Contact Us—PLTS Faculty and Staff

Alphabetical Listing:

  • Phyllis Anderson
    President
    Office of the President
    (510) 559-2731
  • Michael Aune
    Academic Dean
    Dean of the Chapel
    Professor of Liturgical and Historical Studies
    GTU Core Doctoral Faculty—Liturgical Studies
    (510) 559-2760
  • David Balch
    Professor of New Testament
    GTU Core Doctoral Faculty
    (510) 559-2725
  • Steven Churchill
    Director of the Admissions Center

    (510) 559-2738
  • Steed V. Davidson
    Assistant Professor of Old Testament
    (510) 559-2751
  • Donna Duensing
    Deployed Associate for Contextual Education
    Associate Director, Office of Seminary Relations
    (510) 559-2749
  • Christopher Evans
    Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
    Deans’ Office
    (510) 559-2737
  • Aaron Greig
    Bookkeeper
    Business Office
    (510) 559-2719
  • Erin Horne
    Receptionist
    (510) 559-2727
  • Kathleen S. Hurty
    Teaching Fellow—Leadership Studies
    (510) 465-3301
  • Sarah Birdsall Isakson
    Pastor for Spiritual Direction
    (510) 847-6530
  • Carol Jacobson
    Professor of Practical Theology: Youth and Family Ministries
    Director, Life Together: Theological Programs for High School Youth
    (510) 559-2762
  • Ed Johnson
    Assistant Director of Admissions
    Campus Housing Coordinator
    (510) 559-2730
  • Mike Maloney
    Maintenance Manager
    (510) 559-2747
  • Gretchen McDonald
    Executive Assistant to the President
    (510) 559-2731
  • Debora Ow
    Vice President of Finance and Operations
    (510) 559-2723
  • Moses Penumaka
    Director of TEEM
    (510) 559-2728
  • Ted Peters
    Professor of Systematic Theology
    GTU Core Doctoral Faculty
    Co-Editor, Theology and Science
    Director, Institute for Theology and Ethics
    (510) 559-2726
  • Jane Phillips
    Administrative Assistant
    TEEM Program
    (510) 559-2703
  • Tom Rogers
    Professor of Homiletics
    GTU Core Doctoral Faculty
    (510) 559-2722
  • Christine Sinnott
    Office Manager
    Office of Seminary Relations
    (510) 559-2735
  • Jane Elizabeth Strohl
    Associate Professor of Reformation History and Theology
    GTU Core Doctoral Faculty
    (510) 559- 2720
  • Jarmo Tarkki
    Teaching Fellow, Philosophical Theology
  • Alicia Vargas
    Associate Professor of Multicultural and Contextual Studies
    Director, Contextual Education, PLTS
    Associate Director, Contextual Leadership Initiative, WMC
    (510) 559-2736
  • Susan E. Walima
    Teaching Fellow, History of Religions
    Folklore, Interdisciplinary Studies, Organizational Health
    (415) 516-7103
  • Joel S. Wudel
    Vice President for Seminary Relations
    Office of Seminary Relations
    (510) 559-2711