Dr. Bill Wood primarily teaches classes on modern Middle Eastern history, Islamic civilizations, and Russian and Soviet history. His research focuses on the Soviet Union and the Middle East in modern historical times.

Dr. Rosco Williamson teaches classes in international relations and human rights. His field of research includes the development of the international system, the impact of religion on political authority, and political legitimacy.

Dr. Kelli McCoy teaches classes in 19th and 20th century U.S. history, U.S. women’s history, and world civilizations. She has also taught special seminar courses in the 1960s in the U.S. and San Diego history. Her primary areas of research are on social reform movements in the early 20th century U.S., especially focusing on women, gender, and the law. Her current book manuscript is on the early 20th century movement to end human trafficking and the way that played out in the legal system.

Dr. Lindsey Lupo teaches classes on urban politics, comparative politics, research methods, U.S. public policy, democratization, and protest and social movements. Her fields of research are urban politics, social movements, and political violence and she is the author of Flak-Catchers: One Hundred Years of Riot Commission Politics. Her most recent research focuses on protest outcomes and democratic deliberation. Lupo is also the dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Public Engagement.

Dr. Jaeyoon Kim has been at PLNU since 2005. He teaches courses in world civilizations; Asian-American history; and modern Japan, Korea, and China. Kim earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of Oregon and has served as a visiting scholar at Beijing University in the People's Republic of China.

Dr. Rick Kennedy came to PLNU in 1995. An intellectual/cultural historian, he has authored books and articles on the history of logic, mathematics, architecture, astronomy, education, historiography, and Christian thought. His most recent works are on Cotton Mather, one of early America's most influential pastor-scholars, and the Christian History of Southern California. He is also a former president and secretary to the academic organization: The Conference on Faith and History.