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Wanda M. Coleman
Director of Recruitment, Doctor of Ministry Program
Education: B.A., The Ohio State University; M.Div., Ashland
Theological Seminary; In Pursuit: D.Min., Black Church Studies,
Ashland Theological Seminary.
Denomination: United Church of Christ.
Service: Associate Minister in Ohio; Christian Education Instructor;
Worship Leader; Choir Directress; Conference/Retreat Speaker.
Interests: Women in Ministry/Women’s Studies; Healing and
Deliverance; Spiritual Warfare, Intercessory Prayer, Race and
Gender.
Brenda B. Colijn
Professor of Biblical Interpretation and Theology
Education: B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Cornell
University; Ph.D., Cornell University; M.A., Ashland Theological
Seminary.
Denomination: The Brethren Church.
Service: Instructor, Ohio Wesleyan University and Cedarville College;
Executive Board of the Brethren Church; Committee on Doctrine,
Research, and Publication.
Research Interests: Hermeneutics; Biblical theology; Soteriology;
Anabaptist theology.
Michael Cook
Program Administrator, City Gates Initiative
Education: B.M. Ashland University.
Denomination: Brethren.
Research Interests: Theology of Work, Marketplace Leadership,
Cultural Restoration.
Doug Cooper
Director of City Gates Initiative
Education: B.A. in Business Administration, B.A. in Religion, Certified
Business Coach
Denomination: Brethren
Service: Red Red Design, Development Director; Park Street Brethren
Church, Director of Worship and young Adults; Whitcomb and Hess
Director of Business Development
Research Interests: .Leadership Training and Development,
Marketplace Ministry, Business Coaching, Worship Arts.
David A. deSilva
Trustees’ Distinguished Professor of New Testament and
Greek
Education: A.B., Princeton University; M.Div., Princeton University;
Ph.D., Emory University.
Denomination: United Methodist Church.
Service: Instructor, Candler; Campus Pastor in New Jersey; Organist/
Choirmaster in New Jersey, Georgia and Ohio.
Research Interests: Second Temple Jewish literature, Epistle to the
Hebrews, the Revelation of John, rhetorical and social-scientific
interpretation.
Dawn Dever
Director of Marketing; Director of Development—ATS Fund
Education: A.A., Ashland University; B.S., Ashland University.
Denomination: Brethren.
Service: SemWives; PSBC Leadership Board.
David Cooksey
Director of Church Relations
Education: B.A. Ashland College; M.Div., Ashland Theological
Seminary.
Denomination: The Brethren Church.
Service: Pastor in Indiana and Illinois; Director of Pastoral Ministries,
Brethren Church National Office; 26 year Member and Secretary
Ashland University Board of Trustees.
Research Interests: Leadership in The Brethren Church; Strengths and
weaknesses of leadership.
Tony Donofrio
Associate Professor of Counseling
Education: B.S., University of Akron; M.A.C.P.C., Ashland Theological
Seminary; Ph.D., University of Akron.
Denomination: Independent.
Service: Psychology Intern, EMERGE Ministries, Inc.; Teaching and
research assistant, The University of Akron; Assistant Pastor and
Youth Minister in Ohio; Mental health services, Ohio.
Research Interests: Integration of psychology and theology - clinical
and theoretical; God-image research; The intersection of
personality and spirituality/religious expression; Psychological
assessment, particularly in the realm of personality and spirituality.
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