Plowshares Staff

Julie Garber
Plowshares Project Editor

Phone: 260/982-5026
E-mail: jlgarber@manchester.edu

Julie Garber, a 1979 graduate of Manchester College, has a MATh in peace studies from Bethany Theological Seminary (1984) and an MA in Theology from the University of Chicago (1987).

She was Assistant Academic Dean of Manchester College 1987-90. For 12 years, she served as editor of Brethren Press, the publishing arm of the Church of the Brethren, developing curriculum and peace education resources for the denomination. In 2002 she returned to Manchester College as Plowshares grant director and associate dean.

Peace has been a long time avocation for Julie. She has served on the boards of several national peace organizations, organized a local conflict mediation center, traveled to Iraq on a peace mission before the first Gulf War, and worked on economic development projects in Nicaragua for more than 15 years.

She is active in the local Fellowship of Reconciliation, sits on the steering committee of the War Tax Resisters Penalty Fund, and holds a position on the witness commission of her local Church of the Brethren congregation.

Robin Gratz
Plowshares Librarian

Phone: 260/982-5063
E-mail: rjgratz@manchester.edu

Robin Gratz is Director of the Library at Manchester College and a member of the Plowshares library committee charged with enlarging the peace holdings of the three college libraries.

Rob has a bachelor’s degree in history from Manchester College and earned a master’s in European history from Duke University. His library credentials, an MA and doctoral studies, are from the University of Chicago.

When he's not in the library, Rob serves Manchester College as organist for convocations, commencement and other functions. Under his administration, the Manchester College library already has developed a strong peace collection, which is housed in its own section of Funderburg Library.

Plowshares plans to combine these resources with the holdings of the other Plowshares colleges to create a "virtual" peace library, with most of its resources available to all academic libraries through interlibrary loan.

Tim McElwee
Plowshares Associate Professor of Peace Studies

Phone: 260/982.5217
E-mail: tamcelwee@manchester.edu

Timothy A. McElwee, a 1978 graduate of Manchester College, majoring in peace studies, religion and philosophy. He most recently was vice president for advancement, leading fund-raising at his alma mater.

He has served five years as Manchester College campus pastor and five years as director of the Church of the Brethren office in Washington, D.C., representing the denomination’s peace interests to Congress, the United Nations and government agencies.

He has a master’s of divinity from Bethany Theological Seminary and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in political science from Purdue University, where his dissertation was on Soviet policy toward United Nations’ peace-keeping operations, 1956-91.

Stanley G. Pittman
Plowshares Director of Instructional Technology

Phone: 260/982.5270
E-mail: sgpittman@manchester.edu

Stan Pittman is director of audio-visual services, director of the information center and assistant professor of education at Manchester College.

He joined the Manchester College staff in 1986, following nine years as audio visual director for Jay County High School in Portland, Ind. He also taught social studies at Brunswick Senior High School in Lawrenceville, Va., from 1977 through 1976.

Stan has a BS from Glenville State College in West Virginia (1970) and a master’s from Indiana University (1977), where he was audio-visual assistant at IU’s Center for Innovation in Teaching the Handicapped. He also was audio-visual assistant at Glenville’s Learning Materials Center.

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Dr. Abby Fuller

aafuller@manchester.edu

Sociology

Dr. Lindan Hill

lbhill@manchester.edu

Education

Dr. Young Lee

yslee@manchester.edu

Computer Science

Dr. Kenneth Brown

klbrown@manchester.edu

Philosophy

Julie Garber

jlgarber@manchester.edu

Plowshares Director