Faculty
Teaching Team
Craig Wong, DMin - Executive Director
Cesar “CJ” Baldelomar, JD, PhD
Michael Barram, PhD
Sam Choi, MD
Doug Dunderdale
Sharon Henthorn-Iwane
Rebecca Hernandez, MFA, MA, PhD
Rev. Tammy Long
Robert Chao Romero, JD, PhD
Rev. Al Tizon, PhD
Rev. Steve Wong, PhD
Rev. Russell Yee, ThM, PhD
Contributing Teachers
Chris Corwin, PhD
David W. Gill, PhD
Margaret M. Horwitz, PhD
Rev. Mark Labberton, PhD
Naisa Wong, MDiv, DASD
Program Faculty
Spiritual Directors
Susan Phillips, PhD – Spiritual Direction Leader
Jill Chamberlain Boyce, RN, MA, DASD
Sue Gibbons, MA, DASD
Sharon Henthorn-Iwane, Pierre Favre Program
Nate Millheim, CFDM Certificate
Karen Lee Seth, MBA, CASD
Radix Magazine
Matthew Steem - Editor
Ed Aust - Poetry Editor
Jessica Walters - Fiction Editor
Jessica Walters & Ryan J. Pemberton - Review Editors
Tina Light - Assistant Editor
Anna Trujillo - Assistant Fiction Editor
Faculty Biographies
Craig Wong, Executive Director at NCB. Craig co-founded Ekklesiae, a ministry that fosters theological conversation and gospel friendship among leaders across culture, tradition and generation. He has thirty-plus years of congregational leadership, nonprofit consulting, and grant writing experience, and is currently in a doctoral program at Western Theological Seminary.
Susan S. Phillips, Ph.D., a sociologist, spiritual director, and professor of Christian spirituality, served from 1994 through 2021 as executive director of New College Berkeley. She studied sociology at U. C. Berkeley, and much of her writing and teaching relate to the social, psychological, and spiritual care of persons and communities (see her books The Crisis of Care: Affirming and Restoring Caring Practices in the Helping Professions and The Cultivated Life: From Ceaseless Striving to Receiving Joy). Dr. Phillips is also a spiritual director, coming alongside individuals and groups as they seek to open their hearts and minds to the Holy. She does this through private practice, teaching, writing, supervision of spiritual directors, and retreat-leading. Her book Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction shows her understanding of this ancient, caring practice. She currently oversees the spiritual formation programs at New College Berkeley.
Susan Phillips lectures about Christian spirituality in many parts of the world, in addition to teaching in North America. She has served as a member of the faculty of the Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction program at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and regularly teaches courses in spirituality for Fuller Theological Seminary and Regent College (Vancouver, British Columbia). With a passion for good writing, she serves on the editorial boards of Radix Magazine, Presence journal, and the American Psychological Association’s journal Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Both elders in the PC(USA), she and her husband Steve have deep roots in Christian communities in the Bay Area.
Jill Chamberlain Boyce (spiritual director, NCB) received her spiritual direction training from San Francisco Theological Seminary and has been a spiritual director for the past 9 years both in Vancouver, BC and the Bay Area. She also studied Applied Theology at Regent College in Vancouver where she completed a Master's degree in 2010. Jill has had chaplaincy training and has worked as a nurse practitioner in marginalized communites. She co-leads the Ignatian Exercises and spiritual retreats for New College Berkeley.
Chris Corwin, Ph.D. teaches Hebrew Scriptures, World Religions, and Philosophy.Hehas two B. A.’s, one in Math and one in English, from San Francisco State University, an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.His interests include: poetic analysis of the Psalms, theology of the Hebrew Scriptures, the book of Samuel, the Song of Songs, and Ancient Near Eastern Literature.
Sue Gibbons, M.A. received her Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in 2004.She has been a facilitator in the NCB Group Spiritual Direction program since its inception under the supervision of Susan Phillips.She has a keen interest in small groups dedicated to contemplative listening for the Spirit in the ordinary fabric of life.Ms. Gibbons is part of a team implementing Companion Groups in her church congregation. She held the position of Chair of Contemplative Ministry in her local congregation for ten years.
