Candice Quiñones
Director of International Student and Scholar Services
I have my Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) and a Bachelor of Science in special education for the visually impaired and elementary education. I am working on an Ed. D. in Teaching and Learning with an emphasis in Adult Education. I have been teaching college-level English language learners since 2007 and have been teaching English to students of all ages and levels since 2005. I have extensive experience presenting at local and international TESOL conferences on a variety of topics. I also contribute to Earlham’s comparative languages & linguistics (CLL) major and co-convene the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) minor in preparing individuals for future careers in language teaching. Since arriving at Earlham in 2014, I have added the role, knowledge and duties of international student advising to my repertoire, assisting students on F-1 visas throughout their four-year journeys. I have a passion for fostering student success in as many ways as possible.
Corey Kundert
Senior Career Coach
Corey serves as a coach, guide and mentor to students as they navigate their Epic journey at Earlham. In addition to overseeing the Science and Environment Career Community, he leads the Center for Career Education’s (CCE) Peer Coaching Program and acts as the CCE’s liaison to the Center for Environmental Leadership. Corey collaborates with students to explore their interests, values, and strengths; develop impactful application materials; think critically about their goals; and pursue a sense of meaningful work in their local and global communities.
He holds a B.S. in youth ministry from Indiana Wesleyan University and a B.S. in psychology from Northwestern College. Before joining the Earlham community, Corey worked in career development, residence life, community and civic engagement, and counseling psychology. He has published research on the cognitive science of religion and mindfulness-based behavior therapy.
When not in the office, you can usually find him spending time with his wife, Amanda, and their son, Silas; roasting coffee; or getting pulled around a new hiking trail by his two dogs, Mulder and Blue.
Diego Bustos, Ph.D.
Director of the Spanish Language Program, Border Studies Program
Diego Bustos studied economics and history at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and graduated from the MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. He holds a Ph.D. in Latin America Literature at the University of New Mexico. In 2003 he won the National Short Story Award “Ciudad de Bogota”. His academic research focuses on the relationship between rhetorical strategies present in a corpus of cultural performances and novels, and the imagination on development and middle-class in Brazil, Colombia and the Mexico-US borderlands. With an emphasis on cultural citizenship and transnational discourses on social inclusion, his scholar work informs his approach to teaching language and culture, and vice versa: both imagined as contested fields in the struggle for liberation. His life on the border has reinforced his interests in these topics and the urgency of their articulation within a broader transnational frame. He has been involved in different projects in the region, from the extinct Revista Coroto, based in El Paso, to the Interdisciplinary Colombian Studies Group, in Albuquerque. Also, he is involved in the Colombian Syllabus, a group project intended to situate critically the current social unrest ongoing in his native country. Currently, he is implementing a methodology of Creative Writing for Social Justice as part of the curriculum in Spanish at the Border Studies Program.
Gaby Chacon
Career Coach
Jennifer Lewis
Senior Director of Off-Campus Programs
John Wessel-McCoy
Career Coach
I’m from Decatur, Illinois originally. For more than two decades, I have served as an organizer and educator involved in grassroots labor and community organizing, rooted in the organization of poor and dispossessed across color lines. I was part of a student-led effort at Union Theological Seminary that led to the founding of the Kairos Center for Rights, Religions, and Social Justice. I received my BA in Religion at Millikin University and my MA in Religion at Union Theological Seminary. I am a student of histories of mass struggle, particularly in the context of the United States. My core text is W.E.B. Du Bois’ Black Reconstruction in America.
Kate Morgan
Director of Student Services, Border Studies Program
Kate is an activist, cat-lover/ cat mom, horse-back-rider, avid hiker, and mom to Octavio and Ximena. Originally from Champaign, Illinois, Kate has called many places home throughout her lifetime. She attended Beloit College (Beloit, WI) where she majored in Anthropology and Latin American Studies. She resided in Seattle, Washington, where she attended the University of Washington-Seattle and completed a Masters in Social Work and Masters in Public Affairs. She also called Chicago, Illinois, home for several years, working at the Cook County Department of Public Health (2002-2006) and the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights (2013-2016). Kate came to Tucson for the first time in 2010 as a volunteer with the humanitarian-aid organization, No More Deaths (NMD). It was then that she fell in love with the Sonoran desert, with Tucson, and with the fierce community of activists that reside and resist here. Living in Tucson, she has continued to work and volunteer with NMD – she has served as the Volunteer Coordinator and the Abuse Documentation Coordinator and helped to publish the report “Disappeared: How U.S. Border Enforcement Agencies are Fueling a Missing Persons Crisis“. She has been an Instructor with the Border Studies Program since 2017 and currently oversees the Field Study program component as well as teaching the Field Study Practicum course. But the real teacher here is The Border – Kate is honored to be a part of creating a container for which learning can happen.
