Doctoral Update

Doctoral Update
September 2012
Welcome, New Doctoral Students!.............................................................................................. 1
Doctoral Research Group [DRG] .................................................................................................. 3
Fall Courses .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Upcoming Conferences.................................................................................................................... 3
Interterm January 2013..................................................................................................................... 4
NVivo Information............................................................................................................................... 4
Candidacy .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Cook PhD Programs’ Handbook & “Style Manual for Doctoral Students” ................. 5
Welcome, New Doctoral Students!
Please join us in welcoming the following individuals:
PhD in Intercultural Education PhD in Intercultural Studies
Denis LaClare: “Originally from Canada,
I have worked with Cru (formerly
Campus Crusade) for 25 years. Currently
my wife Vickie and I minister to
international students in the Pacific
Southwest. I give leadership to our 20+
staff in the region. We have three kids:
Jesse (16), Mia (11) and Will (7) and
reside in Bakersfield, CA. My research
interests lie in the area of cross-cultural
missionary preparation and worldview
acquisition.”
David Ofumbi: “Team Leader of
Leadership Development Initiative Africa
(LEADIA). I am from Uganda and my
wife, Anne Nyarangi, is from Kenya. We
have two daughters, Tehilah and
Taleesa Jan. My research interest is in
the influence of followership on
Brett Molter: “I am married and have 4
beautiful boys, ages 15, 13, 11, and 8. I
have just recently returned from
missionary work in Senegal, West
Africa. My current research interests
include the interpretation of rituals
involved in death ceremonies of the
Senegalese as well as the influence of
a syncretic belief system in their
perception of death and the afterlife.”
Jeffrey Waligora: “I lead my wife and
3 children as we have been living and
serving in East Asia since 1997. My
research interest is in the area of
training up national workers for more
effective cross-cultural ministry.”
Rose Waligora: “I am an almost-2ndgeneration,
Korean-American who

leadership.
Jane Rhoades: “My husband and I live
in Southern California and have one
adult son and two granddaughters in
Missouri. We continue to serve in training
and member care in Africa under Youth
With A Mission, so I want to focus my
research on multicultural missions
training in Africa.”
Sao “Susanna” Sio: “I am from Hong
Kong. I am the 5th kid of 9 children at
home. I would like to do my research
work on intercultural team building and
dynamics from a Chinese perspective.
Welcome
to
the fall
semester!
grew up in Detroit and now ministers
with my husband and three children in
East Asia. My research interest is in
the area of women serving crossculturally
and how to encourage and
help them bridge the gap from effective
homemaking towards fruitful ministry in
their communities.”
Doctor of Missiology
Lisa MacEwen: “I was born and raised
in Korea but have lived in the U.S. for
the major part of my life. . . . We are
missionaries with Cru (a.k.a. Campus
Crusade for Christ). We have served in
a restricted-access country in East Asia
and are now serving in Singapore. My
husband is a faculty member at East
Asia School of Theology, and I minister
there as well. We have an eight-yearold
daughter. We are truly an
international family: I am Korean, my
husband is American, and our daughter
is Chinese (adopted). My research
interest is in Intercultural Mentoring.”
Francis Nwobu: “My name is Francis
Chukwudozie Nwobu, and just as the
Apostle Paul was a Hebrew and a
Roman citizen, I am an Ibo from
southern Nigeria and an American
citizen. My wife's name is Clara, a
missionary like me and an RN . . . we
have 4 children. My first born,
Emmanuel, is 29 and a veteran who
served in Iraq. Our daughters are
Goodness, 27 and a physics graduate
in a master's program; Faith, 24 and a
biology graduate, pursuing a master's
degree in Public Health; and Victory,
21 and attending Cerritos College. My
research interest includes an
empathetic response to the prosperity
gospel in southern Nigeria.”

