The Albert M. Wolters Centre hosts three faculty fellows to serve as experts and guides in furthering and applying the Reformed Christian worldview in their disciplines. Our Fellows guide faculty and students in extending the Reformed tradition in their areas of expertise, through developing their own research, mentoring clusters of new and interested faculty in their areas, and facilitating the annual Wolters Lectures that bring experts in the Reformed tradition to Redeemer.
Fellow in the Arts and Humanities
Dr. Jonathan Juilfs serves as the Fellow in the Arts and Humanities. Juilfs, who has served as Associate Professor of English at Redeemer since 2011, specializes in the history of literacy and linguistics. A graduate of the University of Puget Sound, Yale Divinity School, and the University of Notre Dame, Juilfs is interested in exploring Christian literacy and learning in the digital age, and the ways that a reformational framework can be used to encourage ‘biliteracy,’ defined by cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf as the ability to engage both in deep reading of “traditional” print or paper materials, and the digital reading of online text. Over the next three years, Juilfs’ fellowship program at Redeemer will examine “Christian Literacy and Learning in a Digital Age.”
Fellow in the Social Sciences
Dr. Vahagn Asatyran serves as the Fellow in the Social Sciences. Dr. Asatryan is a passionate educator, entrepreneur, and researcher. He attained his Ph.D. in marketing and MBA in Marketing / Finance from Iowa State University. Vahagn previously taught in the United States and headed a Business Centre where he, together with his students, consulted entrepreneurs on marketing strategies and business plan implementations. His diverse industry experiences in the banking and hospitality industries bring wealth of knowledge to our students. Dr. Asatryan has led organizations in North America (some listed on the TSX), Asia, and Europe to achieve success in customer experience excellence, positive organizational culture, and brand awareness. His research and consulting interests include consumer behaviour and decision making, as well as development of virtuous corporate culture and psychological ownership, which at times end up as Ivey business case publications. He fluently speaks and conducts business in three languages. Professor Asatryan is also passionate about application of Christian business principles and virtue ethics in emerging economies, especially those of the Former Soviet Union. He enjoys engaging students in real-life class projects and research. Vahagn’s passion in recent years has been the development of the creative and entrepreneurial talents of his students. Dr. Asatryan’s current scholarship focuses on the application of common grace and the Reformed philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd in marketing practice and research.
Fellow in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dr. Kevin Vander Meulen is the Fellow in the Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Redeemer University. Vander Meulen is Professor of Mathematics, having held a faculty position at Redeemer since 1994. A graduate of Calvin College and Queen’s University, Vander Meulen specializes in linear algebra and has dabbled in the philosophy of mathematics and has been a board member of the Association for Christians in the Mathematical Sciences since 2017. Vander Meulen intends to develop a mentoring cluster for new faculty that explores scholarship in the particular Christian tradition that gave birth to Redeemer, including both historical and contemporary authors.
