Buenos Aires
Program Staff
Faculty-in-Residence 2023-2024
Dr. Daniel Overton
Professor of Communication
CCB 253
Daniel Overton is associate professor of communication at Seaver College. He teaches courses in rhetoric, leadership, ethics, and public speaking. Daniel’s own experience studying abroad as a college student was transformative for him, and he is especially grateful to serve as faculty-in-residence to be part of the Buenos Aires transformative experience for others. Daniel has worked in congregational ministry, and he now regularly serves as a spiritual mentor on campus. The community-driven nature of international programs at Pepperdine with mentorship potential was the primary reason he applied to serve. Daniel is married to Elaine, and together they have three mostly delightful daughters.
Faculty-in-Residence 2024-2025
Dr. Cindy Miller-Perrin
Dr. Cindy Miller-Perrin is a clinical psychologist and distinguished professor of psychology at Pepperdine University. Dr. Miller-Perrin enjoys teaching introductory psychology, developmental psychology, child clinical psychology, advanced research seminar, and positive psychology. Dr. Miller-Perrin has authored a number of books and numerous journal articles covering a range of topics, including child maltreatment, family violence, interventions to reduce physical punishment of children, positive psychology, vocation and life purpose, and faith development in college students.
She is a HUGE fan of Pepperdine’s international programs because of their life changing impact on students. This will be her ninth time serving as visiting faculty having served previously three times in Florence, twice in Heidelberg, twice in Buenos Aires, and once in the east Africa program. She is married to Robin Perrin, a sociology professor here at Pepperdine, and they enjoy travelling, hiking, camping, and backpacking.
Dr. Robin Perrin
Robin Perrin received his doctorate in sociology from Washington State University in 1989. Following his doctoral studies he was an assistant professor of sociology at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. Currently he is professor of sociology at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Perrin's research interests and publications are in the areas of family violence, deviance theory, the social construction of social problems, and the sociology of religion. He is the coauthor of four books; Social Deviance: Being, Behaving, and Branding (with David Ward and Tim Carter, Allyn and Bacon, 1991), Child Maltreatment: An Introduction (with Cindy Miller-Perrin, Sage, 1999, 2007, 2012), Family Violence Across the Lifespan (with Ola Barnett and Cindy Miller-Perrin, Sage, 1997, 2005, 2011), and Violence and Maltreatment in Intimate Relationships. He is also the author or coauthor of numerous articles on a variety of topics including family violence, deviance theory, and the sociology of religion. At Pepperdine Professor Perrin teaches Introduction to Sociology, Deviant Behavior and Social Control, and Sociology of Religion. He is the recipient of the 2004 Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence.
Perrin is married to Cindy Miller-Pepperdine, who is also a Pepperdine professor (Clinical Psychology). The Perrins, both of whom graduated from Pepperdine, enjoy many activities together, including traveling, camping and backpacking, fly fishing, golf, and sailing. They live on the Pepperdine campus and have two adult children. Jacob (34) is married and a primary care physician in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Madison (29) is in graduate school (English) at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.
Both Robin and Cindy are IP alums, having attended Heidelberg as Pepperdine students. As Pepperdine faculty they have taught in Heidelberg twice (1995-1996, 2007-2008), Florence twice (1999, 2010-2011), East Africa (2010), and Buenos Aires twice (2015-2016, 2022-2023).
Updated: 9.6.23