Faculty
Our faculty seek to make a difference professionally, academically, and spiritually in the lives of our students. With their broad range of experience and backgrounds, our professors’ primary motivation is to be in the classroom with their students or in a lab working on real-world projects.
Nancy Semotiuk
Chair, Strategic Communication
(509) 527-2060 | nancy.semotiuk@wallawalla.edu
Canaday Technology Center 116
Education: Ph.D., Union Institute and University, 2019; Certificate in Creative Writing, Union Institute and University, 2019; M.A., Journalism Norwich University, 1992.
Research Interests: Creativity; the social and cultural factors that influence women writers; the science of self-care.
Linda Potter Crumley
Professor of Communication
(509) 527-2520 | linda.crumley@wallawalla.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 2002; M.A., University of California, Davis, 1991; B.A., Pacific Union College, 1988.
Research Interests: The experience of Adventist pastors, ex-pastors, rural pastors, and women pastors
Lynelle Ellis
Associate Professor of Communication
(509) 527-2843 | lynelle.ellis@wallawalla.edu
Education: Ph.D., Regent University, 2019; M.A., Spring Arbor University, 2009; B.A., Walla Walla University, 1990.
Research Interests: Seventh-day Adventists and the Movies,
Media Effects, Media Literacy, and Redemptive Cinema
Adjunct Faculty
John Cress, D.Min., M.Div.
Adjunct communication faculty
john.cress@wallawalla.edu
Richard Wallace, MFA
Adjunct drama faculty
Richard.wallace@wallawalla.edu
Schuan Carpenter, MA
Adjunct communication faculty
Schuan.Carpenter@wallawalla.edu
Jerry Entze, MFA
Adjunct drama faculty
Jerry.Entze@wallawalla.edu
Ernest Semotiuk, Ph.D.
Adjunct communication faculty
ernest.semotiuk@wallawalla.edu
Josie Henderson, MA
Adjunct graphics faculty
josie.henderson@wallawalla.edu
Staff
Matthew Webster, MA
Producer and Director of Studio Operations
(509) 527-2688
matthew.webster@wallawalla.edu
Kiersten Ekkens, MA
Administrative assistant & Adjunct lecturer
(509) 527-2832
kiersten.ekkens@wallawalla.edu