business Administration", department: "Business Administration & Economics", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "1988", biography: "Keith Neergaard, professor, has taught at PUC since 1988. His teaching specialization is in marketing, economics, and management; and his research specialty is consumer behavior and services marketing publications. Dr. Neergaard has worked as a consultant, worked in the health care field and the defense industry, and taught at the college\/university level. He enjoys tennis, golf, scuba diving, and traveling, and is a ski patroller at Heavenly, spending about 30 days a year there.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.B.A., Pacific Union College; 1984; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; 1994", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0018/27333/business_keith_neergaard2-web.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Business Administration & Economics "] },{ id: "17239", first_name: "Aimee", last_name: "Wyrick-Brownworth", email: "awyrick@puc.edu", phone: "6636", phone_alt: "", office: "Clark Hall 315", position: "Dean of School of Sciences, Associate Professor of Biology", department: "Biology", chair: "", degree: "M.Sc.", faculty_since: "2004", biography: "Aimee Wyrick, associate professor, specializes in ecology, herpetology and paleontology. She advises in biology, pre-dentistry and pre-dental hygiene. Her research interests include physical and biological influences on the Columbia spotted frog and plant taphonomy. Aimee has also worked as a research coordinator, instructor, and course coordinator for the University of Montana. Her other interests include gourmet cooking (with produce from her own garden), national parks, camping and hiking, road trips, and world music \u2013 all enjoyed with her husband, Greg.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Pacific Union College; 1996; M.S., Loma Linda University; 1998; M.S., University of Montana; 2004", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0006/196989/aimee-wyrick2.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Biology"] },{ id: "17245", first_name: "Bryan", last_name: "Ness", email: "bness@puc.edu", phone: "6634", phone_alt: "1-707-738-8215", office: "Clark Hall 219", position: "Professor of Biology", department: "Biology", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "1989", biography: "Bryan D. Ness, Ph.D., professor, has been at PUC since 1989. His research interests include plant systematics and genetics. He advises in the areas of biology, natural science, veterinary medicine, medical radiography and occupational therapy.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Walla Walla College; 1983; M.S., Walla Walla College; 1985; Ph.D.,Washington State University; 1992", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0005/62636/brian-ness2.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Biology"] },{ id: "17248", first_name: "Floyd", last_name: "Hayes", email: "fhayes@puc.edu", phone: "6401", phone_alt: "", office: "Clark Hall 308", position: "Professor of Biology", department: "Biology", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2003", biography: "Floyd E. Hayes, Ph.D., professor, is a zoologist specializing in the ecology, behavior and biogeography of birds. While an undergraduate student, Dr. Hayes took off a year to teach in an elementary school on the island of Kosrae in Micronesia. He worked for three years as a vertebrate biologist for the US Peace Corps, based in the National Museum of Natural History of Paraguay. He also taught biology for nine years at Caribbean Union College (now University of the Southern Caribbean) and the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago, and spent a year working as a wildlife biologist for the Division of Fish and Wildlife in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. Dr. Hayes was editor in chief of\u00a0Journal of Caribbean Ornithology\u00a0during 2005-2013 and was a Fulbright Scholar to Paraguay in 2012. He enjoys birding, rock climbing and snorkeling.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Loma Linda University; 1985; M.S., University of Michigan; 1986; Ph.D., Loma Linda University; 1993", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0009/27288/floyd-hayes2.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Biology"] },{ id: "17251", first_name: "John", last_name: "Duncan", email: "jduncan@puc.edu", phone: "6632", phone_alt: "", office: "Clark Hall 108", position: "Professor of Biology", department: "Biology", chair: "- Department Chair", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2000", biography: "John C. Duncan, Ph.D., professor, specializes in anatomy, human development and anatomy, and cell biology. He has been a PUC faculty member since 2000, and before that taught biology at the University of Delaware. He is interested in gene regulation during development, reef aquariums, and science fiction.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Andrews University; 1991; Ph.D., Loma Linda University; 1998", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0008/89009/john-duncan2.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Biology"] },{ id: "17254", first_name: "Robin", last_name: "Vance", email: "rvance@puc.edu", phone: "6227", phone_alt: "", office: "Clark Hall 120", position: "Professor of Biology", department: "Biology", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2001", biography: "Robin E. Vance, Ph.D., professor, has taught at PUC since 2001. He specializes in physiology and neurobiology. Dr. Vance's research interests include Antimutagenesis & Anticarcinogenesis, and he advises in the areas of biology and medicine. He taught at Union College for twelve years and chaired their Division of Science & Mathematics from 1996 to 2000. He enjoys tennis, walking and snorkeling.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S., Loma Linda University; 1981; M.S., Loma Linda University; 1984; Ph.D., Loma Linda University; 1988", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0016/27322/robin-vance.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Biology"] },{ id: "175907", first_name: "Tara", last_name: "Hargrove", email: "thargrove@puc.edu", phone: "6687", phone_alt: "", office: "Irwin Hall 327", position: "Associate Professor of Communication", department: "", chair: "- Department Chair", degree: "M.A.", faculty_since: "2018", biography: "Tara D. Hargrove joined the faculty at Pacific Union College as Associate Professor in 2018 after teaching for Southern Adventist University for nine years and a year at her alma mater, Campion Academy. Hargrove completed her undergraduate degree in Speech Communication at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado and then her master\u2019s degree in Communication Studies and a graduate certificate in Women\u2019s Studies.\r\n

