Meet Our Faculty Experts

Across every division, our faculty bring research, insight, and real-world perspective to the questions shaping our world.

Meet Our Faculty Experts

Across every division, our faculty bring research, insight, and real-world perspective to the questions shaping our world.

Yamil Acevedo

Executive Vice President

Wesley Seminary

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

globalChristianity
wesleyanTheology
hispanicMinistry
interculturalLeadership
churchLeadership

Charlie Alcock

Assistant Professor

School of Theology and Ministry

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

discipleship
youthMinistry
spiritualFormation
wesleyanChurch
latinAmerica
christianLeadership

Elaine Bernius

Professor

School of Theology and Ministry

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

theBible
newTestament
womenInTheBible
biblicalInterpretation

Toby Buchanan

Professor; SME for the MSW Generalist Field Program, Behavioral and Health Sciences

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
family
adoption
childWelfare
collegeReadiness
familyResilience
fosterCare
juvenileDelinquency
socialWork

Clark Cully

Technology Division Chair, DeVoe School of Business, Technology, and Leadership

DeVoe School of Business, Technology and Leadership

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

artificialIntelligence
cybersecurity
nationalSecurity
informationTechnology
dataAnalytics
innovationCulture
AiEthics

Erin Davis

Professor

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
studentSuccess
positivePsychology
counseling
collegeStudents
relationships
multiculturalCounseling

Lanta Davis

Professor of Honors Humanities and Literature

John Wesley Honors College

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

christianFormation
literature
reading
christianEducation

Erin Devers

Professor

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

psychology
decisionMaking
cognitiveBias
creativity
criticalThinking
studentSuccess

Amanda Drury

Professor

School of Theology and Ministry

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

trauma
spiritualFormation
youthMinistry
theology
family
christianEducation

Misty Emmons

Dean, Division of Nursing

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

nursePractitioners
aging
cancerCare
cardiovascularHealth
healthcareLeadership
nursing
nursingEducation
nursingWorkforce
palliativeCare

Cindy Faulkner

Professor

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
addiction
healthPolicy
healthcareAdministration
healthcareLeadership
healthcareQuality
populationHealth
publicHealth
strategicPlanning

Cynthia Faulkner

Associate Professor

DeVoe School of Business, Technology and Leadership

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
family
addiction
childWelfare
domesticViolence
fosterCare
onlineEducation
researchMethods
socialWork

Anne Greeley

Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

artHistory
modernArt
museums
italianArt
artConservation

Daniel Hall

Assistant Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

creativity
drawing
biomimicry
natureInspiredDesign
printmaking
sculpture
visualCommunication
designThinking
artEducation

Sarah Hamsher

Professor

School of Integrated Learning and Development

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

higherEducation
accreditation
adultEducation
curriculumDesign
onlineEducation
scienceOfReading
studentRetention
teacherEducation
workforceDevelopment

J. Russell (Rusty) Hawkins

Dean, John Wesley Honors College; Professor of Honors Humanities and History

John Wesley Honors College

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

race
americanHistory
evangelicalism
civilRights
christianity

Robert Jesiolowski

Professor

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

counseling
addiction
childWelfare
criminalJustice
forensicMentalHealth
onlineEducation
socialPolicy
socialWork
virtualReality

Daniel Jones

Professor

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

genetics
molecularBiology
boneHealth
biotechnology

Steven Keil

Director of the Center for Applied Ethics and AI

DeVoe School of Business, Technology and Leadership

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

russiaUkraineWar
foreignPolicy
defensePolicy
energySecurity
europeanSecurity
militaryAid
NATO
russia
U.S.-EuropeRelations

Dutch Kendall

Professor

DeVoe School of Business, Technology and Leadership

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

economics
finance
manufacturing
organizationalDevelopment
procurement
riskManagement
sixSigma
supplyChain
workplaceSpirituality

David King

Professor, Social Work

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
trauma
christianEthics
resilience
behavioralHealth
christianCounseling
familyTherapy
healthcareQuality
socialWork

Matthew Kreitzer

Professor; Dean of the School of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

neuroscience
brainHealth
visionScience
migraine
stemEducation

Stephen Leonard

Associate Professor

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

chemistry
biochemistry
drugDiscovery
cellBiology
infectiousDisease

Daniel Lin

Associate Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

classicalMusic
musicEducation
pianoPerformance
performingArts
musicTheory
concertPerformance

Mike Linville

Professor

DeVoe School of Business, Technology and Leadership

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

cross-CulturalLeadership
emotionalIntelligence
followership
globalLeadership
humanitarianAid
leadership
leadershipDevelopment
organizationalChange
ukraine

James Long

Associate Professor of Social Work

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
trauma
marriage&Family
addiction
biblicalCounseling
child&AdolescentCounseling
christianCounseling
familyTherapy
socialWork

Keith Lowe

Assistant Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

illustration
childrensLiterature
visualStorytelling
graphicDesign

Sharon Loza

Associate Professor and Program Director of Psychology and Human Services

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

disabilityEducation
earlyChildhoodEducation
educationEquity
educationPolicy
globalEducation
infant&ToddlerDevelopment
programEvaluation
publicHealth
specialEducation