Margaret M. Horwitz, Ph.D., is an NCB Visiting Professor, with a doctorate in Film and Television Studies from UCLA. She has taught for NCB on Christian ethics in Jane Austen’s novels and their filmed adaptations. She has also given presentations for the Jane Austen Society of North America, and at UC Davis. She presented on the 2005 film, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for NCB. At an NCB film conference, she spoke on Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and the film, It’s a Wonderful Life; and, an article based on her talk was published in the Christmas 2006 issue of Radix magazine. In spring 2007, Margaret taught an NCB class for GTU credit, “Grace Under Fire: Films About Extraordinary Faithfulness,” on Holocaust rescuers and others of courage, including Mother Teresa.
Sharon Henthorn-Iwane is a spiritual director and iconographer. She has over thirty years of experience leading others in prayer. Sharon spent ten years working in campus ministry as a prayer specialist. Sharon began her iconography journey studying with master iconographer Charles Rohrbacher in 2004 and has apprenticed with him since. You can see some examples of her work here. In 2018, Sharon completed a three-year course to become an Ignatian spiritual director through the Pierre Favre program and has been active since in private practice and with staff positions at New College and Church Without Walls Berkeley.
Mark Labberton, Ph.D., was president of Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Dangerous Act of Worship. He has a B.A. from Whitman College, an M.Div. from Fuller Theological Seminar, and a doctorate in theology from the University of Cambridge, England. His Ph.D. dissertation topic was "Ordinary Bible Reading: The Reformed Tradition and Reader-Oriented Criticism." He was study assistant to the Reverend John Stott, (1980-81). Dr. Labberton has taught classes for NCB on "The Living Word and the Written Word: Interpreting Jesus Today," "Listening for God when Making Decisions," and "Applying Scripture in Everyday Life." His articles include "Glorious Foolishness: Who Dares Speak for God?" in Leadership Journal and "The Life-Changing Cross" in Radix magazine.
Marilyn McEntyre, Ph.D., has taught courses in literature and faith; contemplative reading; autobiography; literature and medicine; literature and earthkeeping; portraiture, character, and personhood; poetry and prayer; and literature and the American conscience, among more standard courses for undergraduate, graduate, and professional classes over the past 30 years. She recently left Westmont College to return to the Bay Area. She leads retreats for churches, professional groups, and writers. She has written for Weavings, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Prism, as well as a variety of academic journals. Her books include Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies; Christ, My Companion: Meditations on the Prayer of St. Patrick (Baker, 2008); three books of poems reflecting on Dutch paintings (In Quiet Light on Vermeer, Drawn to the Light on Rembrandt, and The Color of Light on Van Gogh); The Light at the Edge; and a co-edited volume of essays, Teaching Literature and Medicine.
Russell Yee, MDiv, PhD – Visiting Professor of Theology & Worship, and New College Berkeley Advisor. Russell Yee is a 3rd-generation Oakland native and a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, Dallas Theological Seminary, and the Graduate Theological Union. He pastored an American Baptist church for ten years and has taught for Fuller Theological Seminary, St. Mary’s College of California, and elsewhere. He’s the author of Worship on the Way (Judson Press, 2012), which is still the only book-length exploration of Asian North American Christian worship. He currently serves on the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. He and his wife, Lisa, serve and worship at Resurrection Oakland.