\r\nHargrove currently teaches Communication and Public Speaking, Advanced Public Speaking, Intercultural Communication and is honored to now serve as department chair. She enjoys research and writing and has presented a number of competitively selected papers throughout her career and has two coauthored journal article publications. In her free time Hargrove enjoys hiking, tide-pooling and just plain adventuring with her husband, Robert, their two adult boys and daughter.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "A.A. Front Range Community College; 2004; B.A. Colorado State University; 2006; M.A. in Communication Studies, Colorado State University; 2009", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0011/178076/tara-hargrove.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Communication"] },{ id: "176223", first_name: "Sandra", last_name: "Ringer", email: "sringer@puc.edu", phone: "7623", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 209", position: "Assistant Professor of Nursing
Online Director RN-BS, MSN", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., R.N., C.N.E.", faculty_since: "2018", biography: "Sandra Ringer, MSN, RN, known as Sandy to most, began her career as a Medical-Surgical nurse in Chattanooga, TN. Her clinical experience includes adult medical-surgical nursing, specializing in oncology, gastroenterology and community health. Sandy worked in home health as an IV nurse for 9 years before switching focus to community health. She worked as an RN and lead RN for a preventative medicine clinic in Pennsylvania. She then transitioned into the coordinator for employee wellness programs, working with a team of health professionals to develop employee wellness programs and health screenings for businesses in the greater Reading, Pennsylvania area. She also worked with a clinic that provided healthcare for patients without insurance at no cost. Her most recent clinical experience was with gastrointestinal patients on a medical-surgical unit.
\r\n\r\nWhen not working, Sandy loves to cook, travel, camp, watch HGTV and spend time with her husband, David, and their adult sons, Mark and Jonathan and daughter-in-law, Janelle.
\r\n\r\nSandy's desire is to share her passion for the nursing profession and Jesus with her students.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "2016; B.S.N., Grand Canyon University; 1990; A.S.N., Southern Adventist University", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0011/178733/sandra-ringer.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "184942", first_name: "Catherine", last_name: "Tetz", email: "ctetz@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "", office: "Stauffer Hall 101", position: "Associate Professor of English", department: "", chair: "Chair", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2019", biography: "Catherine Tetz specializes in transatlantic literature with an emphasis on women and gender studies. Her work focuses primarily on women writers in the early twentieth century, and she is particularly interested in how k\u00fcnstlerroman<\/em> and roman \u00e1 clef<\/em> genres were reappropriated by women writers at the height of literary modernism. She has presented work at the Modernist Studies Association\u2019s annual conference, as well as the International Virginia Woolf conference. She teaches classes in poetry, fiction, and both American and English modernism.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "Washington State University; 2014; Miami University; 2020", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0005/187826/_BCO0399.jpg", groups: ["Academic","English"] },{ id: "184959", first_name: "Iris", last_name: "Engleman-Tompkins", email: "iengelman@puc.edu", phone: "7604", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 209", position: "Assistant Professor of Nursing", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N.", faculty_since: "2019", biography: "I come to PUC with 13 years of experience in medical\/surgical nursing and two years experience teaching nursing part time. I am happy to return to PUC in this new role, having attended PUC as a student and lived in Angwin as a staff spouse. In my leisure time, I enjoy gardening, cooking, hiking, backpacking, reading, and needle arts. My favorite place to be is outside.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "BSN CSU Hayward; 2006; MSN-Ed Norwich University; 2017", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0010/187831/iris-baker.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "184999", first_name: "Jaymie", last_name: "de la Torre", email: "jdelatorre@puc.edu", phone: "6402", phone_alt: "", office: "Fisher Hall 212", position: "Instructor of Fine Art", department: "", chair: "", degree: "B.S.W., B.F.A.", faculty_since: "2019", biography: "Jaymie de la Torre is a fine artist with a passion for texture and found objects. Focusing her artistic practice on sculpture and ceramics, her work reflects both the natural world and landscapes we find within our own mind and heart. She encourages students to explore the ways art-making teaches us about the deeper themes of life. Jaymie brings to her artwork and teaching a broad range of experiences including working with diverse groups in the inner-city, disaster relief and documentary film production. She loves experiencing different cultures and natural wonder across the globe.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.F.A Pacific Union College; 2018; B.S.W., Pacific Union College; 2005", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0006/187827/jaymie-de-la-torre.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Visual Arts"] },{ id: "195820", first_name: "Kimberly", last_name: "Dunker", email: " kdunker@puc.edu", phone: "7640", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall", position: "Dean of nursing and emergency management, Professor of Nursing", department: "", chair: "", degree: "D.N.P., M.S.N., R.N., C.N.E., C.N.E.cl", faculty_since: "2021", biography: "Originally graduating from Atlantic Union College with her AS and BS degrees she has been a nurse for 22 years. Kimberly has worked in a variety of Critical Care nursing areas, specializing in Adult, Surgical, Medical, Oncology, Thoracic, Neurology and Cardiac Surgeries. In addition to holding academic teaching positions, both in the classroom and in clinical instruction, she previously taught at her alma-mater, Atlantic Union College as an Associate Professor of Nursing. She has taught in both pre-licensure medical-surgical nursing, nursing research and RN-BS courses in Informatics and Nursing Leadership as well as master's level nursing education and leadership courses. Her doctoral research and publications focus on, \"The Empowerment of Nursing Faculty, development, and Orientation.\" Her core values focus on student outcomes and retention and academic and clinical faculty satisfaction and development. \r\n

