Final Arete - Volume 4, No 1 Fall Winter 2026

Douglas Sperry , Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology, Member Institutional Review Board, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, USA. Research interest : Psychology, Therapeutic Studies, Learning and Development.

Haille Trimboli, Ph.D., Adjunct Faculty – Ph.D. in Global Leadership Program, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, California, USA. Research interests: change readiness, AI adoption in enterprise contexts, leadership development, and high performance and wellbeing. Industry experience: Associate Director of Customer Success, Harvard Business Publishing. Howard (Rusty) Tryon , DMin. MLS, Assistant Professor, Director of Rooney Library, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, USA. Research Interest: Academic libraries, Library management, Library collaboration and cooperation, Open and affordable learning, and Religious aspects of leadership Systems. Robert Vandermolen , Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, USA. Research Interest : Learning and Development (machine learning), STEM Global Leadership. Tonya Veltrop , MBA, Assistant Director of International Health, Safety and Security, University of Missouri, USA. Research Interest: International Education and Leadership, Education Abroad, Health, Safety, & Well-being Abroad, International Student Services, Women in Security, Global Leadership, Student Success, Admissions and Recruiting, Fulbright International Education Administrators. Franklin Gustavo Velasco , Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Marketing, College of Business Administration and Economics, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. Research Interest: consumer well-being, emotional consumption, food product labeling, brand humanization, front-line employee behavior, and entrepreneurial marketing. Industry experience at IBM, Kraft, and consulting services. DJ Wasmer , DBA, MBA. Professor of Business and Leadership, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, USA. Research interest : Marketing, Management, global business, international business, social media marketing, Penny Quinn , Ph.D., Associate Professor & Chair of Science and Math Department of Business and Leadership, Saint Mary of-the-Woods College, Indiana, USA. Research interest : Higher Education Instruction, Personal Health and Wellness, Student Retention, Curriculum Development and Assessment, Experiential Education, Outdoor Education, and Agency Safety. Communication, Strategic Planning, and Project Management.