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Ruth Anna Abigail, Ph.D.

Curriculum Specialist, Professor
Email: raabigail@apu.edu
Ruth Anna Abigail, Ph.D., is a professor and one of the curriculum specialists for the Center for Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS) at Azusa Pacific University (APU). Abigail works directly with curriculum for the RN to BSN (BSN) and the Bachelor of Arts in Human Development (HDEV) for both the face-to-face and online programs. She also gives leadership to both the face-to-face and online programs of the Master of Arts in Leadership in Organizational Studies (MLOS). Abigail’s research areas include conflict, group dynamics, forgiveness and faith integration.

As a member of APU's faculty since June 1982, Abigail taught in the Communication Studies department before joining the CAPS faculty in 2000. Abigail’s areas of responsibility include the creation, revision, and editing of instructor guides, student guides, and syllabi of all courses in the degree programs in which she specializes. Abigail also serves as the faith integration mentor for the CAPS faculty and is vice-moderator for the Faculty Senate (2008-2009). She also serves on the Faculty Evaluation Council and Master’s Studies Council.

Dr. Abigail is also an accomplished textile artist whose work has been exhibited in the United States and Canada.

Education

Ph.D. - Communication Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California
M.S. - Communication, Purdue University
B.A. – Speech Communication, University of Southern California
B.A. – Art, Azusa Pacific University

Expertise

  • Conflict Management
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Faith Integration
  • Forgiveness
  • Group Dynamics
  • Textile Art

Professional/Scholarly Presentations

Publications
Abigail, Ruth Anna and Dudley D. Cahn. Conflict: From Theory to Action 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.

Abigail, Ruth Anna. "A Review of Charles Anderson's Prescribing the Life of the Mind," in David Weeks and Diana Glyer (Eds.) The Liberal Arts in Higher Education: Challenging Assumptions, Exploring Possibilities, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 1998.

Abigail, Ruth Anna. "Artist's Statement on 'My Twelve'." Search of Unity, Azusa Pacific University Publication, 1995.

Abigail, Ruth Anna. "Conflict in the Church." Worship Leader. (March/April 2000): 24-26.

Abigail, Ruth Anna. "Temptations of the Scholarly Life." Celebration of Scholarship: Integrating Faith and Learning, Azusa Pacific University Publication, 1995.

Abigail, Ruth Anna. "The Christian Herald." Mark Fackler and Charles H. Lippy (Eds.) Popular Religious Magazines of the United States, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1995.

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