Special Publications

MELENA CARRIONStaff Writer Endless phone calls are just part of an average day for Geneeva Moore. As the administrative assistant in the Humanities Division, Moore finds herself advising students, catering to professors, and taking care of everyone in between. Moore has been at Pepperdine for nearly seven years when her husband, Tyson Moore, was an undergraduate religion … [Read more...] about Humanities Division: Administrative assistant Moore

MAIA KNUDSEN-SCHULEStaff Writer English, history, and philosophy. These majors are all part of Pepperdine’s Humanities Division. Along with these traditionally rigorous majors joins creative writing, film studies, women’s studies, and African American Studies. With this rather wide range of studies, no wonder the students belonging to this program are  pleased with the … [Read more...] about Humanities Division: The Students

NINA HANNAStaff Writer Raelyn Nicholson wakes up at 6:30 a.m. After a quick breakfast, she leaves at 7 a.m. and carpools with a fellow student teacher to Lang Ranch Elementary School in Thousand Oaks. She arrives at her third-grade classroom around 7:30-7:45, just in time to scan her lesson plans and confer with her mentor teacher before the school bell rings at 8:25. For the … [Read more...] about Humanities Division: The student teachers

ASHLYEE HICKMANStaff Writer Philosophy and pancakes usually don’t mix, but for Humanities Chair Dr. Maire Mullins it’s just another day in the office. Well, offices. As a full-time mother of two and full-time professor of hundreds—Mullins’s life serves as anything but dull. The Ms. Congeniality of her department, with her smile and kind words, had quite a journey before … [Read more...] about Humanities Division: Chair Mullins

MICHELLE McKINLEYStaff Writer Walk into Professor David Holmes office and you will be greeted with a wide smile.  Holmes is a highly educated professor, an experienced preacher, and loving husband, but this professor’s greatest contribution to Pepperdine is his voice. According to Holmes, “There are many voices at Pepperdine and having another voice is helpful.”  He said that … [Read more...] about Humanities Division: Professor Holmes