1982
Earns a Bachelor of Arts in religion from Andews University.
1984
Earns a Master of Arts in religion with a focus on Biblical studies from Loma Linda University.
1984
Teaches as a religion instructor at Hong Kong Adventist College in China through 1987.
1988
Is a graduate analyst at Pacific Union College into 1995.
1995
Teaches as a professor of religion at Pacific Union College through 2005.
2002
Earns a joint PhD in ancient Near Eastern religions from the University of California Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union.
2005
Serves as the president of the Adventist Society for Religious Studies.
2005
Teaches as a professor of Old Testament at Pacific Union College through 2020.
2009
Writes “No Longer Naked and Ashamed: Discovering That God Is Not an Abuser.”
2013
Is an Ordained Minister within the Seventh-day Adventist Church and maintains this role.
2020
Teaches as an adjunct professor at Pacific Union College and continues to do so.
2020
Becomes Professor Emerita at Pacific Union College.