Meet the Faculty

Department Chair

• Robert Mullins, PhD

  Chair and Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5634
  • Email: ramullins@apu.edu

Professors

• Robert Duke, PhD

  Professor, School of Theology and Azusa Pacific Seminary, and Honors College

  • Phone: (626) 815-5419
  • Email: rrduke@apu.edu
• B.J. Oropeza, Ph.D.

  Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5247
  • Email: boropeza@apu.edu
• Keith Reeves, PhD

  Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5627
  • Email: kreeves@apu.edu
• Federico A. Roth, PhD

  Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Email: froth@apu.edu
• Arlene M. Sánchez-Walsh, PhD

  Professor of Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 277-5022
  • Email: asanchez-walsh@apu.edu
• Kay Higuera Smith, PhD

  Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies; Program Director, Religious Studies Minor

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5629
  • Email: kathrynsmith@apu.edu
• Kenneth L. Waters Sr., PhD

  Associate Dean, School of Theology; Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5632
  • Email: kwaters@apu.edu
• Alice Yafeh-Deigh, PhD

  Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies; Adjunct Professor, Azusa Pacific Seminary

  • Phone: (626) 815-5644
  • Email: ayafehdeigh@apu.edu
• William Yarchin, PhD

  Dean's Endowed Professor in Biblical Studies, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5683
  • Email: byarchin@apu.edu

Associate Professors

• Eunny Lee, PhD

  Associate Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: elee@apu.edu
• Justin Marc Smith, PhD

  Program Chair, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

Assistant Professor

• Traci L. Birge, PhD

  Assistant Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 5639
  • Email: tbirge@apu.edu
  • Office Location: John and Marilyn Duke Academic Complex, 242

Adjunct Professors

• Daniel P. Bricker, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Email: dbricker@apu.edu
• Abraham Josiah Chappell, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (310) 666-5744
  • Email: achappell@apu.edu
• Michael DeVries, PhD (Cand.)

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (949) 374-2702
  • Email: mdevries@apu.edu
• David A. Dorman, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 387-5819
  • Email: ddorman@apu.edu
• Robin J. Dugall, DMin

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (208) 891-4608
  • Email: rdugall@apu.edu
• Jacob R. Evers, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (971) 998-5784
  • Email: jevers@apu.edu
• Lucas Grimsley, PhD (ABD)

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Email: lgrimsley@apu.edu
• Paul Hertig, PhD, ThM

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, TESOL, and Modern Languages; Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 676-3811
  • Email: phertig@apu.edu
• Steven Jung, MS, MDiv

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies; Reference Librarian

  • Email: sjung@apu.edu
• James Pendleton, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 298-5547
  • Email: jpendleton@apu.edu
• Timothy Reardon, PhD (ABD)

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Phone: (626) 815-6000
  • Email: treardon@apu.edu
• Matt Thomas, PhD

  Adjunct Professor, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Email: mathomas@apu.edu

Professor Emeritus

• Bruce Baloian, PhD

  Professor Emeritus, Department of Biblical and Religious Studies

  • Email: bbaloian@apu.edu

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