Philip Wingeier-Rayo, Ph.D., was appointed to the position of Dean on July 1, 2018. Dr. Wingeier-Rayo holds his doctorate in Theology, Ethics and Culture from Chicago Theological Seminary, a M.T.S. from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, and a M.Th. from Seminario Evangélico de Teología in Matanzas, Cuba. He has previously taught at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, Pfeiffer University, and Seminario Baez Camargo in Mexico City. Dr. Wingeier-Rayo’s research interests are at the intersection of missiology and Methodist studies, in particular multicultural churches, Wesleyan mission theology, Latin American liberation theology and Pentecostalism. His academic work is informed by 15 years of missionary service where he served in Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley in S. Texas. Dr. Wingeier-Rayo is currently writing a book on a Wesleyan theology of mission and evangelism.