Visiting Professors and Adjunct Faculty
Visiting Professors
MaryKate Morse
Lead Mentor, Leadership and Spiritual Formation (through Cohort LSF10)
Academic Background: PhD, Gonzaga University; MDiv, Western Evangelical Seminary (Portland Seminary); MAT, Biblical Studies, Western Evangelical Seminary (Portland Seminary); BS, Longwood University
Expertise and Research Interests: Healthy, effective spiritual leadership; leadership development and formation; deep change/spiritual formation processes in individuals and in groups; power and influence; team and gender issues; spiritual direction; and prayer
Professional Background: MaryKate Morse is the former executive dean of Portland Seminary at ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Fox University and the former director of strategic planning for the university. She is an emeritus professor of Leadership & Spiritual Formation and serves as an adjunct in the Doctor of Ministry program.
MaryKate has planted two churches. She is a spiritual director, leadership mentor, coach, speaker, and the author of Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, and Influence, A Guidebook to Prayer: 24 Ways to Walk with God, and Lifelong Leadership: Woven Together through Mentoring Communities. She is the recipient of the Dallas Willard award and the Richard Foster Award, recognizing her service and contribution in the formation of leaders.
E-Mail: mkmorse@georgefox.edu
Len Sweet
Visiting Distinguished Professor
Academic Background: An honors and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Richmond, he earned his M.Div. from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and
Expertise and Research Interests: Full
Email: lsweet@georgefox.edu
Jason Swan Clark
Advanced Subject Matter Expert for the Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives and Director of the London Centre for Spiritual Direction.
Academic Background: PhD, "Evangelicalism and Capitalism: A Reparative Account and Diagnosis of Pathogeneses in the Relationship," ; DMin, Theology and Leadership, Portland Seminary; BA, Hons Theology, London School of Theology.
Certifications: Post Graduate Certificate in Education, University of Greenwich (London)
Expertise and Interests: Ecclesiology, worship, theological anthropology, political theology, spiritual formation, leadership, capitalism and consumerism, Christian ethics, visual ethnography, evangelical theology & history, charismatic and pentecostal theology, missional theology, church planting, preaching & teaching, theological education & practice
E-Mail: jclark@georgefox.edu
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Ken Van Vliet
Guest Mentor; Pastor, Monte Vista Chapel
Academic Background:BA, Business Administration, California State University Stanislaus; MDiv, Bethel Theological Seminary; DMin, Leadership and Spiritual Formation, Portland Seminary.
Expertise and Interests:Spiritual formation in the local church; systemic, organizational and cultural change; leadership development; pastoral coaching.
E-Mail: kvanvliet@georgefox.edu, ken@mvcturlock.com
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Adjunct Faculty
Dominic Abaria
Adjunct Professor of Leadership & Formation
Academic Background: DMin, Portland Seminary; MDiv, Western Seminary; BA, Concordia University
Certifications: Association of Professional Chaplains
Expertise and Interests: Ministerial and Clergy Burnout, Non-profit Organizational Leadership, Pastoral Leadership, Preaching, Teaching, Christian Spiritual Formation, and Spiritual Direction
Email: dabaria@georgefox.edu
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Alyssa Bell
Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Formation
Academic Background: DMin Leadership & Spiritual Formation, Portland Seminary; MDiv Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Certifications: Spiritual Direction Supervision Training, Companioning Center
Expertise and Interests: Pastoral Care, Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Care for Mothers in Ministry
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Email: abell@georgefox.edu
Amber M. Dillon
Adjunct Professor of New Testament Studies
Academic Background: PhD, New Testament, Ridley Melbourne; MA, Biblical and Theological Studies, Western Seminary
Expertise and Interests: Johannine literature, New Testament Greek, New Testament Use of Old Testament
Email: adillon@georgefox.edu
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Jeffrey Tacklind
Adjunct Professor of Ministry Leadership
Academic Background : DMin, Portland Seminary; MA, Talbot Seminary, Philosophy of Religion
Certifications: Spiritual Director
Expertise and Interests: Spiritual Formation, Pilgrimage, Epistemology
Email: jtacklind@georgefox.edu
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Jason Wellman
Adjunct Professor of Ministry Leadership
Project Faculty, DMIN in Leadership and Spiritual Formation
Academic Background : DMin, Portland Seminary; MDiv, Ashland Theological Seminary; BS, Music Education, Bluffton University
Expertise and Interests:Wesleyan Theology, Faith and Work/Vocation, Faith Integration, Church and Pastoral Leadership, Discernment Practices, Spiritual Formation, Leadership Coaching.
