John (Jack) Beck
Ph.D.
B.A., Northwestern College; M.Div., Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary; Th.M., Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Freelance writer and consultant; Faculty, Bible World Seminars. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2008.
Brian Bernius
Ph.D.
B.A., Asbury College; M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary; M.Phil., Ph.D., Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. Associate Professor of Old Testament and Near East Studies, Indiana Wesleyan University. Began teaching at JUC in 2016.
Bryan Beyer
Ph.D.
B.A., Colorado State University; M.Div., Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary; Ph.D., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Faculty, Columbia International University (1985-2021). Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2006.
Chandler Collins
Ph.D. Candidate
B.A., Moody Bible Institute; graduate studies, Jerusalem University College; M.A., M.A., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Ph.D. Candidate, Bar Ilan University. Excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa and Abel Beth Maacah. Former Dean at Jerusalem University College. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2017.
Spencer Elliott
Ph.D.
B.A., Millar College of the Bible; M.A., Jerusalem University College; M.A., Trinity Western University; Ph.D. New York University. Began teaching at JUC in 2017.
Kaitlyn Hawn
Ph.D. Candidate
B.A., Gordon College; M.A., M.A., Jerusalem University College; M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Oxford. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2018.
Carl Laney
Th.D.
B.S., University of Oregon; M.Div., Th.M., Western Seminary; Th.D., Dallas Theological Seminary; graduate studies, Institute of Holy Land Studies. Professor of Biblical Literature, Western Seminary. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2007.
Aubrey Taylor McClain
Ph.D.
B.A., Oklahoma State University; M.A., Jerusalem University College; Ph.D., Bar Ilan University. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2010.
John Monson
Ph.D.
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Institute of Holy Land Studies; graduate studies, Hebrew University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University. Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Excavations at Jerusalem, Har-Tuv, Timnah, Lachish, Qeiyafa, Abel Beth-Maacah, Ashkelon. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 1988.
Cynthia Parker
Ph.D.
B.A., Butler University; M.A., M.A.R., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; graduate studies, Jerusalem University College; Ph.D., University of Gloucestershire. Director of Education and Conversation at Resurrection Philadelphia. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2006.
Rebecca Pettit
M.A.
B.A., Northland International University; M.A., M.A., Jerusalem University College; M.A., Bar-Ilan University. Award-winning filmmaker. Docent at The Writers’ Gathering. Excavations at Tel Gezer. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2018.
Perry Phillips
Ph.D.
B.A., Beloit College; M.Div., Biblical Theological Seminary; M.A., Institute of Holy Land Studies; Ph.D., Cornell University. Former adjunct faculty, Gordon College. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 1977.
Elaine Phillips
Ph.D.
B.A., Cornell University; M.Div., Biblical Theological Seminary; M.A., Institute of Holy Land Studies; Ph.D., The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning. Professor Emerita of Biblical and Theological Studies, Gordon College. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 1997.
Carl Rasmussen
Ph.D.
B.A., Luther College; B.D., Th.M., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; graduate studies, Institute of Holy Land Studies; Ph.D., The Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning. Professor of Old Testament, Bethel University. Began teaching at JUC in 1973.
Brian Schultz
Ph.D.
B.A., Briercrest Bible College; M.A., Jerusalem University College; Ph.D. Bar Ilan University. Faculty, Biblical and Religious Studies, Fresno Pacific University. Excavations at Tell Miqne, Tell es-Safi and Qumran. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 1997.
Emily Thomassen
Ph.D.
B.A., Trinity Christian College; M.A., Jerusalem University College; Ph.D., University of Chicago. Excavations at Zincirli and Tel Keisan. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2011.
Chris Vlachos
Ph.D.
M.A., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; Ph.D., Wheaton College; Former Director of Semester in Jerusalem Program, Wheaton College. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 2021.
Paul Wright
Ph.D.
President Emeritus, Jerusalem University College. B.A., Bethel University; M.A., Institute of Holy Land Studies / Jerusalem University College; M.A., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; M.Phil, Ph.D., Hebrew Union College. Excavations at Ramat Rachel, Giloh, and Tel Rehov. Recipient of the President's Medallion, Hebrew Union College. Published author. Began teaching at JUC in 1996.