Lilly SERVE at Seattle Pacific

SERVE Leadership                                                      

Susan VanZanten Gallagher, Director of SERVE, Director of The Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development, and Professor of English

Susan holds a B.A. in English from Westmont College 1978 and an M.A. in American Literature in 1981 and a Ph.D. in American Literature in 1982 both from Emory University. She has worked in faculty development for the past twelve years, both with the CCCU and at SPU as the Director of the New Faculty Seminar.

Her publications include Literature Through the Eyes of Faith, with Roger Lundin (1989); The Story of South Africa: J.M. Coetzee's Fiction in Context (1991); Postcolonial Literature and the Biblical Call to Justice (1994); and Truth and Reconciliation: The Confessional Mode in South African Literature (2002). Susan has been at SPU since 1993.

Michael Hamilton, Consultant to SERVE, Associate Professor of History, Chair of History Department, and Consultant for Development of Academic Programs

Michael received his B.A. in History from Seattle Pacific University in 1986, M.A. in History from University of Notre Dame, 1988, and Ph.D. in American History from Notre Dame in 1995. He is also consultant for the Pew Christian Scholars Program at theUniversity of Notre Dame.

His publications include Faith and Learning at Wheaton College, co-authored with James Mathisen in Models for Christian Higher Education, Eds. Hughes and Adrian, 1997; American Evangelicalism and the National Economy, 1870-1997, co-authored with Klay and Lunn, and The Financing of American Evangelicalism both in More Money, More Ministry: Money and Evangelicals in Recent North American History, Eds. Eskridge and Noll; and The Elusive Idea of Christian Scholarship in Christian Scholars Review. Mike has been at SPU since 1999.

SERVE Personnel
Susan Gallagher, Director
Mike Hamilton, Consultant
Anna Dufault, Administrative Assistant