With a 14 to 1 student-to-professor ratio, Western’s faculty is academically distinguished, making Western one of the top seminaries in the country.
Meet the Western Faculty
Felix Theonugraha
President and Professor of Educational Leadership
Kristen Deede Johnson
Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor of Theology and Christian Formation
Alvin Padilla
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Director of Advanced Degrees, and Professor of New Testament
Carol Bechtel
Professor of Old Testament
J. Todd Billings
Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology
John Brogan
Associate Academic Dean, Professor of New Testament, Director of the M.Div. and M.A. Programs, Director of the GPCE
James V. Brownson
James and Jean Cook Professor of New Testament
Winn Collier
Director of the Eugene Peterson Center and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Christian Imagination
Benjamin T. Conner
Professor of Practical Theology and Director of the Graduate Certificate in Disability and Ministry
Chuck DeGroat
Professor of Pastoral Care and Christian Spirituality
Daniel Flores
Director of Cook Library and Assistant Professor of Theology
Han-luen Kantzer Komline
Associate Professor of Church History and Theology
David Komline
Associate Professor of Church History
Suzanne McDonald
Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology
Ron Rienstra
Professor of Preaching and Worship Arts
Sue A. Rozeboom
Associate Professor of Liturgical Theology
Kyle J. A. Small
Professor of Church Leadership and Director of Research & Learning for Churches in Mission
David L. Stubbs
Professor of Ethics and Theology
L.S. Carlos A. Thompson
Assistant Professor of Church and Community Theology, Director of the Friendship House, and Student Accessibility Coordinator
Travis West
Associate Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament
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