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Dr. Michael Cranford

Director of Ph.D. Program & Computer Science Professor

Academic Degrees & Education


University of California, Los Angeles

• Ph.D. in Religion and Social Ethics

• M.A. in Religion and Social Ethics

Biola University - Talbot School of Theology

• Master of Divinity

University of California, Irvine

• B.A. in Philosophy


Academic Appointments & Experience


Kairos University

• Director of Ph.D. Program & Computer Science Professor

Concordia University

• Professor and Ph.D. Director

Biola University

• Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies


Dr. Michael Cranford is currently the Director of Ph.D. Program and a Professor of Computer Science at Kairos University, the professor of philosophy at Concordia University and Pastor of Discipleship at Woodbridge Community Church. He was for eight years a professor of Biblical Studies at Biola University and was a leader in the technology industry for over thirty years.

Affiliations


Senior Software Architect, Michael Baker International, San Diego (2014-2021)

• Led software architecture for an international engineering firm with roles in the Santa Ana and San Diego offices

• Headed large-scale government web application projects for agencies such as Caltrans, the Port of San Diego, and San Bernardino County

• Recognized as a leader and project manager with over 20 years in technology development

Pastor of Discipleship, Woodbridge Community Church, Irvine (2014-present)

• Member of pastoral team and relief-speaker; licensed as pastoral staff in 2023

• Leader and primary speaker at men’s ministry events and various church functions, teaching Sunday school classes and conducting baptisms and memorial services

Associate Chaplain, Providence St. Joseph Hospital, Orange (Sep 2019 – Aug 2021)

• Served as Associate Chaplain on weekends, offering ministry and comfort to patients, families, and staff

• Completed four units of Clinical Pastoral Education


Publications & Presentations


• Cranford, Michael, “Drug Testing and the Obligation to Prevent Harm,” in Business Ethics: Decision-Making for Personal Integrity and Social Responsibility (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2007), 301-307.

• Cranford, Michael, “Drug Testing and the Right to Privacy: Arguing the Ethics of Workplace Drug Testing,” Journal of Business Ethics 17 (1998): 1805-1815.

• Cranford, Michael, “The Social Trajectory of Virtual Reality: Substantive Ethics in a World Without Constraints,” Technology in Society 18 (1996): 79-92.

• Cranford, Michael, “Abraham in Romans 4: The Father of All Who Believe,” New Testament Studies 41 (1995): 71-88.

• Cranford, Michael, “The Possibility of Perfect Obedience: Paul and an Implied Premise in Galatians 3:10 and 5:3,” Novum Testamentum 36 (1994): 242-258.

• Cranford, Michael, “Election and Ethnicity: Paul’s View of Israel in Romans 9.1-13,” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 50 (1993): 27-41.


Teaching


Professor/Ph.D. Director, Kairos University/Concordia University

• Teaching Introduction to Philosophy (CPHI101) with a focus on classical philosophy and the Christian worldview

• Mentoring college students to think critically and engage with moral challenges in a post-Christian culture

Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies, Biola University (1991-1999)

• Taught undergraduate courses including:

• BBST 165 - Foundations of Christian Thought (Christian Ethics and Worldview)

• BBST 251 - Theology I

• BBST 254/354 - Theology II

• BBST 210 - New Testament History & Literature

• Periodically taught graduate courses such as:

• TTNT 604 - Exegesis of the Gospels

• TTNT 501 - Greek I

• TTNT 502 - Greek II

• Invited to participate in faculty chapel series, including the final year at Biola (1999)

Dr. Michael Cranford
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