Speakers
Dr. Dolphus Weary - Director of Development
Dolphus grew up in rural Mississippi, then moved to California, where in 1969 he became one of the first black graduates of Los Angeles Baptist College with a B.S. degree in Biology. After receiving his Masters of Religious Education from Los Angeles Baptist Seminary, Dolphus returned to Mississippi in 1971, to assume leadership of Mendenhall Ministries; his book, I Ain't Comin' Back was published in 1990. Since 1998, Dolphus has spread the message of reconciliation by serving with Mission Mississippi, first as Executive Director and then as Director of Development.
Currently Dolphus serves part time as the President of Rural Education and Leadership (R.E.A.L.) Christian Foundation (A foundation connecting Economic and Technical Resources with Rural Christian Ministries) and part time as the major fundraiser for Mission Mississippi (a racial-reconciliation ministry that encourages unity within the Body of Christ).
Dolphus is a nationally featured speaker and writer and serves as a member of numerous boards, including the Belhaven College, Catholic Charities, Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) Advisory Board, ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability), IVCF (InterVarsity Christian Fellowship), (KMB) Keep Mississippi Beautiful, MRLC (Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference), Transformation Jackson, William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation Advisory Board and WorldVision.
Dolphus and his wife, Rosie, are the parents of three children.
Louis B. Gallien, Jr., B.S., M.A., Ed.D.
Distinguished Professor
Louis B. Gallien, Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Education and department chair of the doctoral program in higher education leadership. He came to Regent in the fall of 2002 full-time, before spending a year as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Education (2001-2002). Professor Gallien began his college teaching career at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi in 1987 the same year he earned his doctorate from the University of North Carolina. He also served two terms as President of the Georgia Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education.
Gallien's primary research interests center on African American pedagogy, culture and history. In that vein, he has co-edited two texts titled: Instructing and Mentoring the African American College Student: Strategies for Success in Higher Education, Allyn and Bacon, 2004 and Closing the African American Achievement Gap in Higher Education, Teachers College Press, 2007 with colleagues Fred Rovai and Helen Stiff-Williams.
Also, he has completed two encyclopedic biographies on John Perkins and Jeanne Middleton-Hairston for the Harvard University series on Notable African Americans in the 21st Century, edited by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Chair of the African American Studies at Harvard for publication in Oxford University Press in 07-08.
His secondary research interests center on the integration of faith and learning from pedagogical and historical perspectives. In that regard, he has written a series of four monographs on the early history of Wheaton College that focuses on their radical heritage as an abolitionist institution during 1994-2004: (Almost Persuaded: The Wesleyan-Holiness Movement's Influence on Jonathan Blanchard and Wheaton College from 1839-1889, Revive Us Again: The Conflicted Missions of Oberlin and Wheaton College During the Progressive Era, A Daughter of the King: The Ministry and Life Of Rev. Frances Townsley During the Progressive Era, 1873-1903, Is Your All on the Altar?: The Quest for Wesleyan Perfection in Revivals at Oberlin and Wheaton Colleges).
He is married to Lee Joyner Gallien, a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman's College, and a former primary teacher and travel agent. They have two children, a daughter, Saralee, and a son, Christian.
