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School of Mission and Theology

Missional Application of Theological Expertise

This school’s faculty offer a broadly diverse community of mutual learning, engaging in research closely linked to practical application. Students learn from innovators like Amos Yong, a respected missiologist who brings expertise in the theologies of Pentecostalism, disability, and interfaith dialogue to his classroom.

School of Psychology

Leaders in Integration and Research

These scholars and practitioners deeply integrate theology with psychology throughout their teaching, support their students with informed clinical supervision, and participate in groundbreaking research. Miyoung Yoon Hammer shares a seasoned expertise in medical family therapy and cultivating self-understanding in therapists.

"The ones who wrote the books."

Students often say they come to Fuller to learn from “the ones who wrote the books” they’re already reading. Our outstanding faculty are leaders in their fields and among the world’s most published and influential scholars. They’re actively involved in varying forms of ministry and outreach, staying in touch with the needs of the church and world locally and globally. Whether in a physical classroom or online, our professors care about and invest themselves deeply in both the academic and spiritual formation of their students.

Our current faculty build upon the outstanding scholarship of our emeritus faculty, whose leadership continues to influence the church and its mission worldwide.

Emeritus Faculty

Regular Faculty

Alexis D. Abernethy

Chief Academic Officer and Professor of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Department

School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy

Jose Abraham

Associate Professor of Islamic Studies

School of Mission and Theology

Leslie C. Allen

Senior Professor of Old Testament

School of Mission and Theology

Steven Argue

Associate Professor of Youth, Family, and Culture

School of Mission and Theology

Tina Armstrong

Director of Clinical Training and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychology Department

School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy

Vince Bantu

Assistant Professor of Church History and Black Church Studies

School of Mission and Theology

Adjunct and Affiliate Faculty

Fuller’s cadre of over 100 regular faculty is supplemented by a number of highly qualified adjunct and affiliate faculty members who enrich our curriculum with their own areas of expertise.

Norah Caudill

Becky Cerling

Amy Chilton Thompson

Peter Jaehyeok Chin

Mindy Coates-Smith

Tom Combes

The C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Award

The C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Award is given annually to a Fuller Seminary faculty member for excellence in one of the following areas: Scholarship, Teaching, Church Development on Campus, Creativity in Academic Leadership, Integration, or Recognition by Peers. At Fuller’s Commencement, the award recipient is presented with a check for $2,500 and a calligraphic certificate of recognition.

The C. Davis Weyerhaeuser Award is given to a faculty member of one of Fuller’s schools on a rotating basis. To be eligible for nomination, a faculty member must be tenured or tenure-tracked, and must not have previously received the Weyerhaeuser Award. Faculty of that year’s school vote by a secret ballot, after which the school’s dean brings the top three nominees to the Faculty Senate for consideration and the final selection of the award recipient. The first runner-up receives a letter of recognition along with a prize of $500.

The Weyerhaeuser Award was instituted in 1977 to honor the service of C. Davis Weyerhaeuser as Chair of the Board of Trustees. He was an active member of Fuller’s board from 1959–1985.

Weyerhaeuser Award Recipients

1977 C. Davis Weyerhaeuser
1978 Archibald D. Hart SOP
1979 Arthur F. Glasser SWM
1980 James Bradley SOT
1981 Ralph Martin SOT
1982 Jack B. Rogers SOT
1983 Paul G. Hiebert SWM
1984 Lewis B. Smedes SOT
1985 Paul W. Clement SOP
1986 Charles Kraft SWM
1987 H. Newton Malony SOP
1988 Colin Brown SOT
1989 Robert Schaper SOT
1990 J. Dudley Woodberry SWM
1991 Donald Hagner SOT
1992 Warren S. Brown SOP
1993 William Pannell SOT
1994 Charles Van Engen SWM
1995 Robert J. Banks SOT
1996 Hendrika Vande Kemp SOP
1997 Ray Anderson SOT
1998 Dean Gilliland SWM
1999 Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. SOT
2000 Jack and Judy Balswick SOP
2001 David Augsburger SOT
2002 Eddie Gibbs SWM
2003 Marianne Meye Thompson SOT
2004 Richard Gorsuch SOP
2005 David Scholer SOT
2006 R. Daniel Shaw SIS
2007 John Thompson SOT
2008 Cameron Lee SOP
2009 John Goldingay SOT
2010 Bobby Clinton SIS
2011 Glen Stassen SOT
2012 Winston Gooden SOP
2013 Marguerite Shuster SOT
2014 Bryant Myers SIS
2015 Rob Johnston SOT
2016 Alexis Abernethy SOP
2017 Bill Dyrness SOT
2018 Evelyne Reisacher SIS
2019 Juan Martinez SOT
2020 Siang Yang Tan SOP

The Bible and Women

Theology and Human Rights

Christian Muslim Dialogue

Therapy as Peacemaking

Race and Identity

Changing Missiology

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Experts on Trending Topics

The theologians, missiologists, and psychologists who make up Fuller’s faculty publish and speak extensively on scholarly and social issues that influence academic thinking, public policy, church practice, foreign affairs, and nonprofit efforts. Coming from across the globe and a broad spectrum of Christian traditions, these women and men bring seasoned expertise in an extensive array of fields—sharing that expertise both in their classrooms and in ways that practically and beneficially impact the church, society, and world.

Experts by Subject

ADDICTIONS
Matthew H. Russell
Dale S. Ryan

ADULT EDUCATION TECHNIQUES
Robert E. Freeman

AFRICAN AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
Alexis D. Abernethy

ANTHROPOLOGY AND CULTURAL TRENDS
Justin L. Barrett
Eun Ah Cho
Sherwood G. Lingenfelter
Johnny Ramírez-Johnson

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
Leslie C. Allen—Psalms, Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, Lamentations
Tommy Givens—Matthew, Romans
Seyoon Kim—Letters of Paul
James T. Butler—Jeremiah, Job, Genesis to Deuteronomy
John Goldingay—Isaiah, Psalms, Hosea to Micah, Daniel, Genesis
Pamela J. Scalise—Prophets
J. Andrew Dearman—Hosea, Lamentations, Jeremiah
Joel B. Green—Luke, Acts
David J. Downs—Letters of Paul, Gospels, Early Church Writings
Donald A. Hagner—Matthew, Hebrews, Letters of Paul
Marianne Meye Thompson—Gospel of John
Richard J. Erickson—Romans, Matthew, Ephesians, Revelation
Stephen E. Young—Gospels