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• Personal and Interpersonal Development
• Group Theory and Dynamics
• Intercultural Studies
• Character Formation
• Theology of Sanctification
• Spiritual Formation
• Facilitating the holistic development of men and women into mature disciples of Jesus Christ

“I have a collaborative and participative teaching style. I enjoy making students think and interact over concepts and then to help them wrestle with personal and ministerial applications that are relevant and life-changing.”

• Spiritual Formation
• Educational Ministries
• Christian Education
• Attachment theory and spiritual maturity
• Connections between relational attachment patterns and Christian spiritual formation and specifically how God has designed humans to first attach to primary caregivers, which paves the way for us to attach to Him as Father through faith in Jesus, His Son

• Society of Professors in Christian Education

• “Aelred of Rievaulx” Encyclopedia of Christian Education, 2015, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Press.
• “Dark Night of the Soul” Encyclopedia of Christian Education, 2015, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Press.
• “St John of the Cross” in Encyclopedia of Christian Education, to be published in 2014, Scarecrow Press.
• “Theology of Suffering” in Worldview Study Bible, Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2013, Lifeway.
• “Promoting Piety: Historical Perspectives on Grace Seminary and its Pursuit of Holistic Education” Norris and Burkholder (Ed.). (2015). Becoming Grace: 75 Years on the Landscape of Christian Higher Education in America, Winona Lake, IN: Brethren Missionary Herald.
• “The Role of Attachment Styles in Relationship with God among Evangelical Christians in Southern California.” (Doctoral Dissertation, Biola University, 2003). Dissertation Abstracts International, 64, (University Microfilms No. AA130-88095).

I co-host a podcast called “Corner Pillars”

Plenary Speaker at International Alliance of Christian Educators (May 2026)

I value Transformational learning, collaborative interaction, and experiential processes which facilitate life change.

• Spending time with her husband
• Traveling
• Exploring the great outdoors
• Finding the best Indian restaurants

“A place that values scholarship which serves relevant needs in the world. Grace is a relational community where students are known and mentored by faculty. We care about each other as we are pursuing Christ together.”