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Bethany Professors Making Strides in Education

Bethany Adjunct Professor Receives Department of Education Grant

Jennifer Madigan, Adjunct Professor for the Teacher Education Program, recently received a $14,000 grant to conduct her doctoral research from the Department of Education/Office of Special Education. This prestigious grant is awarded yearly to twelve doctoral students nationwide.

The title of her project is "The Latina Voice in Special Education; Classroom Behaviors, School Attitudes, and Gender Identity of Latina Students in Single Gender Special Education Classrooms in California." Jennifer will be hiring three 2001 Bethany graduates to serve as research assistants: Mariano Dowgaluk, Michelle Hansen, and Dina Gutierrez.

Michael Stach Earns Ph.D. in Human Services

Professor Michael Stach successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on May 11, 2001, fulfilling all requirements for his Ph.D. in Human Services from Walden University. His dissertation topic, Missionary Personnel Selection, was based upon his work with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Mike and his wife Joyce are alumni of Bethany College and have worked with Wycliffe since 1982. Part of this tenure was spent in West Africa along the Ivory Coast. In 1989 Mike came to Bethany to teach social science with an emphasis on linguistics and culture. Through his unique teaching style, Professor Stach has played a key role in fusing missiology and the social sciences.

Bethany College is one of 20 endorsed colleges of the Assemblies of God.