Brian has degrees in Cognitive Science (ScB), Intercultural Studies (MA), and Ethnomusicology (PhD). He worked as a linguist, translator, and ethnomusicologist in DR Congo and Cameroon in the 1990s and 2000s, was SIL International's Ethnomusicology & Arts Coordinator from 2006-2019, and founded the Center for Excellence in World Arts at Dallas International University in 2012. Brian's core life project is promoting arts-energized, communication-focused appreciative inquiry for futures more like Heaven. His current spheres of engagement...
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Brian has degrees in Cognitive Science (ScB), Intercultural Studies (MA), and Ethnomusicology (PhD). He worked as a linguist, translator, and ethnomusicologist in DR Congo and Cameroon in the 1990s and 2000s, was SIL International's Ethnomusicology & Arts Coordinator from 2006-2019, and founded the Center for Excellence in World Arts at Dallas International University in 2012. Brian's core life project is promoting arts-energized, communication-focused appreciative inquiry for futures more like Heaven. His current spheres of engagement are expressive arts therapies, Christian mission, and transformational development in communities. He and his wife, Barb, live in Dallas, TX.
Julisa Rowe has degrees in drama (BA), intercultural ministries (MA), and ethnodramatology (DMiss). She is an international consultant, trainer, performer, and director, serving as the Kenya director for ACT International, a missions organization for artists. Julisa has performed, sung, and directed professionally and for community and church events worldwide for over thirty years. She has written several peer-reviewed articles on ethnodramatology and a book on dramatic reading. Julisa currently lives and works in Kenya.
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