Elizabeth R. Hart
Student-Elected Board Member; Graduate Student
Elizabeth Hart holds a B.A. in English Literature and is a graduate student in Signum’s M.A. in Language & Literature program, with a concentration in Imaginative Literature. She is the student representative on the Board of Directors.
Jeremy Morgan
Staff-Elected Board Member; Data Manager
Jeremy Morgan is a Senior Business Development Director at CBRE and the Data Manager at Signum University. He is also the staff-elected member of the Signum Board.
Matthew M. DeForrest
At-Large Board Member (Chair)
Dr. Matthew M. DeForrest is Professor of English and Mott University Professor at Johnson C. Smith University, and Chair of the Signum University Board.
Paul Peterson
Faculty-Elected Board Member; Preceptor
Paul Peterson, a proud native of Minnesota, holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Medieval Studies from the University of Minnesota. He is also the Faculty-elected member of the Signum Board.
Jonathan Spencer
At-Large Board Member
Member Board of Directors. General Counsel Museum of Science Fiction. Attorney specializing in technology, internet, and general corporate law.
Edward T. Powell
At-Large Board Member; Curator of Computational Complexities; Chairman Council of the Wise
Ed owns his own defense technology consulting firm, and spends his free time listening to audio books and podcasts, and playing with his two European Burmese cats.
Liza H. Gold
At-Large Board Member
Liza H. Gold, MD is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is an at-large member of the Signum University Board of Directors.
Andrew Higgins
At-Large Board Member; Lecturer
Dr, Andrew Higgins - Inaugural Student of The Mythgard Institute, board member and new lecturer.
Corey Olsen
University President; Board Member Ex Officio; Lecturer
Corey Olsen is president of Signum University. He brings his scholarship on Tolkien to the public, seeking to engage a wide and diverse audience in serious intellectual and literary conversation though his podcast, The Tolkien Professor.