\r\nIn addition to her work in academics, Kimberly is a SIGMA Advisor and author for new nursing educators and has served in accreditation roles. \r\n

\r\nMost recently, Kimberly comes to us from the Fortis Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, where she was the dean of nursing, and provided leadership in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of the nursing program under the president of the college and national VP of Nursing at Education Affiliates.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "A.D.N, Atlantic Union College; 2000; B.S.N Atlantic Union College; 2001; M.S.N Regis College; 2004; MSN post masters education Wright State University; 2005; DNP, Regis College; 2011", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0003/197112/kimberly-dunker.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "195839", first_name: "Tuwan", last_name: "Ussery White", email: "tuwhite@puc.edu", phone: "6533", phone_alt: "", office: "109 Davidian Hall", position: "Assistant Professor of Social Work & Director of Field Experience", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.W, M.A.P.M.", faculty_since: "2021", biography: "Tuwan Ussery earned his master's in social work and pastoral ministry from Andrews University. Prior to coming to PUC, Tuwan instructed behavioral sciences courses at SAU & Belhaven University and pastored in Atlanta. Those interests have continued at PUC as Tuwan currently serves in the psychology and social work department, and he continues to preach itinerantly for church groups on topics of social justice and community empowerment. \r\n

\r\nIn addition to teaching, Tuwan serves as diversity, equity and inclusion officer & director of service learning. Professional affiliations include the National Association of Black Social Workers & National Youth and Leadership Conference for Service Learning.\r\n

