Joseph Lee Castleberry

Dr. Castleberry served as president of Northwest University in Kirkland, WA for 18 years. He is a frequent contributor on talk radio and television programs, discussing issues of immigration, religion, politics, public policy, international affairs and higher education. He has appeared in more than 250 live interviews, including Fox News Channel, One America News Network, China Global Television News, TBN, the Jim Bohannan Show, Michael Medved, Bill Martinez (Salem Radio), Lars Larson, the Blaze, Breakpoint, National Public Radio, the Seattle Times, and others. He is the author of ten books in English and Spanish, most recently 40 Días de Navidad (Broadstreet, 2019). He has presented seminars on immigration at the Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government) and at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and on the rule of law at the Mexican National Center for Human Rights.

President Castleberry is a graduate of Evangel University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Columbia University’s Teachers College, where he earned a doctorate in International Educational Development. He began his professional career as a chaplain at Princeton University, and for twenty years, served as a church planter, college professor, seminary dean, and community development leader in Latin America. Married to his wife Kathleen since 1983, Castleberry’s family includes three daughters, three sons-in-law, and three grandchildren. He enjoys golf, running marathons, visiting America’s National Parks with his wife, and watching Alabama Crimson Tide football.