Education Faculty
Division of Secondary Education
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Carl Abrams
Educational Background: B.A., History, BJU; M.A., American History, NC State; Ph.D., American History, University of Maryland Work Experience: Teaching assistant, University of Maryland; Instructor, University College, University of Maryland Courses Taught: U.S. History Since 1865, Recent America, History of the South, History of Religion in America, Forces in American History Faculty Member Since: 1974 Other Ministries: Director, Africa Mission Team Other Facts: Author, Conservative Constraints: North Carolina and the New Deal (1992) and Selling the Old-Time Religion: American Fundamentalists and Mass Culture (2001) |
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Brenda Ball
Educational Background: B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., BJU; additional study at Marshall University Work Experience: Taught for 27 years: Christian school in Michigan, public school in Ohio, Bob Jones Academy and Junior High for 7 years, BJ LINC for 7 years Courses Taught: Adolescent Psychology, Educational Psychology, Assessment, Teaching Techniques, Teaching Natural Science Faculty Member Since: 1988 Other Ministries: Member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church; worked as Lead Counselor at the Wilds during the summers that I served as dormitory supervisor at BJU from 1971-1975 |
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Kathy Bell
Educational Background: B.S. in Art Education, BJU; M.A. in Art, BJU Work Experience: Student worker in the Art Agency during the undergrad years; camp waitress and counsellor during summers; office work at Grayvan Lines in Chicago; Graduate Assistant teaching middle school through university freshmen; member of stage production crew doing various makeup, prop, costume and scenery creations; workshop presenter for Christian School conventions; art adjudicator for Georgia Association of Christian Schools Courses Taught: Junior High Art, High School Art, Drawing and Structural Representation, Crafts, Art Appreciation, Calligraphy, Teaching Art, Secondary School Art, founder and teacher of High School Art Camp Faculty Member Since: 1967 Other Ministries: Choir and Bible School at Hampton Park Baptist Church, artwork for ministries at home and abroad, mission trips, ladies' Bible studies, art classes in mission churches Other Facts: Writer and illustrator for Bob Jones Publishing Group several summers; author of Our Christian Heritage in Art, a secondary art program textbook |
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Bruce Byers
Educational Background: B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) Work Experience: Teacher at public high school, Boswell, Pennsylvania Courses Taught: Beginning and intermediate French courses, Advanced French Grammar, Survey of French Literature, French Realism and Naturalism, Contemporary French Literature, Teaching of Foreign Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Historical and Comparative Linguistics, Phonetics Faculty Member Since: 1972 Other Ministries: Deacon and junior high Sunday school teacher at Faith Free Presbyterian Church; six summer mission trips to Quebec; translating sermons into French for SermonAudio (an Internet ministry) Other Facts: Married to Linda for 31 years; two daughters: Jamie, third-grade teacher at Bob Jones Elementary School, married to John Meachum; and Emily, student at Bob Jones University |
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Grace C. Hargis
Educational Background: B.A. in Bible, BJU; M.A. in English, University of North Carolina; Ph.D. in Linguistics, Indiana University Work Experience: Coordinator of Writing and Grammar textbook series for grades 7-12 (first ed.), BJU Press; author of English Handbook for Christian Schools, teacher's editions of several standard works of literature, and Writing from Research (student and teacher editions); freelance writer and editor; developer and director of the Missionary Linguistics Program and the Bridge to College English Courses Taught: Structure of Modern English, History of the English Language, ESL English, Teaching English as a Second Language, Advanced Grammar for TESL, TESL Practicum, Field Methods in Linguistics, Language Learning, Cultures in Contact, Field Methods and Literacy, Grammar in Use Faculty Member Since: 1961 Other Ministries: Women's small-group Sunday school teacher at Faith Baptist Church, Taylors, SC Other Facts: Summer mission trips to three countries in Africa to help missionaries with language challenges; summer English teaching in China for the sake of outreach |
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Kathy Pilger