NCB Faculty Through the Years
Earl Palmer, DD, MDiv - Earl Palmer Ministries
Sharon Gallagher, MTS – Professor of Christianity & the Media
Daeseop Yi, MDiv, DASD, PhD – Spiritual Director
Nancy S. Wiens, MDiv, PhD – Spiritual Director
Robin C. Wainwright, MDiv - Visiting Professor of Church History & Christian Life
Katerina Stenstedt, DASD – Spiritual Director
Christine Shiber, MDiv – Spiritual Director
Ann Pope – Spiritual Director
Elizabeth Lawhead – Spritual Director
Bonnie Howe, PhD – Adjunct Professor of Ethics & Biblical Studies
Susan English Fetcho – Visiting Professor of Arts & Worship; Artist-in-Residence
Stacey Charconnat – Spiritual Director
David H. Adeney, D.D. – Christian Mission
Frances S. Adeney, Ph.D. – Ethics and Cross-Cultural Studies
Miriam Adeney, Ph.D. – Christian Theology
BernardT. Adeney-Risokotta, Ph.D. – Ethics and Cross-Cultural Studies
Farsijana Adeney-Risokotta, Ph.D. – Christianity and Social Science
John Alexander, M.Div. – Theology and Spirituality
Arthur Ammann, M.D. – Christian Studies and Medicine
Francis I. Andersen, Ph.D., D.D. – Old Testament
Lois C. Andersen, M.B. [M.D.] – Christian Studies and Medicine
Douglas F. Anderson, Ph.D. – Christian History
Carl E. Armerding, Ph.D. – Biblical Studies and Theology
Mary Ellen Ashcroft, Ph.D. – Christianity and Literature
Carol Aust – Christianity and the Arts
Ed Aust – Christianity and the Arts
Kenneth E. Bailey, Th.D. – New Testament
Robert J. Banks, Ph.D. – Theology, Christian Studies
Markus Barth, Ph.D. – New Testament
David Batstone, Ph.D. – Christian Ethics and Theology
George Beasley-Murray, Ph.D., D.D. – Theology, New Testament
Jeremy Begbie, B.D., Ph.D. – Theology and the Arts
Robert N. Bellah, Ph.D. – Christian Studies and Sociology
Deborah Bellingham, M.Div. – Spiritual Direction
Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D. – Christian Ethics and Caring Practices
Richard V. Benner – Faith and Business
Richard Nelson Bolles, M.Div. – Christianity and Vocation
Jose Miguez Bonino, Ph.D. – Theology
Jill Chamberlain Boyce, R.N., MCS – Spiritual Direction
W. Thomas Boyce, M.D. – Christianity and Medicine
Ernest L. Boyer, Ph.D. – Education
Raymond E. Brown, Ph.D. – New Testament Studies
Richard H. Bube, Ph.D. – Christianity and Science
William Burnett, Ph.D. – Design Science
Ray Campton, M.F.T., M.Div. – Pastoral Counseling
Tony Campolo, Ph.D. – Christianity and Sociology
Glandion Carney – Christian Discipleship
Helen Cepero, M.Div. – Christian Spirituality
Young-il Choo, Ph.D. – Christianity and Technology
Ashish Chrispal, Ph.D. – Global Christianity
Guillermo Cook, Ph.D. – Christianity and Theology
Chris Corwin, Ph.D. – Biblical Studies
Marie Corwin (M.A.) – Community Ministry
Peter Coster, Ph.D., LMFT – Counseling
Thomas Cowley, M.B.A., M.A.T.S., D.Min. – Biblical Studies
Kathi Craig – Missions
Steve Craig – Missions
Peter H. Davids, Ph.D. – New Testament
Ruth Padilla DeBorst, M.A. – Global Christianity
Diane Deutsch, Ph.D. – Christianity and Psychology
William Diehl – Christian Studies and Business
John W. Drane, Ph.D. – New Testament
Grace Dyrness, Ph.D. – Christianity and Public Policy
William A. Dyrness, Ph.D. – Christian Theology
Ehab El-Kharrat, M.D., Ph.D. – Christianity and Psychiatry
Vernard Eller, Ph.D. – Theology
Ronald Enroth, Ph.D. – Christianity and Cults
Jaime Escalante – Christianity and Education
J. Samuel Escobar, Ph.D. – Christianity and Theology
David Evans, Ph.D. – Christianity and Life Design
Jaime Farrant – Missions
Krista Faries, M.A. – Christianity and Culture