Alisha Mack

Associate Professor

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

nursePractitioners
bioethics
diabetes
healthCoaching
lifestyleMedicine
nursing
obesity
primaryCare
telehealth

Tony Manganello

Associate Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

nationalSecurity
intelligence
russiaUkraineWar
militaryStrategy
cybersecurity
terrorism
foreignPolicy

Shawn Matter

Assistant Professor

DeVoe Division of Business - On Campus

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

businessLaw
businessEthics
employmentLaw
firstAmendment
intellectualProperty

Brent Moore

Division Chair, Behavioral and Health Sciences; Professor

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
counseling
multiculturalCounseling
trauma
addiction
ADHD
clergyMentalHealth
dyslexia
playTherapy

Jonathan Morgan

Professor

School of Theology and Ministry

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

theology
earlyChristianity
churchHistory
theBible
apologetics

Jennifer Noseworthy

Professor of Biology; Chair, Division of Natural Sciences

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

agriculture
gardening
healthyEating
plantScience

Joshua Nwokeji

Clapp Endowed Chair; Associate Professor of Computer Science

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

artificialIntelligence
cybersecurity
softwareEngineering
dataScience
engineeringEducation

Jessie Pablo

Assistant Professor, Field Director, Behavioral and Health Sciences

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

communityDevelopment
culturalIntegration
familySupport
immigrantCommunities
immigration
parenting
socialWork
socialWorkEducation
trauma-InformedCare

Phoenix Park-Kim

Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

classicalPiano
classicalMusic
africanAmericanComposers
musicEducation
crossCulturalMusic

Stephen Pierce

Associate Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

africanHistory
colonialAfrica

Mark Rennaker

Chair of the Department of Leadership and Followership Studies

DeVoe School of Business, Technology and Leadership

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

clergyFinances
employeeResilience
ethicalLeadership
followership
leadership
organizationalCulture
pastoralLeadership
servantLeadership
workplaceWell-Being

Warren Rogers

Professor, Blanchard Endowed Chair of Physics

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

physics
astronomy
cosmology
undergraduateResearch

Jason Runyan

Professor

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

psychology
positivePsychology
happiness
humanBehavior
compassion
mentalHealth
decisionMaking
wellBeing

Matthew Sattley

Professor

School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

microbiology
environmentalMicrobiology
bacteria
antarctica
extremophiles
photosynthesis
microbialEcology
genomics
waterPurification

Corey Sizelove

Associate Professor

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

emergencyNursing
disasterPreparedness
traumaCare
schoolSafety
nursePractitioners

Amy Smelser

Assistant Professor; Chair, Division of Modern Language, Literature and Communication

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

journalism
mediaLiteracy
storytelling
newsMedia
christianLiterature

Henrik Söderström

Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

creativity
designThinking
creativeDesign
visualArts
arts

Anneke Stasson

Professor of Honors Humanities and History

John Wesley Honors College

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

evangelicalism
churchHistory
christianityInChina
missions
women&Christianity

Timothy Steenbergh

Professor; Chair, Division of Behavioral Sciences

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

addiction
gambling
psychology
studentSuccess
resilience
positivePsychology
smartphoneUse

Adam Thompson

Professor; Chair, Division of Health and Human Performance

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

athleticTraining
sportsMedicine
rehabilitation
exerciseScience
humanPerformance
workplaceStress
burnout
injuryPrevention

Jeanelle VerWayne

Associate Professor

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
family
higherEducation
crisisResponse
hispanicFamilies
onlineEducation
school-BasedMentalHealth
socialPolicy
socialWork

Lindsey Vigesaa

Professor of Criminal Justice

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

artificialIntelligence
corrections
criminalJustice
criminalJusticeEthics
criminology
cybercrime
prisonerReentry
publicSafety
victimology

Daphne Washington

Associate Professor

School of Integrated Health

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

mentalHealth
studentSuccess
positivePsychology
counseling
multiculturalCounseling
christianCounseling
humanDevelopment
lifeCoaching
schoolCounseling

Sam Young

Assistant Professor

School of Arts and Humanities

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

americanHistory
civilWar
americanSouth
christianityInAmerica
historicalMemory
publicHistory

Core Faculty

Haley Juber

Assistant Professor; Doctor of Physical Therapy Director of Clinical Education

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

Phillip Palmer

Professor; Program Director

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

Priya Pockyarath

Assistant Professor

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

Associated Faculty

Melissa Cook

Professor of Exercise Science

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:

Brittney Millspaugh Storms

Associate Professor; Anatomist

School of Nursing and Health Professions

Areas of Expertise and Experience:


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World-class Team

At Indiana Wesleyan University, our university faculty are more than educators. They are mentors, ministry leaders and champions of teaching excellence. Within our faculty directory, you’ll discover individuals with diverse backgrounds, deep academic credentials and a shared passion for equipping students to impact the world through Christ.

From college professors to education faculty, each member of our team embodies a distinct teaching philosophy that integrates faith, scholarship, and service. With a strong emphasis on character formation and leadership in higher education, IWU faculty lead by example in and out of the classroom.

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