\r\nTuwan enjoys spending family time with his wife and their four kids, and his favorite Bible verse is John 10:10: \r\nI have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "M.S.W., Andrews University; 2007; M.A.P.A., Andrews University; 2014", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0004/196240/tuwan-large.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Psychology & Social Work"] },{ id: "195847", first_name: "Libna", last_name: "Arroyo", email: "larroyo@puc.edu", phone: "6530", phone_alt: "", office: "Hi Chan Shun 238D", position: "Assistant Professor of Psychology", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.A.", faculty_since: "2021", biography: "Libna Arroyo grew up as the daughter of a missionary pastor and a teacher. She lived in several countries in Central America, Canada, and several states of the United States of America. Libna graduated from Southern Adventist University with a BA in Psychology, a Minor in Spanish, and a Masters in School counseling. For the last 14 years, Libna has worked in all areas of education and counseling, across 7 states, as counselor in elementary, middle\/high school, alternative and adult education, mental health centers and taught college in Denver, Colorado.

\r\nShe is interested in pursuing a PH. D in either counselor education, developmental or cognitive psychology.

\r\nLibna has a passion for research in psychology and some of her research interests include: the correlation between child

development and technology, academic achievement among minority students in the USA, the correlation between childhood trauma, fear development and resiliency.

\r\nShe is married to Jonathan, a hospital and Air Force chaplain and they have two children, Nolan, and Katherine, and live in Angwin.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "BA in Psychology, Southern Adventist University; 2006; Minor in Spanish, Southern Adventist University; 2006; MA in School Counseling, Souther Adventist University; 2008", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0006/197124/libna-arroyo.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Psychology & Social Work"] },{ id: "195853", first_name: "Jennifer", last_name: "Peñaflorida", email: "jpenaflorida@puc.edu", phone: "6646", phone_alt: "", office: "West Hall #209", position: "Assistant Professor of Education", department: "", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2021", biography: "Jennifer Oliverio Pe\u00f1aflorida is an assistant professor in the Department of Education and the Department of English. She is a teacher educator with a focus on literacy learning. \r\n

\r\nDr. Pe\u00f1aflorida is also a teacher consultant for the Northwest Arkansas Writing Project and a researcher for the National Writing Project. Pe\u00f1aflorida\u2019s research interests include writing process pedagogy, writing instruction and new teacher coaching. She has been published in the English Journal, Oklahoma English Journal<\/em> and the International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies<\/em>. She has presented in numerous national and state conferences.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "PhD in Curriculum & Instruction, Literacy- University of Arkansas; 2021; MA in Rhetoric & Composition, Writing- California State University San Bernardino; 2011; MA in Rhetoric & Composition, Literature- California State University San Bernardino; 2011; BA in English Literature- La Sierra University; 2001", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0005/197105/Jennifer-Penaflorida.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Education"] },{ id: "195856", first_name: "Christa", last_name: "Rieger", email: "chrieger@puc.edu", phone: "7609", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 209", position: "Assistant Professor of Nursing", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., R.N.", faculty_since: "2021", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S.N., Dominican University of California; 2005; M.S.N., Grand Canyon University; 2021", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0005/197123/christa-rieger.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "197118", first_name: "Ellen", last_name: "Balk-Dick", email: "elbalkdick@puc.edu", phone: "7684", phone_alt: "", office: "", position: "Academic Mentor", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., M.P.H.", faculty_since: "", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "MPH, Loma Linda University; 1992; MN in Nursing, UCLA; 1990; BS in Nursing, Andrews University; 1987", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0003/197121/ellen-balk-dick.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "197126", first_name: "Tony", last_name: "Chung", email: "cchung@puc.edu", phone: "7621", phone_alt: "", office: "Davidian Hall 209", position: "Instructor of Nursing", department: "", chair: "", degree: "B.S.N., R.N.", faculty_since: "2021", biography: "Tony Chung, adjunct nursing professor and clinical instructor at Piner\u2019s Nursing Home in Napa, California, joined PUC in 2021. He has a background in geriatric care, and his transition from bedside nurse to educator allows his nursing students to apply their learned concepts to a clinical setting under experienced guidance. He wants to ensure each student nurse has an equal opportunity to deliver care, safety, and comfort to their patients with confidence.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "BSN: Framingham State University; 2014; ASN, Atlantic Union College; 2011; BBA, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand; 1997", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0011/197129/tony-chung.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "197578", first_name: "Scott", last_name: "Perryman", email: "sperryman@puc.edu", phone: "6526", phone_alt: "", office: "", position: "Professor of Business Administration", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.B.A.", faculty_since: "2022", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0018/203724/Perryman_Scott.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Business Administration & Economics "] },{ id: "197582", first_name: "Laura", last_name: "Wibberding", email: "lwibberding@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "", office: "Irwin Hall 211", position: "Assistant Professor of History", department: "", chair: "Chair", degree: "M.A.", faculty_since: "2022", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "M.A. Andrews University Theological Seminary; 2004; B.A. Southern Adventist University; 2000", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0008/197585/laura-webberding.jpg", groups: ["Academic","History"] },{ id: "197593", first_name: "Nicolette", last_name: "Piaubert", email: "npiaubert@puc.edu", phone: "7624", phone_alt: "1-917-602-9927", office: "Davidian Hall 209", position: "Assistant Professor of Nursing, Student Success Coordinator", department: "", chair: "", degree: "F.N.P., R.N.", faculty_since: "2021", biography: "

