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Katrina Blue, Ph.D.
Faculty Since 2017
Professor of Theology
Katrina Blue specializes in teaching theology and Christian spirituality. Her Ph.D. dissertation is on “Union with Christ in the Writings of Ellen G. White.” She has presented papers at the Ellen G. White Symposium on the Holy Flesh Movement, and has published articles in the Ellen White Symposium Journal, a series on Paul in Galatians for the Compass Magazine, as well as Spectrum magazine. She is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality. She has worked as a teaching assistant at Fuller Theological Seminary, a hospital chaplain, associate pastor (intern), and as an adjunct professor at Andrews University in the undergrad Religion Department as well as in the Theological Seminary. She is married to David, an anesthesiologist.
Degrees
B.A. Hons, Monash University
1995
M.A.I.C.S., Fuller Theological Seminary
2002
M.A.T., Fuller Theological Seminar
2008
Ph.D., Andrews University
2015
Email: abryan@puc.edu
Alex Bryan,
Adjunct Professor
Email: nfurness@puc.edu
Nate Furness,
Adjunct Professor
Email: lgarcia@puc.edu
Lem Garcia,
Adjunct Professor
Young-Chun Kim, M.Div.
Faculty Since 2010
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology
Young-Chun Kim specializes in soteriology (the study of religious doctrines of salvation), Karl Barth and Martin Luther. He has worked as a teaching assistant, lecturer, consultant, and instructor-in-training at Fuller Theological Seminary and has taught English at the SDA Language Institute in Seoul, Korea. Kim has played the violin for over 30 years and enjoys drawing, traveling and learning new languages. The example of his family serves as a constant inspiration in his life.
Degrees
B.A. in Theology, Andrews University
2000
B.A. in Spanish Studies, Andrews University
2000
M.Div., Andrews Theological Seminary
2004
Email: lroman@puc.edu
Leon Roman,
Adjunct Professor
James Wibberding, D.Min. - Chair
Faculty Since 2017
Professor of Theology
Jim Wibberding specializes in Applied Theology and Biblical Studies. He is passionate about building up the God-created potential in others. Jim served as a pastor for seventeen years in Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Washington before joining the faculty of the Theology Department in 2017. While pastoring, he enjoyed training lay pastors, serving a term as Chaplain of the Idaho Senate, acting in Bible and Reformation stage plays, and finding innovative ways to translate the Adventist Message to our changing world. Jim also serves as Adjunct Professor to the Doctor of Ministry Program at Andrews University. In his recreational time, you might find him playing outdoors with his three children, chatting with his wife Laura about a new intellectual curiosity, working on his ’55 Chevy Station Wagon, or building a stringed instrument from reclaimed wood.
Degrees
B.A., Southern Adventist University
2000
M.Div., Andrews University
2004
D.Min., Andrews University
2010
Tel: 1-707-965-6516
Email: rwinkle@puc.edu
Office: Graf Hall 14
Email: rwinkle@puc.edu
Office: Graf Hall 14
Accomplishments:
“Voice of God.” In The Encyclopedia of Ellen G. White, ed. Jerry Moon and Denis Fortin, 1253-57. Washington, DC: Review and Herald, 2013.
“Resistance Is Not Futile: Restraint as Cultic Action in 2 Thessalonians 2.” Presentation to the Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement Section, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Baltimore, MD, November 23, 2013.
“The calkoli,banw| Conundrum in Revelation.” Presentation to the Apocalyptic Literature Section, International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, St. Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 9, 2013.
“The Atonement and the Restrainer.” Presentation to the Adventist Theological Society, Spring Symposium on the Atonement, Campus Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church, Loma Linda, CA, April 20, 2013.
“Apocalyptic Optics: The Ancient Extramission Theory of Vision and John’s Apocalypse.” Presentation to the Sensory Perception in the Bible and Early Judaism and Christianity Consultation, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2011.
“Armed with the Censer Containing Weaponized Incense: Censer and Incense as Articles of Dress for the High Priest.” Presentation to the Levites and Priests in History and Tradition Consultation, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2011.
"Creation and Tabernacle, Sabbath and Glory." Presentation to the Sabbath in Text, Tradition, and Theology Consultation, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 24, 2008, with a formal response by Dr. Baruch Schwartz of the Mandel Institute of Jewish Studies at Hebrew University, Israel.
"'You Are What You Wear': The Dress and Identity of Jesus as High Priest in John's Apocalypse." Presentation to the Sacrifice, Cult, and Atonement Consultation, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, November 18, 2007.
"Iridescence in Ezekiel," Andrews University Seminary Studies 44 (Spring 2006): 51-77.
"'You Are What You Wear': The Dress and Identity of Jesus in John's Apocalypse." Presentation to the Second International Bible Conference, Izmir, Turkey, July 11, 2006.
"The Rainbow and the Mighty Angel in the Apocalypse of John: Meteorological Spectacle, or Iridescent Clothing Imagery?" Presentation to the Apocalyptic Literature Section, Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 5, 2006.
"Discord in Heaven: Could This Be the End of the 'Emerald Rainbow'?" Presentation to the Chicago Society for Biblical Research, Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, April 16, 2005.
"Adventism, Gnosticism, and The Matrix." Presentation to the Faculty at Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 18, 2005.
"Disappearing Act: Hiram Edson's Cornfield Experience," Spectrum 33 (Winter 2005): 46-51.
Review of Crispin H. T. Fletcher-Louis, All the Glory of Adam: Liturgical Anthropology in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Studies in the Texts of the Desert of Judah, ed. F. García Martínez, vol. 42 [Leiden: Brill, 2002], Andrews University Seminary Studies 42 (2004): 231-36.
"Embracing Wonderland: Chasing Gnosticism Down the 'Rabbit-Hole' of The Matrix." Presentation to the Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Section, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 22, 2004.
"Disappearing Act: The Mighty Acts of God Within Adventism and the Problematic Case of Hiram Edson's Cornfield Experience." Presentation to the Adventist Society for Religious Studies, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 19, 2004.
Ross Winkle, Ph.D.
Faculty Since 2005
Professor of New Testament
Professor Ross E. Winkle teaches biblical studies. He has a professional focus in the New Testament and wrote his doctoral dissertation was on clothing imagery in the book of Revelation. He is a member of the Andrews Society for Religious Studies, Society of Biblical Literature, and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. He has received several PUC Faculty Development Research and Honors awards as well as two Herber Faculty Development Awards. He has been a student missionary in Tokyo, Japan, a chaplain in Portland, Ore., and a pastor for thirteen years in three successive church districts in Oregon. He is an ordained minister and occasionally leads adult Sabbath School discussions on campus and preaches in surrounding churches. He is married to Darla, a health professional, and they have three children: Tristan, Elise, and Alexis.
Degrees
B.A., Walla Walla College
1983
M.Div., Andrews University Theological Seminary
1987
Ph.D., Andrews University
2012
Email: marwoodson@puc.edu