Ajith Fernando, D.D. – Old Testament
M. Steven Fish, Ph.D. – Christianity and Political Science
Richard Foster – Christian Spirituality
James Friedrich, M.Div. – Christian Spirituality
Karlfried Froehlich, D.Theol. – Ecclesiastical History and Art
Laurel Gasque – Christianity and the Arts
W. Ward Gasque, Ph.D. – New Testament
Albert Gaw, M.D. – Medicine
Jeannette Clift George – Christianity and Creativity
Atef Gendy, Ph.D. – Global Christianity
Timoteo Gener, M.Div. – Missiology
Sue Gibbons, DASD – Spiritual Direction
David W. Gill, Ph.D. – Ethics
Mack Goldsmith, Ph.D. – Christianity and Psychology
Joel B. Green, Ph.D. – New Testament
Douglas R. Groothuis, M.A. – Christian Studies and Comparative World Views
Robert Guelich, Ph.D. – New Testament
Os Guinness, D.Phil. – Christianity and Sociology
Pete Hammond, M.Div. – Christian Studies and Evangelism
Gerald Hawthorne, Ph.D. – New Testament, Theology
Gary Haugen, J.D. – Christianity and Law
Virginia K. Hearn, B.A., Professor of Communications
Walter R. Hearn, Ph.D., Professor of Science and Christianity
Sandi Hedlund, M.A., LMFT – Counseling
Carl F. H. Henry, Ph.D. – Theology
Roberta Hestenes, D.Min. – Christian Spirituality
Arthur Holmes, Ph.D. – Christian Studies and Philosophy
Evan Howard, Ph.D. Christian Spirituality
Margaret Horwitz, Ph.D. Christianity and Literature
James Houston, Ph.D. Christian Spirituality
Evan B. Howard, Ph.D. Christian Spirituality
Bonnie Howe, Ph.D. Biblical Studies and Ethics
John Hoyte Christian Living
Lincoln Hurst, Ph.D. Christian History
Margaret John, M.A. Cross-Cultural Ministry
Phillip E. Johnson, J.D. Christian Studies and Law
Sarah Johnson, M.Th. Spiritual Direction
Robert K. Johnston, Ph.D. Theology
D. Gareth Jones, D.Sc. Christianity and Science
Josh Kaufman-Horner, M.S. Christianity and Mission
Stella Kasirye, M.A. Christianity and Mission
Guy Kawasaki Christianity and Business
C. Everett Koop, M.D. Faith and Medicine
Bruce Kuhn Christianity and the Arts
Larry J. Lagerstrom, Ph.D. Christian Studies and Science
Frank La Rocca, Ph.D. Christianity and Music
Elizabeth Lawhead Spiritual Direction
Margaret M. Lawrence, M.D. Christianity and Psychiatry
Lance Lee, Ph.D., Ed.D. Christianity and Psychology
Madeleine L'Engle Spirituality and Writing
Rick Leong Ministry of the Laity
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Ph.D. Judaism
Sarah Lewis, M.A. Spirituality
Thomas In-Sing Leung, Ph.D. Religious Studies
Pax Tan Chiow Lian, Dip.A.S. Christianity and Health Care
Beverly Liberman Christian Mission
Stanley B. Long, D.D. Christian Ethics
Joel Mackey, M.Div., J.D. Christian Mission
Richard Madsen, Ph.D. Christian Studies and Sociology
Philippa Musoke Makerere, M.D. Christianity and Medicine
Sasha Makovkin, M.A. Christianity and the Arts
George Marsden, Ph.D. History of Christianity
Elmer A. Martens, Ph.D. Old Testament
Angela Barron McBride, Ph.D. Christianity and Health Care
James. W. McClendon, Jr., Ph.D. Spiritual Theology
Mary Ann McCoy, R.N. Christian Mission
Marilyn McEntyre, Ph.D. Christianity and English Literature
Caesar Molebatsi, M.A. Global Christianity
Kelly Monroe Apologetics
Richard J. Mouw, Ph.D. Theology, Ethics
Gladys Mwiti, M.A. Christian Counseling
Ched Myers, Ph.D. New Testament
Reginald Nichols, Ed.D. Christian Ethics
Charles Nielsen, Th.D. Christian History
Nadim Nassar, M.Div. Global Christianity
David Zac Niringhe, Ph.D. Global Christianity
Theodora Niringhe Global Christianity
Ian Noyes, M.Div. Practical Theology
Ruth Ohm, Ph.D. Art History and Archaeology
