Faculty, Staff and Associates

PACS full-time faculty

• Ron Claassen, D.Min.
  Director of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, member of the School of Education faculty
• Larry Dunn, Ph.D.
  Director of undergraduate programs for the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, member of the School of Humanities, Religion and Social Science faculty, faculty in the Criminology and Restorative Justice Studies degree completion program
• Dalton Reimer, Ph.D.
  Senior Associate of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, Faculty Emeritus
• The Rev. Duane Ruth-Heffelbower, M.Div., J.D., Attorney and Counselor at Law
  Director of graduate academic programs of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, member of the School of Business faculty and faculty in the Leadership and Organizational Studies M.A. program, faculty in the Criminology and Restorative Justice Studies degree completion program
• Jill Schellenberg, M.A., Ph.D. (ABD)
  Director of the Criminology and Restorative Justice Studies degree completion program, Associate of the Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies.

Other FPU Faculty

• Ken Martens Friesen, Ph.D.
  member of the School of Humanities, Religion and Social Science faculty

Other/Adjunct Faculty

• Delores Friesen, Ph.D.
  Associate Professor of Pastoral Counseling
  Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary
• Linda Luke, J.D.
  Adjunct Faculty
• Valerie Rempel, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor of Historical Studies and Theology
  Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary

Administration

• Holly Mattos McFarlin, M.A.
  Administrative Director, Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies

Associates of the Center

• Noelle Daoudian, M.A. (ABT)
  Director, Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of the Central Valley, Inc.
• Jack E. Dison, Ph.D.
• Jason Ekk, M.A. (ABT)
  Program Director, Restorative Justice Initiative in Fresno County
• Donald Fischer, M.A. (ABT)
  Program Director, Mediation Services
• The Rev. Clare Ann Ruth-Heffelbower, D.Min.
  Program Director, Circles of Support and Accountability

Graduate Assistants

• Jeffrey Smith, DRPA Mediator
• Jessica Wood, Campus Discipline Case Manager/Mediator