{"id":14749,"date":"2016-12-17T05:49:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T10:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfc.edu\/?post_type=staff&#038;p=14749"},"modified":"2024-02-05T17:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T22:20:47","slug":"dr-jonathan-penland","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/tfc.edu\/faculty\/dr-jonathan-penland\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jonathan S. Penland"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero hero-header\" id=\"block_1e22e8ea54873f7394318723816a16d3 \">\n    <div class=\"hero-default has-background-color has-blue-ridge-background-color has-image jarallax\" >\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n            <div class=\"hero-inner\">\n                <div class=\"hero-subtitle has-color subtitle has-white-color breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/tfc.edu\/\">Toccoa Falls College<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>                                <h1 class=\"hero-heading has-color has-white-color h2\">Dr. Jonathan S. Penland<\/h1>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jarallax-img\" src=\"https:\/\/tfc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/hero-waterfall-001-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The Toccoa Falls Waterfall\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"faculty-detail-section overflow-hidden wide has-color has-color has-black-color\" data-aos=\"fade\">\n        <div class=\"overflow-hidden\">\n                <div class=\"wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"grid\">\n            <div class=\"offset-lg-col-1-12 lg-col-10-12\">\n                <div class=\"grid\">\n                    <div class=\"col-grid md-col-1-3 xs-mt-15 xs-mb-15\">\n                        <div class=\"card card-faculty card-faculty-detail\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n                            <div class=\"card-thumbnail\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/tfc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC05108-e1695405744570-600x460.jpg);\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thumbnail for Dr. Jonathan S. Penland<\/span><\/div>\n                            <div class=\"card-inner\">\n                                                                <div class=\"card-name\">Dr. Jonathan S. Penland<\/div>                                <span class=\"subtitle xs-pb-20 has-color has-black-color\">Professor of Cross-Cultural Studies<\/span>                                <!-- <span class=\"card-phone\">706.909.7131<\/span> -->\n                                <a class=\"card-email\" href=\"mailto:penland@tfc.edu\">penland@tfc.edu<\/a>                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"col-grid md-col-2-3 xs-mt-15 xs-mb-15\">\n                                                                        <div class=\"accordion\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-title has-color has-color has-blue-ridge-color\">Education<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                                <p><strong>Education\/Degrees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. &#8211; University of Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Grad. Certificate &#8211; UGA Odum School of Ecology<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. &#8211; University of Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Grad. Certificate &#8211; UGA College of Education<\/li>\n<li>M.A.- Columbia International University<\/li>\n<li>B.A. &#8211; Toccoa Falls College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Honors\/Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2014 \u2013 Participant at the CCCU\u2019s Leadership Development Institute on June 913, 2014 at Cedar Springs Christian Retreat Center in Sumas, Washington.<\/li>\n<li>2013 \u2013 Wade Distinguished Scholar Faculty Award at Toccoa Falls College<\/li>\n<li>2012 \u2013 Faculty member of impact<\/li>\n<li>2010 \u2013 Faculty member of impact<\/li>\n<li>2007 \u2013 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society<\/li>\n<li>2006 \u2013 Faculty of the Year<\/li>\n<li>2005 \u2013 Wade Distinguished Scholar Faculty Award at Toccoa Falls College<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"accordion\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-title has-color has-color has-blue-ridge-color\">Courses<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                                <p><strong>What courses do you teach at TFC?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cultural Anthropology<\/li>\n<li>Applied Ethnography (Social Research)<\/li>\n<li>Exploring Religious Belief Systems<\/li>\n<li>Planning &amp; Administration of Adult Ed<\/li>\n<li>Western Thought and Culture<\/li>\n<li>Intro to Sustainable Community Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"accordion\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-title has-color has-color has-blue-ridge-color\">Publications &#038; Research Interests<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                                <p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Intercultural Factors in Education<\/li>\n<li>Intercultural Competency<\/li>\n<li>Community Development<\/li>\n<li>Environmental Education<\/li>\n<li>Sustainability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scholarly Work and Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Publications<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2013 Dissertation for Ph.D. in Anthropology Expanding our Understanding of the Knowledge-action Process following Environmentally-based Study Abroad Programs. http:\/\/purl.galileo.usg.edu\/uga_etd\/penland_jonathan_s_201305_phd<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book Reviews:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2014 Missiology October 2014\u00a0<strong>Book reviewed:<\/strong> The World until Yesterday: What we can learn from Traditional Societies.<\/li>\n<li>2006 Missiology October 2006\u00a0<strong>Book reviewed:<\/strong> Finding God in the Singing River: Christianity, Spirit, and Nature.<\/li>\n<li>2005 Missiology January 2005\u00a0<strong>Book reviewed:<\/strong> Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santer\u00eda to Obeah and Espiritismo.<\/li>\n<li>Chapter in Book 2006 International Cross-cultural Internships. In H. Atkinson, Manual for Ministry Internships (pp.8389). Toccoa, GA: Crooked Creek Publishing.<\/li>\n<li>Translation 2008 Welch, J. W. (Comp.). Proceedings of the First International Watershed Management Research Symposium (J. S. Penland &amp; S. A. Flores, Trans.). University of Georgia\u2014Costa Rica. San Luis, Monteverde.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conference Presentations<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2014 \u2013 Presentation on the Implications of an Expanded Understanding of the Knowledge-action Process for Discipleship and Leadership Development among Diaspora Peoples at the Southeast Regional Gathering of the Evangelical Missiological Society at Columbia International University on March 29, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>2013 \u2013 Presentation on Expanding our Understanding of the Knowledge-action Process at the Environmental Education Alliance of Georgia Conference at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eealliance.org\/our-events.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.eealliance.org\/annualconference<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"accordion\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-title has-color has-color has-blue-ridge-color\">Professional Associations<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                                <ul>\n<li>Official Worker in South Atlantic District of C&amp;MA<\/li>\n<li>Evangelical Missiological Society<\/li>\n<li>Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society<\/li>\n<li>IDI Qualified Administrator<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"accordion\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-title has-color has-color has-blue-ridge-color\">Hobbies &#038; Fun Facts<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                                <p><strong>When I&#8217;m away from the classroom, I enjoy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hiking<\/li>\n<li>Camping<\/li>\n<li>Fishing<\/li>\n<li>Horticulture<\/li>\n<li>Movies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>People might be interested to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I pastor Valley Community Church in a fantastic small community called Tate City at the edge of the Southern Nantahala Wilderness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                \n                        \n                                                <div class=\"accordion\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-title has-color has-color has-blue-ridge-color\">Favorite Verse\/Quote<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                                <p><strong>Jeremiah 42:10b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will build you up and not tear you down, I will plant you and not uproot you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Psalms 1:3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not withe \u2014whatever they do prospers.&#8221;<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                        <div class=\"accordion\">\n                            <div class=\"accordion-title has-color has-color has-blue-ridge-color\">Why TFC<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"accordion-content\">\n                                <p>I deeply enjoy seeing students have transformative learning moments when a new insight opens brand new ways of seeing and understanding our world.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of Cross-Cultural Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":50228,"template":"","department":[33],"staff_category":[41],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dr. Jonathan S. 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