Assistant Professor of Nursing Nicolette Piaubert loves God and lives to serve. Her commitment to service includes a career as a Family Nurse Practitioner, but Nicolette’s impact on her community is widespread. She has been active in serving underprivileged children as the founder and CEO of The Talented Tenth Highlanders Summer Camp, as well as helping others obtain their nursing degrees through her Gab-Nic Excelsior Nursing Tutoring Center, both in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\r\n

Nicolette is a published author who is also dedicated to supporting marginalized people to find their voices and make them heard through self-publishing. Her first book,\u00a0Becoming<\/em>, was published in 2013 and\u00a0How to Beat a Rigged School System: 13 Steps to 100%\u00a0<\/em>followed in 2020. She is currently working on her third book and maintains an active vlogging presence on Facebook and TikTok.<\/p>\r\n

<\/span>Nicolette received her BSN from Atlantic Union College and her MSN from Pace University, and her favorite text is Jeremiah 29:11:\u00a0“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”<\/em><\/p>", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A., University at Albany, SUNY; 2001; B.S.N., Atlantic Union College; 2010; M.S.N., Pace University; 2020", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0004/200659/Nicolette_Piaubert.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "197596", first_name: "Kevin", last_name: "Little", email: "klittle@puc.edu", phone: "7621", phone_alt: "", office: "DH 114F", position: "Assistant Professor of Nursing", department: "", chair: "", degree: "R.N., M.S., A.N.P.-B.C.", faculty_since: "2022", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "UC San Francisco M.S.N & A.N.P; 2000", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0014/200660/Kevin_Little.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "200652", first_name: "Matthew", last_name: "Evens", email: "mevens@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "", office: "", position: "Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Health Sciences", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.A.", faculty_since: "2022", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0008/208871/Matt-Evans.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Kinesiology and Health Sciences"] },{ id: "200655", first_name: "Karl", last_name: "Wilcox", email: "kwilcox@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "1-817-505-9178", office: "", position: "Walter C. Utt Professor of History, Director of the Utt Center", department: "", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2022", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "Ph.D. English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; 2005; Masters Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, Scotland; 1991; Grad. Diploma in Medieval Studies. University of St. Andrews, Scotland; 1988; B.A. History and English. Newbold College, England; 1986", video_youtube_id: "", image: "", groups: ["Academic","Honors"] },{ id: "203552", first_name: "Timothy", last_name: "Robertson", email: "trobertson@puc.edu", phone: "6679", phone_alt: "", office: "Chan Shun Hall 238E", position: "Assistant Professor of Data Science", department: "", chair: "", degree: "Ph.D.", faculty_since: "2023", biography: "Timothy Robertson specializes in data science and partial differential equations. His interests include applying machine learning algorithms to interesting datasets and mathematical models. In his spare time he enjoys sports, games, rock climbing and hiking.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.S. in Mathematics, Andrews University; 2017; M.S. in Mathematics, University of Tennessee; 2019; Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Tennessee; 2022", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0020/203555/Timothy-Robertson.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Mathematics & Physics"] },{ id: "203691", first_name: "Emily", last_name: "Logan", email: "ellogan@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "1-423-243-8004", office: "Stauffer Hall 101", position: "Assistant Professor of English", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.F.A", faculty_since: "2023", biography: "Emily Logan specializes in creative writing with an emphasis on prose. She is particularly interested in short story, flash fiction, and personal essay forms. Her stories and essays appear in The Roadrunner Review, Reflex Fiction, Watershed Review, and elsewhere, and her work has received support from AWP's Writer to Writer Mentorship Program and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. She teaches courses in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "B.A. Walla Walla University; 2017; M.A. California State University Chico; 2019; M.F.A. University of Washington; 2021", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0006/208869/Emily-Logan.jpg", groups: ["Academic","English"] },{ id: "207211", first_name: "Lindsay", last_name: "Hayasaka, Ph.D.", email: "lhayasaka@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "", office: "", position: "Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Administration", department: "", chair: "", degree: "", faculty_since: "", biography: "Dr. Lindsay (Morton) Hayasaka is an experienced educator and administrator. Beginning her career as a high school English teacher in 2004, Dr. Hayasaka obtained a master's degree in professional writing and literature from Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia) and a doctorate in journalism from Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand). She taught at Avondale University and worked as assistant dean in the faculty of Arts, Nursing and Theology in New South Wales, Australia, before moving to the United States to teach at Pacific Union College. She became associate academic dean of the college in 2021 and transitioned into the role of dean in 2023. Dr. Hayasaka is an active member of her scholarly community and currently serves as the second vice president of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies. She enjoys researching in the field of literary journalism, writing and producing musicals, creating community, and travelling with her husband.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0016/207214/lindsay-hayasaka.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Honors"] },{ id: "208212", first_name: "Eric", last_name: "Hall", email: "ehall@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "", office: "", position: "Adjunct Professor", department: "", chair: "", degree: "", faculty_since: "", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "", video_youtube_id: "", image: "", groups: ["Academic","Business Administration & Economics ","Adjunct"] },{ id: "208812", first_name: "Nicole", last_name: "Nunes-Smith", email: "nnunessmith@puc.edu", phone: "6649", phone_alt: "", office: "West Hall (Education) Rm. 208", position: "Assistant Professor of Education", department: "", chair: "", degree: "", faculty_since: "2022", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "Educational Leadership Certification, University of Alabama; 2022; Master Ed. in Secondary Education, Alabama A&M University; 2009; B.S in English Language Arts Education, Oakwood University; 2004", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0005/209534/nicole-nunes-smith.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Education"] },{ id: "208818", first_name: "Sirisha", last_name: "Penugula", email: "spenugula@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "1-909-674-5766", office: "DH 109G", position: "Assistant Professor", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.S.N., R.N.", faculty_since: "2023", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "null", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "E D Thomas Higher Secondary School, India; 2002", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0011/208874/Sirisha-Penugula.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Nursing & Emergency Management"] },{ id: "208821", first_name: "Ronnie", last_name: "Zanella", email: "rzanella@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "", office: "", position: "Assistant Professor of Music, Choral Director", department: "", chair: "", degree: "", faculty_since: "", biography: "", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "", twitter: "", linkedin: "", education: "", video_youtube_id: "", image: "https://www.puc.edu/__data/assets/image/0015/221451/Ronnie_Zanella.jpg", groups: ["Academic","Music"] },{ id: "208831", first_name: "Merilyn", last_name: "Chaffee", email: "mchaffee@puc.edu", phone: "", phone_alt: "", office: "PUC Flight Center", position: "Chief Flight Instructor", department: "", chair: "", degree: "M.A.", faculty_since: "2023", biography: "Merilyn Chaffee received a bachelor's of technology, aviation flight and maintenance from Andrews University in 1997 and a master's degree from Pacific Union College in 1999. She has been the vice president of operations at Dream Flights since 2015, and a real estate broker since 2010. Her FAA ratings include commercial pilot, instrument flight instructor, and airframe and powerplant mechanic. She has been a flight instructor for many years in places such as PUC Flight Center, MI Air in Redlands, CA, and Kaiser Air in Santa Rosa, CA. Merilyn has also taught classes to students in sixth grade up to the collegiate level in subjects such as music, education, and aviation. Flying has always been a big part of her life, and she is excited to share her love of aviation with PUC students and be a part of a program that trains Christ-centered pilots for lives of service. Merilyn is married to Garrison Chaffee, PUC Youth and Associate Pastor and they have 3 teenagers.", accomplishments: "", faa_ratings: "