Faculty
Suzanne Jacobs
Professor, Religious Studies
Credentials:
M Phil in Middle Eastern Studies/Arabic Emphasis Islamic Studies, University of Utah
MS in Religious Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder
BA in Philosophy and Religion, and English Literature, Colgate University
Adjunct Faculty
Shannon Atkinson, M.A. FHEA
Instructor
Shannon has been an Instructor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at SLCC since 2005 and has been an adjunct at Utah Valley University in Philosophy since 2010. He is a graduate of the University of Utah in Philosophy and has an emphasis in the Philosophy of Religion. His research revolved around religions that use psychedelics for religious purposes and the ethical, political, and social implications surrounding these issues. Shannon teaches Ethics and Values (PHIL 2050), Introduction to Philosophy (PHIL 1000), Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 2350) and World Religions (RELS 2300).
Shannon has made teaching excellence his primary goal and is a 2013 SLCC Teaching Excellence Award winner. A 2016 Wolverine Achievement Award winner. He was awarded the UVU Faculty Senate Teaching Excellence Award in 2018 and in 2019 became an FHEA Fellow.
Shannon is fluent in Portuguese after living in Brazil to go to school and play soccer. He is an avid hiker, outdoors enthusiast, pickleball wanna-be, and he has a sense of humor to compliment such serious studies.
Jason Goltz
Instructor
Jason Goltz was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona and has philosophy degrees from Northern Arizona University (B.A. ’92), the University of Wyoming (M.A. ’95), and the University of Utah (Ph.D. ’02). He has taught at SLCC since the fall of 2013 and teaches classes in philosophy, ethics, critical thinking, and religion. Besides SLCC, Jason has also taught at Westminster College, Weber State University, and Independence University. In addition to teaching, Jason served on an ethics committee at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center and was the Humanities chair for the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. In his spare time, he enjoys movies, sports, heavy metal, and jazz fusion
Greg Spendlove, MA
Instructor
I have a master's degree focusing on philosophy of religion and have been teaching philosophy and religion courses since 2004. I'm interested in nearly every area of philosophy, with particular enthusiasm for metaethics, philosophy of religion, and issues related to free will. When I'm not thinking about philosophy, I enjoy gaming with friends, exploring the world with my wife, and playing various styles of music on my guitars, including classical, jazz, and especially heavy metal.