Educational Background: B.S. in Physical Education and B.A. in Mathematics from Eastern Illinois University; Ed.D., Bob Jones University Work Experience: Teacher at the high school level in public school math department; teacher at a private Christian school in the math department; Author of a series of math textbooks for Bob Jones University Press; Bank teller in the summers; Placement coordinator at a temporary employment agency Courses Taught: Transcendental Functions, Math for the Elementary Teacher, Calculus II, Teaching Mathematics, College Algebra, Math of Finance, Elementary Statistics, Nursing Research Faculty Member Since: 1988 Other Ministries: Saturday morning Children's Bible Club |
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Lonnie Polson
Educational Background: B.A. in Speech, M.A. in Speech, M.S. in Educational Administration, Ed.D. in Educational Administration, BJU Work Experience: Head of the Freshman Speech Program, Chair of the Dramatic Production Department, and Chair of the Speech Education Department; coordinator of the Vespers ministry; taught for Tri-County Technical College, Greenville Technical College Management Program, and American Management Association Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Speech, Fundamentals of Oral Interpretation, Introduction to Speech Communication, Speech and Vocal Skills, Public Speaking, Oral Communication for the Professions, Interviewing, Small Group Communication, Intercultural Communication, Acting I, Acting II, Advanced Stage Directing, Performing Literature, Teaching Speech, Communication Internship, Private Instruction (Oral Interpretation, Rhetoric and Public Address, Dramatic Production) Faculty Member Since: 1978 Other Ministries: Deacon and Sunday school teacher at Hampton Park Baptist Church; leader of the BJU British Mission Team; dramatic ministries in local churches (including a solo presentation of the Gospel of Mark) |
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Lesa Seibert
Educational Background: B.S. and M.Ed. in English Education, BJU; Ed.S. in Special Education, BJU; Ed.D. candidate at BJU; additional study at Furman University Work Experience: Taught precollege for 20 years: two Christian schools in Pennsylvania, three Christian school in South Carolina, including Bob Jones Academy and BJ HomeSat (distance learning); taught college part time for 4 years: BJU Courses Taught: Introduction to Exceptional Learners, Characteristics of Learning Disabilities, Characteristics of Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities, Teaching Language Arts: Mildly Disabled, Advanced Teaching Techniques: Mildly Disabled, Composition and Literature, Teaching English Faculty Member Since: 1994 Other Ministries: member of various summer mission and teaching teams; church member and choir member at Community Baptist Church Other Facts: published several articles in a professional Christian education journal; contributing author in BJUP's Writing and Grammar 7 and Writing and Grammar 8; creator of DVD/video Study Skill for Teens; speaker at various professional seminars; Keystone Christian Education Association’s Teacher of the Year for 1990-1991; listed in Who's Who among American High School Students, Who's Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Who's Who among America's Teachers, and Who's Who of American Women |
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Dan Turner
Educational Background: B.S., Bob Jones University; M.S., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Ed.D., University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Student of Dan Perantoni, Robert Gray, Fritz Kaenzig Work Experience: Director of Pre-college Bands (Bob Jones Elem., Bob Jones Jr. High, Bob Jones Academy); Director of Bands, Bob Jones University, 1983-present; Chair of the Music Education Department, 1989-present; Staff member, Bob Jones University Summer Music Camp, 1980-present; other Christian music camps Courses Taught: Foundations of Education, Foundations and Principles of Music Education, Special Methods in Music Education, Readings in Music Education, Secondary School Music, Band Director Methods, applied tuba, Conductor - Bob Jones University Symphonic Wind Band Faculty Member Since: 1972 Other Ministries: Deacon at Heritage Bible Church, 1999-2002; active in the music ministry of Heritage Bible Church Other Facts: Author of Conductor's Choice, an annotated guide to band literature for Christian schools; Standing Without Apology: The History of Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1997 & 2001); Reflecting God's Light: Facets of a Miracle (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University, 2001); "Delighting the Ear to Touch the Heart: Fundamentalism, Culture, and Bob Jones University" (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University School of Fine Arts, 2001). Member of the board, Greenville County Youth Orchestra (1999-2001). Principal tuba, Anderson (SC) Chamber Orchestra, 1993-present. Tuba performer with Bob Jones University's Foundation Brass. Hobbies: gardening, tennis, really bad golf |