Western’s faculty is academically distinguished, making Western one of the top seminaries in the country – and with a 15.5 to 1 student-to-professor ratio, students can have personal, mentoring relationships with them.
Meet the Western Faculty
Felix Theonugraha
President and Professor of Educational Leadership
Kristen Deede Johnson
Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs, G.W. and Edna Haworth Professor of Educational Ministries and Leadership
Tim Basselin
Director of Field Education and Student Life, Associate Professor of Ministry, Theology, and Culture
Carol Bechtel
Professor of Old Testament
J. Todd Billings
Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology
John Brogan
Associate Academic Dean, Professor of New Testament, Director of the M.Div. and M.A. Programs, Director of the GPCE
Winn Collier
Director of the Eugene Peterson Center, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Imagination
Benjamin T. Conner
Professor of Practical Theology and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Disability and Ministry
Chuck DeGroat
Professor of Pastoral Care and Christian Spirituality, Interim Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program, Executive Director of the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program
Wesley Hill
Associate Professor of New Testament
Han-luen Kantzer Komline
Professor of Church History and Theology
David Komline
Professor of Church History and Coordinator for Strategic International Initiatives
Alberto La Rosa Rojas
Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics, Interim Director Hispanic Ministry Program
Suzanne McDonald
Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology
Ruth Padilla DeBorst
Richard C. Oudersluys Associate Professor of World Christianity
Elizabeth Pennock
Director of the Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and Associate Professor of Counseling
Madison Pierce
Associate Professor of New Testament
Ron Rienstra
Professor of Preaching and Worship Arts, Director of Worship Life
Sue A. Rozeboom
Professor of Liturgical Theology
Keith Starkenburg
Director of the Vita Scholars Program and Associate Professor of Theology, Interim Associate Dean
David L. Stubbs
Professor of Ethics and Theology, Co-Director of the Hope-Western Prison Education Program (HWPEP)
L.S. Carlos A. Thompson
Assistant Professor of Christian Ministry and Disability Theology and Director of the Friendship House, and Student Accessibility Coordinator
Travis West
Associate Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament and Interim Director of the Masters of Theology Program
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