During the first half of 2025, Lancaster Bible College faculty members served as leaders in their fields, as they conducted research, published books and articles, defended dissertations, performed, received awards and more. Check out how and where LBC professors have been making impact.
Dr. Sherry Bell (’25), Manager of Faculty Support and Assistant Professor, successfully defended her dissertation, “A Phenomenological Study of Strategies for Teaching English Language and Literature that Foster Cultural Connections with Students in Higher Education,” in March then walked and was hooded at LBC graduation in May.
Dr. Timothy Bertolet (’02), Adjunct Professor in the School of Bible & Ministry, published the chapter “With Loud Cries and Tears: Christological Language in Hebrews” in the 2025 T&T Clark Handbook of Christology.
Dr. Daniel E. Carver (’09 & ’11), Associate Professor of Old Testament in the School of Bible & Ministry, published a research paper in Aramaic Studies (Vol. 22, Issue 2) on “Temporal Adverbials in Aramaic: The Temporal Uses of *kaḏî and the Infinitive.” This study analyzes the use of two temporal adverbial constructions in Old, Imperial, Biblical, Qumran and Targumic Aramaic and offers new insights to the reading of these texts. These dialects of Aramaic span from the early first millennium BC to the first half of the first millennium AD. A version of this paper is free to download on Carver’s academia.edu page at lbc.academia.edu/DanielCarver.
Dr. Barry Davis (’77 & ’23), Adjunct Professor in the School of Bible & Ministry, published a review of Dr. Kevin Gushiken’s book, “A Theology of Play: Learning to Enjoy Life as God Intended,” in Christian Education Journal, Vol. 21, Issue 2. Gushiken is LBC’s Dean of the School of Bible & Ministry and Director of the PhD in Leadership and Doctor of Ministry programs.
Dr. Ryan Geesaman, Academic Dean of the Arts & Sciences, Communication & Media Arts and Music, Worship & Performing Arts Departments, successfully defended his dissertation, “Diffusion of Live Streaming during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Resulting Mediatization in Evangelical Churches.” His PhD in Communication is from Regent University.
Dr. Mark Farnham, Program Director for the Master of Arts in Christian Apologetics within the School of Bible & Ministry, published “Every Believer Confident: Apologetics for the Ordinary Christian” through P&R Publishers. This book equips Christians to effectively engage unbelievers in gospel conversations while answering their questions and objections.
Dr. and Chaplain William Glass (’92), Adjunct Professor in the School of Bible & Ministry, was promoted to the Chief of Chaplains as the new commander of the Chaplain Corps of the Maryland State Guard (Maryland Defense Force) in January 2025. He serves as the Regimental Chaplain for the 70th Regiment RTI covering the 1st and 2nd Battalions and the 229th Band.
Alyssa Godsey (’15), Adjunct Professor in the Counseling & Social Work Department, accepted a new role in the Master of Social Work program as MSW Field Supervisor (fall 2024) and MSW Field Liaison (spring 2025), which serves as a connection between LBC and the learner’s internship site. Godsey has taught at LBC since the Fall of 2021 and was eager to expand her role in the department. She and her husband, Kody (’15), welcomed their first child, Navy June, in March 2025.
Doris Hall-Gulati, Part-Time Professor in the Music, Worship & Performing Arts Department and Director of Instrumental Studies, was the clarinet soloist performing John Williams’ “The Terminal” with the Pennsylvania Philharmonic in December 2024. Not long after, she was the wind soloist for the radio broadcast of the Westminster Choir College Annual Holiday Concert. In January 2025, Hall-Gulati returned to The Kimmel Center where she performed with Vox Amadeus for its yearly All-Gershwin concert and was featured several times during the concert, including in the infamous opening solo in “Rhapsody in Blue.”
Dr. Justin Harbin, Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning and Associate Professor of Education, published a research article titled “Making Sense of Christian Learning” in Christian Scholar’s Review (Vol. 54, Issue 3). This research grew out of an opportunity to teach a study abroad course in Oxford, England, which employed experiential learning methods. The article applies a theory from qualitative research analysis known as “enactivism” to investigate the manner in which students make sense of their world in the act of “doing.” Stilwell & Harman’s (2019) “5e” framing of enactivism as embodied, embedded, enactive, emotive and extended is offered as a flexible resource to illuminate Christian learning wherever it occurs.
Dr. Joel Kime (’96), Adjunct Professor in the School of Bible & Ministry, published a book, “Flourishing in Community: A Theology of Togetherness” (Wipf & Stock, 2024). Christians have too often behaved poorly together, sometimes causing division, while unfaithfully representing the gospel. What kind of togetherness brings human flourishing? “Flourishing in Community” guides the reader in a study of the Scriptures through the lens of theology to learn how the church can together learn and live according to God’s heart, which leads to human flourishing.
Dr. Brian Wright, Adjunct Professor in the School of Bible & Ministry, published an academic review of Matthew Marten’s “Reforming Criminal Justice” in the Journal for the Evangelical Theological Society. This contribution underscores Wright’s engagement with contemporary issues in criminal justice and theology.
Dr. Esther Zimmerman (’19), Associate Professor in the School of Bible & Ministry and Program Chair of Undergraduate & Ministry Leadership Programs, hosted and led a four-day Academic EQUIP in October 2024. This event brought together 18 academics representing North America, Latin America, Africa and Asia who are passionate about including children as a topic of serious theological reflection in ministry training programs globally.