Frank Chan began teaching at Nyack in 1999 and became Department Head in 2005. He has a B.A. from Wheaton College, an M.A. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and a Ph.D. from Westminster Theological Seminary. He is an active member of the Evangelical Theological Society and serves on the steering committee for the Northeast Regional chapter. He is working on a book on apostleship in the NT period. Dr. Chan teaches New Testament Literature, Hermeneutics, Theology Seminar and other electives. He enjoys spending time with his wife and his four young children. He is a licensed worker with the Christian and Missionary Alliance and the head elder at Risen King Alliance Church in New City, NY.
Dr. Elio Cuccaro
Professor of Bible
Phone: 4514 |
B.S. Cornell University; M.Div., S.T.M. Biblical School of Theology; M.Phil., Ph.D. Drew University
Elio Cuccaro is an ordained minister of the C&MA, has been teaching at Nyack since 1977. He has a B.S. from Cornell University, an M.Div. and S.T.M from The Biblical School of Theology, and an M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Drew University. He served the Alliance as a bi-vocational pastor for a decade and as Editor of the Alliance Academic Review for seven years. Since 1990, he has taught and modeled preaching at the Salvation Army School for Officer Training in Suffern, NY. Elio teaches Bible Doctrines, Christian Worldview. Romans, Latin, Science and the Bible, many of our systematic theology electives, the Department Honors Courses and the four-course sequence in the history of theology. Avocationally, he enjoys gardening and landscaping. He is an Elder of Living Christ Church in Nyack, NY and is married with two grown children and one grandson.
Dr. Amy Davis
Assistant Professor of Bible
Phone: 4515 |
B.A. Grove City College; M.Div. Alliance Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Drew University
Dr. Amy F. Davis has been teaching since 1995. She began her this career in Paraguay, using her education degree from Grove City College. Since 2002 she has been teaching at Nyack College, after completing her M.Div. from Alliance Theological Seminary. In 2010 she earned her Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies from Drew University with a dissertation entitled, "Rites of Passage for Evangelical Women." In Nyack's undergraduate program, Old Testament Literature, New Testament Literature and Christian Thought are the core courses that she teaches. The electives she instructs have included Greek, Systematic Theology I, Genesis, Jeremiah & Ezekiel, Acts, Corinthians Letters, Historical Theology, Worship: Ancient and Future, Classic Christian Spirituality, Male and Female in Biblical Perspective, and Saints and Remembrance. Worship Arts and Discipline is her first seminary course, and she will co-teach it with Kelvin Walker. Amy co-leads Global-Service Learning trips, with destinations that have included Israel, Turkey, Egypt, and Syria. She prioritizes experiential learning, and whether in the United States or abroad, she brings passion and intellect to her teaching, writing, academic presentations, preaching, and ministry. In her free time, she enjoys competitive sports, photography, climbing mountains, travel, learning languages, and the creative arts. She attends Risen King Alliance Church in New City, NY.
Dr. Thomas Donworth
Associate Professor of Bible
Phone: 6147 |
B.A. University of Texas; Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary; D.Min. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Tom has been teaching at Nyack since 1989. He has a B.A. from the University of Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Seminary. Upon graduation from college, he worked with Campus Crusade for Christ for four years. In addition to being an Associate Professor of Bible, he is also the part-time pastor of Dunwoodie Baptist Church in Yonkers, New York.
Dr. David Emanuel
Assistant Professor of Bible
Phone: 6126 |
MSc. University of London; M.A, Ph.D. Hebrew University Jerusalem
Dr. Dongsu Kim
Professor of Bible
Phone: 6149 |
B.A., M.A. Seoul National University; M.A. University of Pennsylvania; M.Div., Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary
Tom has been teaching at Nyack since 1989. He has a B.A. from the University of Texas, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and a D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Seminary. Upon graduation from college, he worked with Campus Crusade for Christ for four years. In addition to being an Associate Professor of Bible, he is also the part-time pastor of Dunwoodie Baptist Church in Yonkers, New York.
Dr. David Emanuel
Assistant Professor of Bible
Phone: 6126 |
MSc. University of London; M.A, Ph.D. Hebrew University Jerusalem
Dr. Dongsu Kim
Professor of Bible
Phone: 6149 |
B.A., M.A. Seoul National University; M.A. University of Pennsylvania; M.Div., Ph.D. Westminster Theological Seminary
M.Div. Alliance Theological Seminary
B.A. University of Michigan
Christopher Dost
Ph.D. candidate in Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages Jewish Theological Seminary of America M.A. Old Testament Alliance Theological Seminary M.A. Biblical and Ancient Semitic Languages Jewish Thological Seminary of America
Jeff Garcia
Ph.D. Candidate Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins
New York University
Academic Interests: the New Testament, the Historical Jesus, the Gospels, History of the First Century, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Biblical Interpretation in Antiquity, Intertestamental Literature, and Rabbinic Literature
Frank DeLalla
M.A.Theological Studies
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Kevin Gillen
M.Div. Alliance Theological Seminary
Tim Binkele
M.Div. Alliance Theological Seminary, 2010
B.A. History, Nyack College