Kenan B. Osborne, OFM, D.Theol. Systematic Theology and Spirituality
Dan Ouellette Christianity and the Arts
C. Rene Padilla, Ph.D. Biblical Studies
Earl F. Palmer, D.D. Biblical Studies
William E. Pannell, Ph.D. Theology
Steven Pattie, M.A. Christianity and the Arts
Ryan Pemberton, M.T.S. Practical Theology
John M. Perkins, L.L.D., D.Hum. Christianity and Urban Mission
Vera Mae Perkins Christianity and Urban Mission
Mike Perreau Missions
Ted Peters, Ph.D. Theology
Eugene H. Peterson, D.H.L. Christian Spirituality
Anthony Petrotta, Ph.D. Old Testament and Biblical Studies
Chamron Phal Global Christianity
Pat Phillips, M.A. Ministry of the Laity
Susan S. Phillips, Ph.D. Sociology and Spirituality
Clark Pinnock, Ph.D. Theology
Rebecca Manley Pippert, M.A. Christian Evangelism
Wesley Pippert Christianity and Journalism
Tom Prince, Ph.D. Christian Mission
Clay Radke, Ph.D. Christianity and Chemical Engineering
Vinoth Ramachandra, Ph.D. Christian Mission
Richard A. Rhodes, Ph.D. Christianity and Linguistics
Condoleezza Rice, Ph.D. Christianity and Political Science
Juanita Ryan, M.S.N. Christianity and Nursing
Ellen Schell, R.N., Ph.D. Christian Mission
Elizabeth Sendek, M.A. Global Christianity
Harold Shaw Christianity and Publishing
Luci Shaw Poetry and Writing
Father Justin Sinaites Orthodox Christianity
Christine Sine, M.D. Christianity and Medicine
Tom Sine, Ph.D. Christianity and Culture
Margaret Singer, Ph.D. Christianity and Psychology
James W. Sire, Ph.D. Christian Studies
James W. Skillen, Ph.D. Ethics
J. Alfred Smith, Sr., D.Min. Theology
Stephen Smith, Ph.D. Theology
Steven Snyder, M.Div., Ph.D. Theology
Cathy Squires Christian Mission
Max Stackhouse, Ph.D. Christian Ethics
Katarina Stenstedt, DASD Spiritual Direction
Donna L. Stevenson, Ph.D. Old Testament
Martha de Laveaga Stewart, M.S., LMFT Counseling
Philip Stillman (M.D.) Medical Missions
Siggie Stillman (B.A.) Medical Missions
John R.W. Stott, D.D. Biblical Studies
Mark Stryker, M.Div. Christianity and Film
E. Dawn Swaby-Ellis, M.D. Christianity and Medicine
Ann Swidler, Ph.D. Religious Studies and Sociology
Charles Taylor, Ph.D. Christianity and Philosophy
Mathew Santosh Thomas, M.D. Christianity and Medicine
Pranitha Timothy Missions
Donald Tinder, Ph.D. Church History
Steven M. Tipton, Ph.D. Religious Studies and Sociology
Al Tizon, Ph.D. Theology and Mission
John Townsend, Th.M., Ph.D. Christianity and Psychology
Paul Tshihamba, M.Div. Christian Mission
Remy Tshihamba, M.Div., Ph.D. Church History
Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen, Ph.D. Christian Studies and Psychology
Jeff VanVonderen Spiritual Abuse
Robin Wainwright, M.Div. Christian Studies
Jim Wallis, M.A. Christian Studies
Benjamin Weir, M.Div. Mission and Spirituality
John White, M.D. Christianity and Psychiatry
John White, Ph.D. Christianity and Psychology
Charles Wickstrand, M.A., LMFT Counseling
Nancy Wiens, M.Div., Ph.D., DAD Theology and Spiritual Direction
Dorothy Williams, M.A., M.Div. Christian Spirituality
William H. Willimon, Ph.D. Theology
Hoover Wong, D.Min. Christian Studies and Chinese Americans
Walter C. Wright, Jr., Ph.D. Christian Studies and Management
Christopher J.H. Wright, Ph.D. Old Testament Ethics
Philip Yancey Christianity and the Arts
Seung Ai Yang, Ph.D. New Testament Studies
Raymond Yee, Ph.D. Christianity and Science
Russell Yee, Ph.D. Worship and Pastoral Ministry
John Howard Yoder, Ph.D. Christian Theology and Ethics
Ernle Young, M.Div., Ph.D. Christian Ethics
Scott Young, M.Div. Christian Studies and Evangelism