Faculty
Our students enjoy the benefits of small class sizes and instruction from qualified, caring, Christian, full-time faculty members instead of graduate students or adjuncts. With a diverse range of experiential backgrounds—including embedded system design and instrumentation, web development in healthcare and education industries, scalable database research, software development, and technology management—our faculty is fully capable of preparing students for a variety of careers.
Benjamin D. Jackson
Chair, Professor of Mathematics
(509) 527-2088 |benjamin.jackson@wallawalla.edu
Kretschmar Hall 338
Education:Ph.D.Montana State University, 2015; M.S.Washington State University, 2003;B.S.Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2001
Research Interests:Partial differential equation models, parameter estimation and uncertainty quantificationand collaboration with experimentalists
Preston Carman
Associate Professor of Computer Science
(509) 527-2084 | preston.carman@wallawalla.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2020; M.S., University of California, Riverside, 2014; M.B.A., La Sierra University, 2006; B.S., Walla Walla University, 2003.
Chiké Abuah
Visiting Professor of Computer Science
(509) 527-2599 | chike.abuah@wallawalla.edu
Education: Ph.D. University of Vermont, 2021; M.S. University of Massachusetts, 2018; B.A. Grinnell College, 2014.
Research Interests: Formal Verification, Cybersecurity, and Artificial Intelligence.
Natalie Smith-Gray
Assistant Professor of Engineering and Computer Science
(509) 527-2082 | natalie.smith-gray@wallawalla.edu
Education: Ph.D., Washington State University, 2022; B.S., Walla Walla University, 2018; A.S., Chemeketa Community College, 2015.
Research interests: Circuit analysis, fundamentals of programming, and data science.
Rob Frohne
Professor of Engineering
(509) 527-2075 | rob.frohne@wallawalla.edu
Education: P.E., State of Washington, 1998; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1988; M.S.E.E., Purdue University, 1984; B.S.E., Walla Walla University, 1983.
Research Interests: Circuit analysis, signals and systems, electronics, instrumentation, electromagnetic propagation and radiation, and communication systems.