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- Daniel Baldwin, M.M.
- Grant Brubacher
- Janie Brokenicky, M.M.
- Shin-hee Chin, M.F.A.
- Pam Clark, MSW, LSCSW
- Lynette Cross, M.Ed.
- Jayakar Dalavai, Ph.D., S.C.P.M.
- Christopher Dick, Ph.D.
- David Faber, Ph.D.
- Timothy Frye, Ph.D.
- Carisa Funk, M.A.
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- Peggy Goertzen
- Del Gray, Ph.D.
- Derek Hamm
- Judy Harder, M.A.C.
- Bruce J. Heyen, Ph.D.
- Billy Hickman
- Sara Hill, M.A.
- Norman Hope, Ph.D., C.P.A.
- Karol Hunt, Ph.D.
- Charlotte Kennedy Takahashi, M.B.A., M.A.
- David Kroeker, M.B.A.
- William Kostlevy, Ph.D.
- Richard Kyle, Ph.D.
- Sheila Litke, D.M.A.
- David Loewen, Ph.D.
- Joanne Loewen, M.A.
- Wendell Loewen, D.Min.
- Douglas Miller, Ph.D.
- Jim Moore, M.S., A.T.C.
- Robin Deich Ottoson, M.A., M.A.
- Bradley Penn, Ph.D.
- Debbie Penn
- Deborah Penner, Ph.D.
- Jon Pritchard
- Karrie Davidson Rathbone, Ph.D.
- Aleen Ratzlaff, Ph.D.
- Amy Ratzlaff
- Micah Ratzlaff, M.A.
- Shawn Reed, M.A., M.Ed.
- John Ruder, M.S.
- Norman E. Schmidt, Ph.D.
- Jesse Schumacher, M.B.A., C.P.A.
- Andrew Sensenig, Ph.D.
- Dan Sigley
- Mark Standiford
- Daniel Swaney, M.A.
- Holly Swartzendruber, D.M.A.
- Suzanne Unruh
- Lara Vanderhoof, L.M.W., C.M.F.S.W.
- Bradley Vogel, D.M.A.
- Todd Zenner
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Robin Deich Ottoson, M.A., M.A.
Email: robino@tabor.edu
Department: Tabor College Library
As an academic librarian, Robin teaches and encourages reflective creativity—not passive regard, but reflection that is tough-minded and resilient. She wants students to understand structure in their own disciplines so they may raise and engage the complex questions of Scripture, the contemporary world, and the reflective and interior life of the individual in community.
Robin enjoys talking to current and former students who have been taken many unanticipated places, seeing the hand of God in large and small ways.
Robin has been married for 26 years to her husband, Gary, with whom she has two sons.
Courses
- Variety of Information Literacy sessions throughout the curriculum
Honors
- Wrote several book reviews in peer-reviewed publications and contributed the bibliography and analytical index to Studies in Old Testament Theology, ed. Robert L. Hubbard, Jr., Robert K. Johnson, and Robert P. Meye (Dallas: Word, 1992).
- Received the outstanding faculty award for service in 2005 from Colorado Christian University.
- Presently working on a Ph.D. in History at Kansas State University.
- Article: “The Battle Over the Flag: Protest, Community Opposition, and Silence in the Mennonite Colleges in Kansas during the Vietnam War,” J. of Church and State (2010) 52, no. 4: 686-711.
- Conference presentation: “An Examination of Mennonite Brethren Attitudes Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict as Reflected in Denominational Journals, 1947-2007.” Mid-America Conference on History, Missouri State University (Springfield, MO: September 25-27, 2008).
Professional Affiliations
- Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
- Society for Biblical Literature (SBL)
- American Academy of Religion (AAR)
- American Historical Association
- ACRL, College Library Section Best Practice Committee
- NCKLS Executive Board
Recent Presentations
“An Examination of Mennonite Brethren Attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1947-2007,” Mid-America Conference on History, Missouri State University (Springfield, MO: September 2008).
Education
- M.A. (Librarianship & Information Management), University of Denver
- M.A. (Theology), Fuller Theological Seminary (with additional studies at the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver)
- B.A. (Political Science), Taylor University