CCCU GLOBALED - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Faculty & Staff
• Academic Director and Senior Tutor

Ana-Maria is our new Academic Director and Senior Tutor in Oxford; she joined SCIO in October 2022, from Regent's University London, where she was Reader in Philosophy and Public Ethics, and Director of Liberal Arts programmes. She is also Director of Studies in Philosophy, with research interests in hermeneutics and comparative metaphysics. When not at her desk, she is either exploring old monasteries, listening to Classic FM, or out jogging.

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• Operations, Finance, and Properties Administrator

Anneke matriculated from Pro Arte Alphen Park High School in South Africa, where she studied hospitality studies, accounting, maths, and business economics. After graduating, Anneke initially came to the UK for a two-year working holiday, working in various pubs and hotels, and then went back to South Africa, where she gained 14 years' experience in different areas of finance including bookkeeping, stock control, operations, and office management. Anneke has now resettled back in the UK. She loves nature and spending time outdoors and enjoys interacting with people from all walks of life.

Job Titles:

• Academic Administrator

Dr. Widell graduated BA in Art History (2014) and MA (2016) in Archaeology from Uppsala University. She was awarded a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Reading (2021). Her doctoral thesis explored medieval battlefields along the Anglo-Scottish Border in an interdisciplinary landscape study, focusing on archaeological, literary, topographical, and folkloric evidence.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Member of the Faculty & Staff

Doug and Patti Magnuson have lived in the Middle East for over 35 years, growing as disciples of Jesus while living at the crossroads of faith and culture, and they love introducing students to the region that has been their home for most of their married life. Doug and Patti began their overseas sojourn in Tunisia. While Doug did his anthropological fieldwork, they both began learning Arabic, making friends, adapting to Tunisian culture, and integrating into local life - going home with friends for meals or weekend stays, eating any local food put in front of them, and learning as many of the customs and lifeways as possible. They went on to live in Tunisia for 12 years, and three of their four children were born there. While their oldest was a toddler, they lived in a Tunisian village, with only letters to connect them to the U.S. Since then, they have lived and worked in Egypt, Jordan and Israel-Palestine. They have co- led ministry teams, mentored countless expatriates in understanding and adapting to Middle Eastern culture, and raised and homeschooled their four children. Dr. Doug, as he is known on MESP, has taught in five different countries and loves to lead his students on adventures where they learn about culture, politics and religion in living rooms, coffee shops and markets. He regularly cries out, "This is an experience I REFUSE to be denied!," challenging students to step out of their comfort zones and deeply experience the fullness of life in the Middle East. Doug coordinates all of the MESP courses, delivers lectures, and leads processing sessions on the topics addressed by our amazing array of guest speakers. He also interweaves a strong emphasis on cultural understanding throughout the entire program and trains students in cultural adaptation using the Intercultural Development Inventory.

Job Titles:

• Manager

Job Titles:

• Oxford 's Creator of Other Worlds

Job Titles:

• Member of the Faculty & Staff
• Program Assistant

Janelle grew up in Ohio and has spent time living in Rome, Italy; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. She enjoys being active and you can usually find her rock climbing, hiking or running in her free time. She's an artist with an eye for pattern making and painting, and she also loves thrift shopping. As the Program Assistant, Janelle will support the program through facilitating events, being a resource for students, helping with Arabic language practice, leading field trips, and much more! Janelle participated in MESP during her Junior year of college at Messiah, and it inspired a desire to return to the Middle East. A highlight of her semester in Amman was serving with the organization Desert Rose, which employed handicapped individuals to make beautiful olivewood products. Prior to joining MESP, Janelle worked as an Admissions Coordinator assisting the CCCU GlobalEd programs in Washington, D.C. She can't wait to jump back in the saddle with MESP-the camel's saddle, that is!

Job Titles:

• Principal Lecturer and Director of Studies in Classics & the History of Art

Dr Kirkpatrick graduated BA in classics, MSt in oriental studies, and DPhil in classics from Oxford, and his research interests currently centre on pagan religious cults in Roman Palestine. From 2004 to 2006 he was departmental lecturer in Jewish Studies at the University. He is writing a book on C.S. Lewis's connection with the classics, and co-ordinates SCIO's activities with the Green Scholars' Initiative.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Faculty & Staff

Jordan earned a BA in International Studies from Houghton College and an MA in International Training and Education at American University. His master's research focused on intercultural competency in study abroad. Throughout his career, Jordan has worked with non-profit organizations in Thailand, Vietnam, and Washington, DC. Prior to joining SCIO, he worked for the CCCU in Washington, DC as the Director for Educational Programs.

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• Junior Dean, the Vines

Dr. McClinton graduated with a BA in classics and ancient history from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA in art history from Indiana University, and a PhD in informatics from the Indiana University. Her thesis explored computational modelling methods applied to the study of Roman domestic space. Her DPhil at Oxford expands this work and focuses on early Christian basilicas in Rome, AD 200-600. Various sources of evidence are digitally reconstructed and approached as part of the larger image of transformation in cities during the late antique and early medieval period.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Faculty & Staff
• Program Administrator

Doug and Patti Magnuson have lived in the Middle East for over 35 years, growing as disciples of Jesus while living at the crossroads of faith and culture, and they love introducing students to the region that has been their home for most of their married life. Though Doug and Patti have done all of their traveling together, Patti has seen a completely different side of life in the region. In a culture where men and women are often kept separate, Patti has had the privilege of experiencing life with Middle Eastern women for more than 30 years. She has truly seen and done it all: she moved overseas with just her backpack and spent her first two months living, with Doug, in a no-star hotel. Together, they wandered the streets looking for opportunities to learn Arabic and make friends. She has attended wedding ceremonies, stayed up all night helping local women butcher a cow to feed the guests at a circumcision ceremony, learned how to make couscous from scratch, and made weekly visits with village women to the public bath. Patti serves MESP and its students out of this wealth of experience. Using her amazing gifts of encouragement and the Middle Eastern hospitality she has picked up over the years, Patti mentors MESP women and helps both female and male students learn to live in Middle Eastern culture. Patti also helps with MESP's administrative needs, manages the food stipends, accompanies students on trips, accommodates medical needs, and more.

Job Titles:

• Registered Social Worker

Staff at Wycliffe Hall are available and equipped to provide support for students. Peter Heim is a registered social worker (England), student welfare officer, safeguarding lead, and learning and disability support officer. Katy Routh is a senior tutor, learning and disability support lead, and safeguarding deputy officer.

Job Titles:

• Director
• Executive Director
• Member of the Faculty & Staff
• Founding Director of Scholarship

Stan Rosenberg is the founding director of Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO), the U.K. subsidiary of the CCCU. He is also an academic member of Wycliffe Hall, on the faculty of theology and religion at the University of Oxford, and a fellow of the International Society of Science & Religion. He has published on Augustine's thought, early Christianity and Greco-Roman science, and ancient preaching and popular religion. Rosenberg is on the editorial board of the journal Religions, and on advisory councils for BioLogos and the Museum of the Bible. He has overseen numerous science and religion projects for faculty, funded by major granting bodies, and directs the Logos program on biblical manuscripts, texts, and reception. Recently, he co-organized a funded project that led to his edited book, Finding Ourselves after Darwin: Conversations on the Image of God, Original Sin, and the Problem of Evil.