Doctoral Research Group [DRG]
Our first Doctoral Research Group [DRG] of the semester will meet this Friday,
September 28, 2012, from 12:30–2:00 PM in Marshburn 1 on the Biola campus. This
is an informal gathering to discuss items of interest and relevance to the CSICS doctoral
community. Please join us for a light lunch and fellowship with your colleagues.
Fall Courses
ISCL 744 Narrative in Scripture & Teaching 9/5–9/15 (Steffen)
ISCL 742 History of the Expansion of Christianity 9/6–9/15 (Yeh)
ISCL 879 Research Design 9/27–10/6 (Chan)
ISCL 751 Social Anthropology 10/11–10/20 (K. Greene)
ISCL 816 Education Theory 10/25–11/3 (Starcher)
ISAN 721 Anthropological Theory in Practice 10/25–11/3 (Hayward/Chan)
ISCL 709 Intercultural Communication 11/8–11/17 (McEwen)
Upcoming Conferences
Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research
“Navigating Complexity in an Intercultural World”
Oct 17–20, 2012
Minneapolis, MN
10 th Annual Conference on Transformative Learning
Nov 1–4, 2012
San Francisco, CA
Meridian University
111th American Anthropological Association’s [AAA] Annual Meeting
“Borders and Crossings”
Nov 14–18, 2012
San Francisco, CA
57 th Annual Conference of the Comparative & International Education Society
[CIES] “Educational Quality: Global Imperatives and Contested Visions”
Mar 10–15, 2013
New Orleans, LA
American Society of Missiology’s Annual Conference
June 21–23, 2013
Chicago, IL

Interterm January 2013
Chiang Mai Extension Center
ISCL 780 Shame & Honor in the Bible (Jan 7–11) Steffen
ISCL 879 Research Design (Jan 7–11) Starcher
ISCL 765 Crosscultural Leadership (Jan 14–18) Steffen
ISCL 803 Qualitative Research (Jan 14–18) Starcher
Kiev Extension Center
ISAN 731 Culture, Cognition, & Worldview (Jan 2–5) Hayward
ISCL 874 Anthropology in Europe (Jan 7–11) Hayward
If you wish to register for these classes or want more information, contact Ken Stewart
(ken.stewart@biola.edu).
NVivo Information
NVivo 10 was recently released with great new functionality, capacity, and speed. NVivo
is a helpful tool for your literature reviews and for anyone doing qualitative or mixed
methods research. You can see it live during one of QSR’s complimentary interactive
eDemos, held weekly. To see details and a schedule of upcoming eDemo’s, click here.
For a free, 30-day trial, click here for details.
Candidacy
Official PhD candidacy indicates that students have completed all of the preliminary
requirements and are now qualified to undertake original research contributing to
scholarship in their respective fields through their doctoral dissertations.
It is the responsibility of students to contact their advisors in order to ensure all candidacy
requirements have been met. Upon completion of the requirements, students will be notified
of their acceptance to candidacy. Upon achieving candidacy, students may implement
their proposed research plans under the supervision of the approved doctoral
chairperson.
To achieve candidacy, students must successfully complete the following:
1. Required coursework and the Graduation Procedures Check (or grad check);
2. Portfolio, approved by the doctoral committee;
3. Qualifying exam; and
4. Successful defense of the dissertation proposal.
Our hearty congratulations go to the following students who recently achieved
“Candidacy” status:
Hannah Cho (ICE) Daniel Mun (ICE) Jerry Ruth (ICE)
Daniel Low (ICE) Deborah Park (ICE) Tamara Welter (ICS)

Cook PhD Programs’ Handbook & “Style Manual for Doctoral
Students”
We are happy to announce that the “CSICS PhD Programs Handbook 2012–2013” and
the “Style Manual for Doctoral Students” have both been uploaded to the Biola website.
On the main page, click on the “Academics” tab, then on the “Cook School of
Intercultural Studies” box. Under “Programs,” click on the “Intercultural Education” link.
Choose your degree program to access the file of choice.
Job Openings
Check out the “Careers” link on the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
[CCCU] website. The following are some current openings:
Faculty Position in Evangelism Studies
Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, KY)
Click here
Faculty Position in Anthropology
Westmont College (Santa Barbara, CA)
Click here