Degrees of Faith: Professor Lemette’s Story

By Madison Thill  

Math and art don’t usually mix, but they do in Professor Lemette!  

Photo Credit: Simpson University

Professor Lemette is the Digital Media professor at Simpson. She teaches Digital Media specialization courses, among other Communication courses.  

Teaching all of these courses requires a variety of skills, including photography, graphic design, 2D and 3D modeling, and several others.  

Blue Williams, a Digital Media student, says he likes Lemette’s classes because they “...challenge [me] creatively to do better and think outside the box.” 

Outside of her classes, Lemette is involved in a variety of things. She is the Tri Alpha Honors Society Advisor and the Shasta Media Coalition Simpson Chapter Advisor. Additionally, she is involved in the Simpson Student Research Symposium Committee and the Sundial Film Festival Committee.  

She also runs the Simpson University Digital Media social media accounts.  

Lemette is currently completing her 5th degree. She has 2 degrees in mathematics, 1 in liberal arts, 1 in visual communication, and her 5th will be in graphic design.  

Lemette has an unexpected story surrounding her faith journey. Surprisingly, she discovered her faith while pursuing her first undergraduate degree in mathematics.  

Lemette thought that being involved in a logistical field like math would “...sway her away from what [she] had been taught,” but she says she was actually provided with a lot of understanding about early mathematicians and came out of it as more of a believer than she was before.  

Lemette says that learning about how early mathematicians were priests searching for divinity and purpose helped her wonder more about faith and discovery. 

Moving forward, Lemette hopes to pursue more of her interests. She next wants to explore her talents in studio arts, as she loves painting and hopes to be an artist.