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Andrew Robinson
Coordinator of External Relations, Detroit
Education: B.A, Grand Valley State University; M.A, Medieval
Institute, Western Michigan University.
Denomination: Covenant Church
Service: Assistant Pastor and Director of Christian Education of
churches in Michigan; Campus Pastor - local college/university.
Research Interests: Christianity Late Antiquity, early Christ.
thought, ancient Greco-Roman Hist., Augustinian view on evil,
apologetics, Trinitarian views of 4th Cent. A.D. & Comma
Johanneum.
Bridget Ross
Assistant Director of Counseling
Education: B.A., Otterbein College, M.A., Ashland Theological
Seminary, Ph.D. in process Kent State University.
Denomination: Presbyterian.
Service: Licensed Clinical Counselor, in Ohio; Adjunct, Ashland
Theological Seminary; Newsletter Editor,
Ohio Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.
Claudia J. Sadler-Gerhardt
Associate Professor of Counseling
Education: B.S.N., University of Cincinnati; M.A.C.P.C., Ashland
Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Akron.
Licenses: State of Ohio: Professional Counselor; Registered Nurse.
Denomination: Congregational.
Service: Adjunct Lecturer, John Carroll University; Doctoral Intern
in Counseling, John Carroll University; Research and Teaching
Assistant, The University of Akron; Bereavement facilitator;
Clinical Advisory Board of Griefcare Place.
Research Interests: Breast cancer; Eating disorders; Women’s issues.
John C. Shultz
President of the Seminary
Professor of Counseling
Education: B.A., Ashland University; M.Div., Ashland Theological
Seminary; Ph.D., Purdue University; Counseling Internship, Ohio State
University.
Denomination: The Brethren Church.
Service: Licensed psychologist; Founder of Cornerstone Psychological
Affiliates; Pastor in Ohio and Indiana.
Research Interests: Inner healing; Marital/pre-marital counseling; Mood
disorders.
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Mitzi J. Smith
Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christian
Origins, Detroit Center
Education: B.A., Columbia Union College; M.A. The Ohio State
University; M.Div., Howard University School of Divinity; Ph.D., Harvard
University.
Denomination: A.M.E.
Service: Associate Minister (A.M.E.); Executive Minister (A.M.E.);
Director/Founder of Living in Full Empowerment, Inc.; Youth Pastor
(Presbyterian); Elder (S.D.A.).
Research Interests: Greco-Roman slavery; Literary analysis of
biblical texts; Luke-Acts; Christology; Womanist/feminist/African
American biblical hermeneutics; Pauline epistles.
Leroy A. Solomon
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Education: B.A., Ashland University; M.Div., Ashland Theological
Seminary; D.Min., Ashland Theological Seminary.
Denomination: The Brethren Church.
Service: Pastor in New York, Indiana, and Ohio; Agent for Prudential
Insurance; Service in the U.S. military.
Ronald L. Sprunger
Professor Emeritus of Music
Education: B.S., Bluffton College; M.A., Kent State University; D.M.M.,
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Denomination: Brethren in Christ.
Service: Assistant Professor, Kent State University, Mansfield State
College, and North Central Bible College; Associate Professor, Nyack
College.
Research Interests: Composing and arranging music for piano, organ,
and choir; Exploring the use of MIDI to facilitate the development of
the keyboard musician’s skills in transposition, modulation, and
improvisation.
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