Magda Mankel
Academic Director, Border Studies Program
Dr. Magda Mankel has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Maryland at College Park, where her dissertation was titled “Walking the Migrant Trail: Mobilizing Cultural Heritage and Commemorating Clandestine Migration in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands.” She has prior teaching experience in both traditional (classroom) and fieldwork/off-campus study formats, as well as informal formats such as edutourism groups coming to the Southwest. She was most recently a Program Organizer for Borderlinks, an organization that specializes in introducing short-term delegations (from colleges, churches, civic groups, seniors in lifelong learning programs, etc.) to the issues in the Mexico/U.S. Borderlands. She also has experience as a field folklorist and applied anthropologist and has introduced some of the theory and practice from those fields into the “Movement and Movements” course.
Melissa Cox
Administrative Assistant
Melissa Cox is the Administrative Assistant in the Center for Global and Career Education. Melissa has been at Earlham for 16 years. She has been in her current role, with the Center for Global and Career Education, for five of those years. Previously, she work with the M.A.T. program for eleven years. Melissa also teaches yoga in the Athletic and Wellness Center.
Mike Deibel
Senior Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs; Professor of Chemistry; Pre-Health Advisor
Dr. Michael Deibel has been at Earlham College since 2000 and is currently the Senior Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs and a Professor of Chemistry at Earlham College. In this role, he oversees the Epic Centers and Programs and provides leadership for the Epic Journey signature program. Previously, he served as the co-Director of the Center for Global Health and the Director of the Integrated Program in Health Sciences. Throughout his career, Mike has been passionate about community engagement and partnership and establishing innovative programs, such as a Community Medicine program and a Quality Science minor. He has led multiple institutional grants, the most recent one focusing on the implemention of a 4-year career discernment program built on the book Designing Your Life.
He holds a B.A. in both Chemistry and Mathematics from Capital University as well as a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Kentucky, and has been a long-time member of the teaching faculty at Earlham College. His current research has focused on the use of portable instrumentation for environmental and archaeological analyses. Recent projects have included determination of lead (Pb) contamination in soils, analyses of Chinese pottery and jade, and pigment analyses of Egyptian coffins in Richmond, Indiana.
In addition to his work at Earlham, Mike has established himself as a leader in health professions advising, serving for the past 10 years on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions, and currently serving as its President. He has also served on several boards in the Richmond community and currently is a member of the Board of Directors of the Amigos Latino Center.
Mila P. Cooper
Executive Director of Career Education and Community Engagement
Mila Cooper oversees Career Education and Community Engagement. She is an experienced student-centered administrator. Prior to arriving at Earlham, she served in a number of positions including Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students, Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Director of Community Outreach & Service-Learning.
Mila holds a B.S. in communication studies, an M.A. in higher education administration, a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry (D.Min). She is a Level III trainer in Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Resolution. Mila is passionate about advocating for and mentoring college students, collaborating with faculty to design service-learning and community-based curricula and supporting her team in the CGCE.
Personally, Mila enjoys spending time with her family – husband Gerald, two daughters and one granddaughter, and traveling. She is committed to social justice and is involved in a number of community-based initiatives.
Specialties and Interests
Career Education, Community Engagement, Service/Community-Based Learning, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership DevelopmentNellie Jo David
Director of Academic and Community Engagement, Border Studies Program
Nellie grew up on the borderlands, traditional Hia-Ced O’odham territory, just West of the Tohono O’odham reservation and North of Sonora, Mexico. She is currently undertaking a number of projects documenting the historical and legal significance of indigenous peoples on the borderlands. Her research interests include stories that document indigenous relations across international borders, inspired by her own family history.
