Andrew Bobilya, Department Co-Chair

• Teaches courses including Administration and Management, Expedition Management, Whitewater Kayaking, Outdoor Living Skills, Challenge Course Facilitation and Current Issues in Outdoor Education
• Coordinates the Immersion Semester / Certificate in Wilderness Leadership and the Wilderness Journey for First Year Students (WJFYS) programs
• Has served as a program director, trainer, and instructor at various wilderness and adventure-based programs
• Current member of Board of Directors of the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) and a certifying instructor for the Wilderness Education Association (WEA)
• Cheif editor for the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership

E-mail: abobilya@montreat.edu      Phone:828-669-8012 ext 3412      View Andrew's full profile

Brad Daniel, Department Co-Chair

• Teaches classes in the Natural Science department as well as the Outdoor Education department
• Worked in the past as chairman of the Board for the Christian Wilderness Leadership Coalition
• Co-developer of the Masters in Science in Environmental Education (MSEE), for Montreat College's graduate program

E-mail: bdaniel@montreat.edu      Phone:828-669-8012 ext 3307     
View Brad's full profile on the Natural Sciences department page.

Dottie Shuman, Professor

• Teaches courses including Survey of Environmental Education Curricula, Environmental Policy and Law, Teaching Methods, Environmental Interpretation, and coordinates the (MSEE) graduate program
• Co-developer of the Masters in Science in Evironmental Education (MSEE), for Montreat College graduate program
• Developed a wilderness/science program called CLIMBE (Center for Learning and Investigation in Mountain Backcountry Ecosystems) at Montreat College
• Has worked in the field of Outdoor and Environmental Education since the late 1970s.  
• Some of her previous positions have included Park Ranger in Denali National Park and the C&O Canal in Maryland;  a Forest Interpretive Ranger in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, the Wallowa-Whitman NF, and the Hells Canyon Recreation area in Oregon and Idaho; a downhill ski instructor Colorado; and Director of Environmental Education at Camp Greenkill YMCA in NY

E-mail: dshuman@montreat.edu      Phone: 828-669-8012 ext 3405      View Dottie's full profile.

Ken Kalisch, Associate Professor

• Serves as the coordinator for the new Outdoor Ministry major and minor
• Teaches courses including Philosophy of Leadership, Leadership and Group Dynamics, Wilderness Journey Practicum, Current Issues in Outdoor Education and Outdoor Living Skills, and the Outdoor Ministry Courses
• Served for 30 years at Wheaton College as a teaching faculty in Christian Education and as a full-time program manager at the College’s HoneyRock campus in northern Wisconsin.
• Wrote a popular textbook for leadership training titled, The Role of the Instructor in the Outward Bound Educational Process (contact Professor Kalisch directly to purchase the text)

E-mail: kkalisch@montreat.eu       Phone: 828-669-8012 ext 3405       View Ken's full profile.

Full-Time Staff for Outdoor Education and Other Programs

John Rogers, Adjunct Instructor

• Director of the Team and Leadership Center Outreach program.
• Work Experience includes church college minister, Therapeutic wilderness program director SOAR inc., Excursions Director Eagle Lake Camps, Back Country Director-Montreat College, Adventure Coordinator Glen Eyrie Conference Center. Nav Youth Leader - The Navigators
• Affiliations: American Red Cross, Wilderness Education Association, Association for Experiential Education, Christian Adventure Association, Christian Camping and Conference Association, American Canoe Association, Association of Challenge Course Technology.
• Program areas include: North Carolina Mountains and coast, Colorado Rockies, Tennessee, Florida - marine and forest.
• Teaching experiences includes Middle tennessee State University, Western Carolina University, and Montreat College
• Teaches Challenge Course Courses, and provides opportunities for students to observe and practice the art of facilitation.

E-mail: jrogers@montreat.edu    Phone (828) 669-8012 ext. 2761

Website for Montreat Team and Leadershp Center - Group Training and Develoment

Dave Carr, Corporate Development for the Team and Leadership Center, Montreat College

• Facilitated over 100 leadership workshops for International Leadership Associates, Leadership Cincinnati, Leadership Northern Kentucky, SEBC, Clearmont 20/20, Kettering Leadership Academy, Leadership Clermont, leadership Warren
• Facilitated over 50 Executive MBA team building workshops for Xavier, University of Cincinnati, Wake Forest, Duke, University of North Carolina
• Facilitated over 1,000 experience-based learning workshops, one-day to five-day with follow-up, on Leadership, Vision, Innovation and Community since 1995 for Procter & Gamble, Fifth Third Bank, Fidelity Investment, Kroger, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Dayton Children's Hospital, University Hospital (Cincinnati), TriHealth, Anthem, Verizon, The E.P.A., The I.R.S., Hallmark, Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon, The Cincinnati Reds,JAARS, ARAMARK, City of Asheville, ThermoFisher
• Facilitated over 100 Myer-Briggs Tye Indicator workshops using Consulting Psychologist Press Interpretive Report, Team Report, Communicatios Style and Career Report since 2000
• Executive coaching
• Sales Training - over 200 workshops and sessions since 1982

Other Adjunct Faculty

Tom Smith

• Began career in Adventure Education in 1983, after an injury limited his success playing professional racquetball
• Spent a great deal of time in various mountain ranges throughout the US, Canada, and Ecuador, as well as on rivers and lakes in the Boundary Waters  and Quetico Provincial Parks
• Teaches from a passion to see students become better fiends with Jesus and push themselves out of their comfort zones into places of learning and growth
• He demands the same in himself as he continues his own outdoor pursuits as a climber, skier, and cyclist as well as serving others in various ministry settings
• Tom loves being a hands-on father to three boys and they spend much time together exploring God's creation while camping, backpacking, hiking, and climbing
• Tomes remodeled two houses out of necessity, and recently began to teach himself how to play the drums to the chagrin of his family and neighbors.