Email: jwellman@georgefox.edu
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L. William (Bill) Oliverio, Jr.
Academic Background: PhD - Theology and Society (Theology and Philosophy) Marquette University; MA Christian Thought - Bethel Seminary (MN); BA in Pastoral Studies with Biblical Languages - North Central University
Certifications: Currently in Clinical Pastoral Education Residency
Expertise and Interests: Theology and Philosophy, Global Pentecostalism, Hermeneutics, Theology and Culture.
Email: loliveriojr@georgefox.edu
Andrew Ray Williams
Academic Background : PhD, Theology, Bangor University (Wales, U.K.); MTS (Thesis), Theology, Regent University's School of Divinity; BA, Theological Studies, The King’s University
Certifications: Ordained Minister, The Foursquare Church St. Basil Fellow, The Center for Pastor Theologians
Expertise and Interests: Pentecostal theology; sacramental theology; ecclesiology; ecotheology; spiritual formation and theology for pastoral ministry
Email: williamsa@georgefox.edu
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David McDonald
Academic Background : Post-Doctoral Fellow, Portland Seminary, D.Min (Portland Seminary), M.A. Southwestern University, B.A Trinity Western University
Expertise and Interests: Creativity, Innovation, and Change
Email: doctordavidmcdonald@gmail.com
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Issac Hebdon
Academic Background: DMin Portland Seminary; MA Theology Whitworth University,, Spokane, WA; BS Pastoral Studies, Eugene Bible College (now called New Hope Christian College), Eugene, OR
Certifications: Spiritual Direction
Expertise and Interests: Pastoral Care, Burnout, Spiritual Formation, Leadership
Email: ihebden@georgefox.edu
Chantel Heister
Academic Background: PhD Candidate in New Testament, Emory University; MA in Theological Studies, Portland Seminary
Expertise and Interests: Conceptions of Evil in Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Literature; Second Temple Literature; Material Culture; Translation Studies; Gospels
Jacob Evers
Academic Background: PhD, Old Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary; MDiv, Azusa Pacific University; BA, Biblical Studies, Life Pacific UniversityExpertise and Interests: The Book of Isaiah, Old Testament Hermeneutics, The Bible and Animal Studies, The Bible and Ecology
Email: jevers@georgefox.edu
Kristen Chaney
Academic Background: MA, Portland Seminary, Spiritual Formation and Discipleship, BA, ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Fox University, Business
Certifications: Certificate in Spiritual Direction, Portland Seminary Certificate in Spiritual Direction Supervision, Companioning Center Ordained Minister with Foursquare Church
Expertise and Interests: Spiritual Direction, Pastoral Leader Care and Development, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Practices, Teaching, Deep Listening
Email: kchaney94@georgefox.edu
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Mary Pandiani
Academic Background: UCLA (Psychology, BA); Fuller Seminary (Global Leadership, MA); Regent College (additional courses); Portland Seminary (Leadership & Global Perspectives, D.Ld)
Certifications: ICF coaching Spiritual Director, Soul Stream
Expertise and Interests: Contemplative communities; Eldering (aging well)
Email: mpandiani@georgefox.edu
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Soo Sweeney
Academic Background: B.A. (Seoul National University); M.Div (Evangelia University); M.T.S. (Calvin Theological Seminary); Ph. D. (Claremont School of Theology, Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies)
Expertise and Interests: The Originator of Threshold Reading; Palimpsestic Collage Reading; Spatial Theory, Metaphor, Prophetic Literature, Diasporic Reading of the Bible
Email: ssweeney@georgefox.edu