{"id":57583,"date":"2024-09-06T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=57583"},"modified":"2024-09-06T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:37:42","slug":"emu-welcomes-new-faculty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/emu-welcomes-new-faculty-2\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU welcomes new faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary welcome five new full-time faculty to the ranks for the 2024-25 academic year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Tamika Jackson, assistant professor of counseling<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=tnj2623\">Jackson<\/a> is an assistant professor in the Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC) program.&nbsp;Her vocational journey has led to experience in many areas including finance, congregational ministry, program development, chaplaincy, counseling, and higher education. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Bowie State University, an MBA from Loyola University Maryland, a Master of Divinity\/MA in Counseling dual-degree from Wake Forest University, and a PhD in Counselor Education from William and Mary. In addition to training counselors, Jackson embraces the model of practitioner-scholar through her own work as a clinical mental health counselor and her research focusing on the integration of spirituality and religion in counseling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ned Parker, assistant professor of preaching &amp; worship; Seminary chaplain<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=nap2558\">Parker<\/a> received his bachelor&#8217;s degree from Hampshire College with a focus in archaeology and storytelling as a cross-discipline approach to cultural studies. His Master of Divinity is from Andover Newton Theological School. Parker has a Doctor of Ministry from Seattle University, where his studies focused on storytelling in the contexts of preaching and worship to foster deeper community. He\u2019s been in higher education for 25 years and pastored two churches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Pescatore, associate professor of engineering<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/my.emu.edu\/ICS\/Directory\/Directory_Home.jnz?portlet=EMU_Directory&amp;screen=SearchView&amp;screenType=change&amp;term=pescatore\">Pescatore<\/a>, a native of Boston, holds degrees from Northeastern University, University of Cincinnati and Tennessee Technological University and is a registered professional engineer in Virginia and Ohio. He is an enthusiastic promoter of the engineering profession and is excited about joining other faculty in the mission of educating the next generation of engineers. Pescatore comes to EMU with a background in both professional engineering and academia in the U.S. and United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stephanie Powell, assistant professor of Hebrew Bible<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=sdp6396\">Powell<\/a> holds a PhD in Hebrew Bible from Drew University and an MDiv from Chicago Theological Seminary. She is the author of <em>Narrative Desire<\/em> <em>and the Book of Ruth <\/em>from Bloomsbury T&amp;T Clark Press (2018). As a feminist and literary critic of the Hebrew Bible, Powell\u2019s research interests include the interrelationship between biblical narrative and history, with sustained attention to questions of sexuality, desire, trauma and identity formation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over a decade, Powell has taught courses in biblical studies, feminism and queer theory, Jewish\/Christian studies, pastoral care, death and dying, and world religions. She is also the co-creator of restitutio divina, an embodied practice of biblical interpretation that builds on the insights of Somatic Experiencing coupled with the spiritual practices of lectio and visio divina. In addition to her work as a professor, Powell has worked as a professional chaplain in medical, psychiatric and academic settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aundrea Smiley, assistant professor of teacher education<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=ads2246\">Smiley<\/a> is a career educator with over 17 years of experience in the field. She has worked in all levels in the K-12 world, including as classroom teacher, coach, and division-level administrator (literacy coach). Prior to coming to EMU full-time she served as adjunct in the Graduate Teacher Education department for four years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has a bachelor\u2019s degree in marketing\/business administration from Ferrum College, a master\u2019s in teaching from Mary Baldwin University, a graduate certificate in restorative justice in education from EMU, and a PhD in higher education administration\/education leadership K-12 programs from Liberty University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smiley is an education consultant\/RJ practitioner as well as the owner of a full-service literacy center\/consulting firm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary welcome five new full-time faculty to the ranks for the 2024-25 academic year.\u00a0 Dr. Tamika Jackson, assistant professor of counselingJackson is an assistant <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2024\/emu-welcomes-new-faculty-2\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU welcomes new faculty<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":57651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,5583,17562,17364,5642,264,265],"tags":[18178,18180,18181,18183,18179,18182],"feature":[17427,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-57583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-campus-community","category-digest","category-engineering","category-faculty-and-staff","category-graduate-programs","category-seminary","tag-aundrea-smiley","tag-john-pescatore","tag-ned-parker","tag-new-faculty","tag-stephanie-powell","tag-tamika-jackson","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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