Email: raabigail@apu.edu
Ruth Anna Abigail, Ph.D.
Curriculum Specialist, Professor
Center for Adult and Professional Studies
Profile
Dr. Abigail is a professor and one of the curriculum specialists in the Center for Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS), Ruth Anna Abigail, Ph.D. She helps maintain current and accurate materials for the Human Development and nursing degree completion programs. She joined APU's faculty in 1982 and previously taught in the Department of Communication Studies before transferring to CAPS.
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
M.S. - Communication, Purdue University
B.A. – Speech Communication, University of Southern California
B.A. – Art, Azusa Pacific University
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.
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.
Expertise
Conflict Management
Speech Communication
Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
