
Faculty
Program Administrators

Dr. Joe Cunningham
✉️ dlp@eureka.edu
📞 (309) 467-6331
Positions
Director, Disciples of Christ Leadership Program
Associate Professor of Religion
Education
Ph.D. (2010)
Religions and Theology
University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
M.A. (2006)
Theology
Aquinas Institute of theology (Saint Louis University)
Saint Louis, MO
B.A. (2003)
Philosophy and Religion
Spanish
Greenville College
Greenville, IL
Hometown
Clio, MI

Dr. Cory Geraths
✉️ rlp@eureka.edu
📞 (309) 467-6879
Positions
Director, Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program
Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies
Education
Ph.D. (2017)
Communication Arts and Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
M.A. (2013)
Communication Arts and Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
B.A. (2011)
Communication (Emphasis in Rhetoric and Leadership)
English (Minor)
Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
Hometown
Kelseyville, CA

Rev. Bruce Fowlkes
✉️ bfowlkes@eureka.edu
📞 (309) 467-6429
Positions
College Chaplain
Director of Inclusive Excellence
Education
B.A., Drury University
M.Div., Brite Divinity School (TCU)
About
Chaplain Bruce is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He has served as the college’s chaplain since January 2007. In his 39 years of ministry, Rev. Bruce has served as a national program staff-person with his denomination, a campus minister at Texas Christian University, and had congregational positions in Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Texas. He is married to Rev. Carolyn Roper-Fowlkes, a hospice chaplain, and they have two boys, Rob and John.
Hometown
Little Rock, Arkansas
