Honors program faculty

Education

• MA Western Washington University 
• PhD University at Buffalo, SUNY 

Teaching Areas

Poetry and creative nonfiction, composition, early American and 19^th-century American literature 

Research/Interests

Poetry and American narratives, particularly 19^th-century travel narratives and their role in identity formation, slave/liberation narratives, and captivity narratives   

Other 

• Served as Chair and Professor of English at Pacific Union College  
• PUC Educator of the Year, 2021 

Education

• PhD University of Chicago, 2016; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Teaching Areas
Ancient Near East, Classical Greece and Rome, Western Thought, Middle Eastern History, African History, The West and the World, World Geography

Research/Interests

Iron Age Households at Khirbat al-Balua, Jordan (co-director of the Balua Regional Archaeological Project)

History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East; Households and Communities of the Iron Age Southern Levant (circa 1200 BC)

Hobbies
Travel, knitting and cooking

Other

Titles

Vice President of the Walla Walla Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

Publications Manager for the Center for Near Eastern Archaeology, La Sierra University

Room

Administration Building 233

Education: Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.A., University of Oregon

Research interests: Modern literature; modern poetry; poetics

Education: Ph.D. in U.S. history, Washington State University, 2011; M.A. in American studies, Washington State University, 2004 

Research interests: Cultural exchanges between Japan and the United States between the 1920s–1950s, particularly focused on the lives of Nobuo Tatsuguchi and B.P. Hoffman; 20th century American history; Japan, particularly from the Meiji-Era to the American Occupation; America during the Cold War and World War II; United States foreign policy

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Education: Ph.D. in history, Claremont Graduate University, 2004; M.B.A. Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, 2000

Research interests: The legacy and influence of Desiderius Erasmus; religion in the 17th century; the scientific revolution in England

Administration Building 227

(BA, Seminar Marienhoehe, Darmstadt, Germany; PhD, Andrews University)

Mathilde Frey comes to Walla Walla University with a European background. She grew up in communist Romania where she attended elementary and high school, and graduated with the Baccalaureate. In 1984, she immigrated to West Germany, studied Theology in Austria and Germany, and served as a pastor in the South German Conference for five years. In 2003, she moved to Berrien Springs, Michigan, and earned a PhD in Old Testament from Andrews University. Her dissertation is titled, The Sabbath in the Pentateuch: An Exegetical and Theological Study.

In 2008, Mathilde accepted a call to teach Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and Hebrew Language at the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies, in the Philippines. She also served as the editor of the Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary (JAAS) and as chair of the Master of Arts in Theology Program until 2014, when she moved to Walla Walla together with her husband Marcus and their two children, Delia and Eva.

Mathilde's academic interest is focused on close reading of the Hebrew Bible. She has written articles and book chapters on the Sabbath, has authored the Deuteronomy commentary for the Andrews Study Bible, and is currently writing a commentary on the book of Judges for the Seventh-day Adventist International Bible Commentary. Her international experience combined with pastoral ministry and academic work enriches her teaching in the classroom and her other contributions to the Walla Walla University campus.

Education

• BA Walla Walla University, 2012
• MA Western Washington University, 2015
• PhD University of California, Davis, 2022

Teaching Areas

Victorian literature, medieval literature, composition, literary and critical theory, and film studies.

Research/Interests

In addition to her teaching areas, her research and interests include nineteenth-century transatlantic literature, empire studies, environmental humanities, medical humanities, science fiction, folklore, Middle English, and Old English. Her dissertation is titled Industrial Specters of Nineteenth-Century Literature: Mills, Ports, and Mines; selections have been published in Literary Geographies, Venti, and Gothic Nature.

Education 

• PhD – Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA, 2016
• MA – Religion—Old Testament, Andrews University, 2010
• MA – Religion—Religious Education, Andrews University, 2010
• BA – Theology, Walla Walla University, 2005

Research/Interests

• Interdisciplinary study of ancient tombs and inscriptions
• Intersections between psychological science and theology, particularly in the area of compassion and spirituality
• Creative pedagogy, particularly in the areas of Bible and archaeology
• Metaphor in the Hebrew Bible

Hobbies
Camping, hiking, playing ragtime on the piano, reading, and going out with friends.

Education: Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis; M.A., Washington University in St. Louis

Research interests: The intersection between literature and the arts; environmental literature; general studies and curriculum development; Renaissance literature and 18^th Century British literature

Administration Building 209