People

The Chaplain

Rev. 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


Club Officers

President: Emily Gilbert
senior, business administration

egilbert@email.arizona.edu


Vice President: Joey Freund
sophomore, chemical engineering

jcfreund@email.arizona.edu



Treasurer: Trevor Cuthbertson
junior, chemical engineering






Secretary: 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!


Faculty Advisor

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






Other Episcopalians

The 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 Stafford 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.

The Chaplain @ NAU: Megan Castellan