Faculty Associated with the Program
Dr. Maryna J. Bazylevych
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies
Education: Ph.D., SUNY Albany; M.A., State University of New York at Albany; B.A., Technological University of Podillia
Sean D. Burke
Assistant Professor of Religion
Education: Ph.D., Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union; M.Div., Lutheran Theological Seminary; B.A., Judeo-Christian Heritage, Concordia College
Joy Conrad
Instructor in Modern Languages and Literatures
Dr. Wanda Deifelt
Professor of Religion
Education: Ph.D., Joint Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University Doctoral Program; M.T.S., Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary; B.A., Faculdade de Teologia, Escola Superior de Teologia
Dr. Mark R. Eichinger
Associate Professor of Biology
Education: Ph.D., Physiology, University of Hawaii; B.S., Biology, Northland College
Jane M. Hawley
Associate Professor of Dance
Education: M.F.A., Performance and Choreography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Certificate Program, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre School; Personal Well-Being, Windemere Institute for Healing Arts; B.A., Theatre, Luther College
Laurie Iudin-Nelson
Associate Professor of Russian Studies
Thomas C. Johnson
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Communication Studies
Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Dr. Marian Kaehler
Professor of Biology
Education: Ph.D., Biochemistry, Michigan State University; B.A., Chemistry and Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College
Lise E. Kildegaard
Professor of English
Education: Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Carleton College
Martin Klammer
Professor of English
Education: Ph.D., M.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; B.A., University of Oregon
Dr. Charlotte A. Kunkel
Professor of Sociology
Education: Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder; B.A., St. Cloud State University
Benjamin Moore
Assistant Professor of Art
Education: M.F.A., Painting, University of Iowa; B.A., Art, Luther College
Dr. Holly G. Moore
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Education: Ph.D., Philosophy, DePaul University; M.A., Philosophy, Villanova University; B.A., Pennsylvania State University
Kate Narveson
Associate Professor of English
Education: Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; M.Phil., The Warburg Institute, University of London; B.A., Washington University in St. Louis
Kimberly Powell
Professor of Communication Studies
Education: Ph.D., The University of Georgia; M.A., Northern Illinois University; B.S., Berry College
Dr. Sheila Radford-Hill
Executive Director of Diversity Center
Diane Scholl
Professor of English
Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago; M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., St. Olaf College
Marty Steele
Counselor, Counseling Service
Dr. Karla Suomala
Associate Professor of Religion
Education: Ph.D., Hebraic and Cognate Studies, Hebrew Union College; M. Phil., Hebraic and Cognate Studies, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; B.A., Comparative Literature, University of Michigan
Dr. Kristin Swanson
Associate Professor of Religion
Education: Ph.D., Religion, Vanderbilt; M.T.S., Trinity Lutheran Seminary; B.A., summa cum laude, California Lutheran University
Amy E. Weldon
Associate Professor of English
Education: Ph.D, M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; B.A., Auburn University
Novian Whitsitt
Professor of Africana Studies and English
Education: Ph.D, M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., University of California-L.A.
Jacqueline Wilkie
Professor of History
Education: D.A., Carnegie-Mellon University; M.A., Northeastern University; B.A., College of Saint Rose