Nellie went to undergrad at Arizona State University and had a variety of interesting majors before obtaining a B.A. in Political Science in 2006. After witnessing several forms of human rights abuses during a time of workplace raids, SB1070 (papers please law), ethnic studies bans, and increased militarization, she decided to pursue a higher education in hopes to become better equipped to challenge these xenophobic institutional policies. She obtained her Juris Doctorate with a Certificate in Indigenous Law and Policy at Michigan State University in 2014, where she was active in NALSA (Native American Law Students Association). She is currently working on topics that explore the interrelations between resource extraction, militarization, and settler colonialism on O’odham land.
O'Jeanique Twyman
Director of Community Engagement & Service-Learning
O’Jeanique started her career in higher education immediately after graduating from Wittenberg University with her bachelor’s degree in International Studies: Global Issues and Culture. There, she learned how to advocate for herself and others, which led to an unexpected shift in thought about her career. She is passionate about working with students – meeting them where they are to help achieve their goals and advocate for their needs.
O’Jeanique moved to Dayton, Ohio, to start her career at Earlham College in 2021. She lives with her husband, Ricardo, and their pup, Wesley.
Roger Adkins
Executive Director, Center for Global Education
Pronouns: They/them/their
Bio. Roger Adkins is a scholar-administrator with a complex profile that includes extensive administrative work and expertise in global learning, ongoing interdisciplinary research and scholarship, and teaching in both domestic and international settings. They are a passionate educator who strives to make global learning accessible for every student, both in on-campus and off-campus settings.
Global Engagement. They studied abroad in Iceland and have led short, faculty-led programs in the UK (England, Wales, and Scotland). They have also visited or worked in: Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Sweden, and Tunisia.
Areas of Expertise. They are also a dedicated educator who believes in helping today’s students prepare for a world of rapidly evolving circumstances and inevitable shifts in professional life. They have experience administering off-campus study programs; advising and mentoring international students and scholars; working in faculty development for global learning; advocating for and working in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion; fellowships advising and administration; and developing new programs, curricula, and approaches in global learning. Roger also has briefer experience in career education, internships programming, community engagement, and community and employer partnerships.
Portfolio.
- Roger manages the Center for Global Education, which includes: English Language Learners courses; International Student and Scholar Services; and Off-Campus Programs
- They also direct the Border Studies Program (Earlham | Non-Earlham) and the Tibetan Studies in India Program (Earlham | Non-Earlham)
- In addition, they convene the Designation of Distinction in Global Engagement
- They are generally an advocate for students seeking fellowships and other prestigious awards and are the main contact for the Beinecke Scholarship; the Boren Scholarship; the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship; the Future Nobel Laureates Scholarship; and DAAD Germany scholarships and fellowships
- Teaching and administrative faculty members interested in Fulbright Scholar Awards may also contact Roger for assistance
- Roger is also Alliance Liaison of Earlham College to the Global Liberal Arts Alliance
- Finally, they help to administer global school-of-record agreements with Earlham College
Teaching. They have taught courses in: career education; comparative literature; creative writing; cultural studies; fellowships success; folklore; gender studies; literatures in English; queer studies; Scandinavian studies; and writing.
Courses Taught at Earlham
- ENG/SOAN 212 Introduction to Folklore (*coming fall 2023)
- ENG 382 Topics in Genre and Narrative: Alternative Realities
- EPIC 271 Fellowship Foundations
- EPIC 481 Internship
Ongoing Research Projects
- Decolonizing and queering approaches in global learning
- Queer/quare potential of ‘the monstrous Other’ | scifi, folklore, fantasy, future studies, and social justice
- Critically engaged pedagogies: culturally sustaining pedagogies, universal design, antiracism theory and practice
- Best practices in faculty-led and short-term, off-campus programs (study, internships, fieldwork, etc.)
Education
- B.A. English and Creative Writing, Hiram College (Ohio), 1995
- M.A. Gender Studies, and graduate teaching certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Oregon, 1999
- A1-level certificate in Icelandic Language and Culture, Háskola Islands (University of Iceland), 2003
- M.A. (2008) and Ph.D. (2010) Comparative Literature, University of Oregon
Identities. Roger identifies as queer, lives with a disability (not visible), and comes from a working-class background. They were also a first-generation college student. They are passionate about inclusiveness and are very happy to serve as a mentor or advocate for students from diverse backgrounds. They are gender nonbinary and use they/them/their pronouns.
Specialties and Interests
Global learning, fellowships, curriculum and pedagogy, incluisve excellence, literature, folklore, gender studies, creative writing, professional developmentSafia Diarra
ELL Instructor/International Student Adviser