Our professors are distinguished scholars, active researchers, published writers, and faithful Christians who demonstrate what it means to be both Christ-followers and leaders in their academic fields. As mentors and role models, they play a huge role in the integration of faith and learning at Bethel.
Program Directors & Lead Faculty
Leslie Helgerson
Program Director | sam-helgerson@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Faculty
Nikki Daniels
Associate Professor in Organizational Leadership | n-daniels@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1989
Self Analysis, Self Leadership, Organizational Leadership, Team Development
Steven Droll
Associate Professor | std57766@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2017
I have been married for over 30+ years (to the same woman) and have 2 wonderful sons and a daughter-in-law. While I am not a military offspring, it feels like it at times given the number of places I lived: Argentina, Colombia, Connecticut, Georgia, Germany, Honduras, Minnesota, Missouri, South Carolina and Texas. Additionally, I have traveled extensively through Central/South America, Europe and Israel. These travels and living experiences have shaped me into the person I am today, whic. . . read more.
Phil Frazier
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication Studies | fraphi@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 1988
Frazier's research interests include interpersonal communication and family communication, areas in which he also teaches.
Christina Kaiser
Adjunct Assistant Professor | c-kaiser@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2002
Leadership development, organizational analysis, conflict resolution, mediation
DiAnna Olsen
Adjunct | dio64579@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2015
Small business financial consultant and project manager. I have been an entrepreneur for 30 years, helping small business owners understand their finances. I consult as well as lead projects from organizational change to process development. I enter into organizations that need to revamp process, reorganize to get the right talent in the right chairs, and automate software systems for efficiency; I utilize the team and talent that is already in place and bring them together to collaborate a. . . read more.
Jeanine Parolini
Instructor, Leadership Coach, Thesis Adviser | j-parolini@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007
Dr. Parolini has developed thousands of leaders in hundreds of organizations throughout the world. Jeanine coaches leaders, teams and organizations to be continuous learners, self-aware, trustworthy, responsible, collaborative, empowering and innovative. She speaks and writes on a variety of topics involving effective leadership, teams and organizational life.
Bill Paxton
Adjunct Instructor | b-paxton@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2007
Organizational behavior, leadership, strengths development, the future of higher education
Matthew Putz
Instructor | m-putz@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2008
Philosophy of technology, conflict management, organizational leadership, ethics
Shelley Robinson
Faculty | s-robinson@bethel.edu
Ken Smith
Adjunct Instructor | kenneth-smith@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2000
Organizational change, followership
Chipp Windham
Adjunct Instructor | Curtis-Windham@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2014
Organizational Leadership, Leadership, Followership
Samuel Zalanga
Professor of Sociology | szalanga@bethel.edu | Started at Bethel: 2000
Zalanga’s doctoral fieldwork focused on the comparative role of ruling elite coalitions in development policy formulation and implementation in Malaysia and Nigeria. He specifically studied the process and politics of neoliberal economic reforms and implementation. Zalanga grew up in the northeastern region of Nigeria and brings an international and interdisciplinary perspective to the department.
