Ruelas, Abraham: - Abraham Ruelas has a BA in Biblical Studies from Patten University, a BA in Mass Communication from CSU East Bay, and a PhD in Communication Research from Stanford University. At Patten University, "Dr. Abe" is Dean of Academics, and a professor of communication and psychology. He is also an adjunct professor at Fuller Theological Seminary. Ruelas is a Pentecostal feminist who focuses his scholarship on gender studies of women in leadership within Christianity. He is also an ordained minister with the Church of God (Cleveland, TN). In the community, Ruelas serves as the chair of the board of directors of the Latino Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse of Alameda County and is in his twentieth year on the board. He is the author of Women and the Landscape of American Higher Education: Wesleyan Holiness and Pentecostal Founders (Wipf and Stock, 2010), No Room for Doubt: The Life and Ministry of Bebe Patten (2012), and co-author of The Role of Female Seminaries on the Road to Social Justice for Women, which will be published later this year (Wipf and Stock).