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The Chaplain

lucas-portraitRev. Dr. Lucas John Mix

Lucas recently joined ECM as the chaplain. He grew up in Seattle, where he went to the University of Washington (go Huskies!) and studied biochemistry and comparative religion. After his bachelor's degree, Lucas went on to take a PhD at Harvard, studying biology and the development of photosynthesis. He then went to the Church Divinity School of the Pacific - next to Cal, Berkeley - where he picked up an MDiv while working with the NASA Astrobiology Institute on interdisciplinary communication. After all of this, he is thoroughly institutionalized.
    In 2008, Lucas was ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. He tries to maintain contact with the various academic communities he's passed through and build bridges between religious and scientific perspectives. In March, his first book came out - Life in Space: Astrobiology for Everyone - dealing with what science tells us about life in the universe.  (He recommends it to everyone.)
    In his spare time, Lucas practices Hapkido, a Korean martial art and the family business. He sporadically maintains a blog about being a Christian in the postmodern age.

Contact: ljmix@email.arizona.edu, 520-878-8774


Peer Minister

joeyJoey Freund
 chemical engineering

 jcfreund@email.arizona.edu




 Officers

EmilyPresident Emerita: Emily Gilbert
 business administration

 egilbert@email.arizona.edu


 trevorPresident: Trevor Cuthbertson
chemical engineering






Dylan ProfileVP: Dylan Kennedy

Hello everyone, my name is Dylan Kennedy and I am currently a sophomore at the University. My major is Engineering Management and I am originally from Lake Havasu City, AZ. I am in the NROTC program here at school and enjoy motorsports, movies, and helping out my peers!


catherineSecretary: Catherine Vassaux

 cvassaux@email.arizona.edu





Faculty Advisor

carrieCarrie Wright
lecturer in Mathematics
 cwright@math.arizona.edu






 Other Episcopalians

Bishop SmithThe Rt. Rev. Kirk Smith, PhD
The Bishop of Arizona

The diocese is headed by Kirk Stephen Smith, who maintains the diocesan offices in Phoenix. In addition to being ordained, Bp. Smith has a PhD in medieval history from Cornell. He visits the chaplaincy on occasion and posts regularly to the diocesan website.

Gil Stafford
The Chaplain @ ASU

Gil runs a chaplaincy at Arizona State University as well as heading up St. Augustine's Church in Tempe. He's been everything from a baseball coach to a college president and has a great perspective, available in his blog.

Megan CastellanMegan Castellan
The Chaplain @ NAU

Megan runs a chaplaincy at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.