Office of the Provost
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Office of the Provost |
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Dr. Will Friesen
Dr. Will J. Friesen - Provost
Wilbert (Will) J. Friesen, Ph.D., accepted the provost position on July 1, 2008. The position was vacated by Robert Zwier, Ph.D. and Patricia L. Long, Ed.D., had served as interim vice president for academic affairs since Zwier’s departure in June of 2007. Dr. Friesen served as interim dean, School of Humanities, Religion, and Social Sciences of Fresno Pacific University in Fresno, California. He joined the faculty there in 1993 and has held a variety of teaching and administrative positions for the past 15 years. Born in Chilliwack, B.C., Canada, Friesen earned the B.A. in psychology from Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS (1977); the M.S. in psychology from the University of Kansas, Lawrence KS (1980); the M.A. in theology and historical studies from Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Fresno, CA (1982); and the Ph.D. in religion and culture from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec (1999). Selected publications include the forthcoming, “Religion and Development Ethics: Contradiction or Possibility,” submitted for publication to Pacific Journal (2008) as well as the book review article, Nicholas Boyle, Who Are We Now? (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1998) for Modern Theology. |
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