Faculty & Instructional Staff

Our Core Faculty takes academic leadership over the degree and certificate programs at The Seattle School, bringing deep expertise and practice to their work in the classroom. Our Instructional Staff also includes Affiliate Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Listening Lab Leaders, and Instructional Assistants.

Joel Aguilar

Adjunct Faculty

Dan Allender, PhD

Professor of Counseling Psychology

Elizabeth Barton, PhD

Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology

Christina Bergevin, MDiv, MMus

Instructional Assistant

Daniel Brown, PhD

Adjunct Faculty

Kira Brown

Instructional Assistant

Katie Clum, MEd, MA Theology

Instructional Designer

Chris Curia

Instructional Assistant

O'Donnell Day, PhD

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology

Joyce del Rosario, PhD

Adjunct Faculty

Smruti Desai

Adjunct Faculty

Nick Diaz, MA

Writing Center Consultant

Maria Fee, PhD

Adjunct Faculty

Dwight Friesen photo

Dwight Friesen, DMin

Professor of Practical Theology

Monique Gadson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology
Listening Lab Leader

Shauna Gauthier, MA

Adjunct Faculty

Megan Gibbard Kline, LICSW

Adjunct Faculty
Listening Lab Leader

Melissa Glenn, MA

Instructional Assistant

Cheryl Goodwin, MLS

Director of Institutional Assessment & Library Services

Julie Hall, MA

Listening Lab Leader

Paul Hoard, PhD

Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology

Peter Hopkins, MA

Adjunct Faculty

Jessalyn Jackson, MA

Assistant Instructor

J. P. Kang, PhD

Affiliate Faculty

Joel Kiekintveld, PhD

Affiliate Faculty, Listening Lab Leader, & Common Curriculum Coordinator