Faculty
Our faculty seek to make a difference professionally, academically, and spiritually in the lives of our students. Our professors have a broad range of experience and backgrounds. Their primary motivation is to be in the classroom with their students or in a lab working on real-world projects. Students are encouraged to visit professors in their offices or even contact them at home. Faculty members are ready to be friends and mentors and to build relationships that students will value for a lifetime.
See what degrees you can earn when you learn from these professors.
Education
- PhD Claremont Graduate University, 2004; History
- MBA Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, 2000
Teaching Areas
Medieval and early modern Europe, History of Christianity, Science and the Enlightenment, women and society in early modern Europe, History of England, Western Thought and summer study tours in England
Research/Interests
The Common People and Religious Toleration in Restoration England
Early Modern Europe, the History of Christianity, Desiderius Erasmus, post-reformation England
Hobbies
Family, travel, golf and water sports
Other
Titles
- Chair of the community council for the Walla Walla Children's Home Society
- Executive officer of the Erasmus of Rotterdam Society
Room
- Administration Building 227
- @gddodds
Education
- PhD Boston University, 1986; American and New England Studies
Teaching Areas
U. S. History, American Government, Civil War and Reconstruction, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Recent American History, America Overseas, the African-American Experience, American History and Visual Culture and Baseball and American Culture
Research/Interests
American religious women; post-Civil War politics and visual culture
Civil War and Reconstruction and Visual Culture
Hobbies
Family, adventure, travel and skiing
Other
Awards
- President's Award for Excellence in Research, 2014
- President's Award for Excellence in Research, 2002
- President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999
- Burlington Northern Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1988
- Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, 1994
Room
Administration Building 236
Education
- PhD Washington State University, 2011; U.S. History
- MA Washington State University, 2004; American Studies
Teaching Areas
History of the U.S., Modern East Asian History, Spain and Latin America, History of the Pacific Northwest and Western Thought
Research/Interests
Cultural exchanges between Japan and the U.S. from the 1920s-1950s, particularly focused on the lives on Nobuo Tatsuguchi and B.P. Hoffman
Twentieth Century American History; Japan, particularly from the Meiji-Era to the American Occupation; America during World War II and the Cold War; US foreign policy
Other Activities: Member-at-Large, Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Board.
Hobbies
Family, travel, literature, camping and cooking
Other
Room
Administration Building 232
Teaching Areas
Introduction to Philosophy, Essentials of Critical Reasoning, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, History of Philosophy and Philosophy Seminar
Research/Interests
The relevance of the moral theories of Aristotle, Epicurus, and Epictetus for contemporary ethical discourse; the influence of ancient Greek and Roman thinkers upon the formation of Christian doctrine
Ethics in ancient philosophy
Hobbies
Spending time with family, cooking, needlework, quilting and hiking
Other
Room
Administration Building 226
Timothy Golden
Professor of Philosophy
Director, Legal Studies
(509) 527-2217
timothy.golden@wallawalla.edu
Education
- PhD University of Memphis, 2011; Philosophy
- MA West Chester University of Pennsylvania 2006
Teaching Areas
Intro to Philosophy, Essentials of Critical Reasoning, History of Philosophy, Existentialism, Phenomenology, African-American Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Social/Political Philosophy and Philosophy and the Bible
Experience
- Practiced law in the Federal Court of Appeals
Research/Interests
Constitutional Law, Individual Rights and Critical Race Theory
Kant and 19th/20th Century Continental Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion/Philosophical Theology, African-American Philosophy/Critical Race Theory
Hobbies
Acting and cooking
Other
Room
Administration Building 235
Education
- PhD University of Chicago, 2016; Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Teaching Areas
Ancient Near East, Classical Greece and Rome, Western Thought, Middle Eastern History, African History, The West and the World, World Geography
Research/Interests
Iron Age Households at Khirbat al-Balua, Jordan (co-director of the Balua Regional Archaeological Project)
History and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East; Households and Communities of the Iron Age Southern Levant (circa 1200 BC)
Hobbies
Travel, knitting and cooking
Other
Titles
Vice President of the Walla Walla Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
Publications Manager for the Center for Near Eastern Archaeology, La Sierra University
Room
Administration Building 233