Faculty
Bill Jolliff
Professor of Writing/Literature
Telephone: 503-554-2604
E-mail: wjolliff@georgefox.edu
William Jolliff (Ph.D., The Ohio State University) has a range of interests including 19th-Century American literature, Appalachian literature, and contemporary American poetry. His poetry and criticism have been published in a variety of respected literary magazines and journals. When not reading and writing, he enjoys playing a variety of Appalachian folk instruments, including the five string banjo. Learn more...
Kathleen Heininge
Assistant Professor of Writing/Literature
Telephone: 503-554-2606
E-mail: kheininge@georgefox.edu
Kathleen Heininge's (Ph.D., University of California at Davis) main interests are Irish literature, especially drama, British modernism, postcolonial and comic theories, and Stephen King. She has a new book coming out this March: Buffoonery in Irish Drama: Staging Twentieth-Century Post-Colonial Stereotypes by Peter Lang Publishing. Learn more...
Ed Higgins
Professor of Writing/Literature
Telephone: 503-554-2601
E-mail: ehiggins@georgefox.edu
Ed Higgins (Ph.D., Union Institute) is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist with a wide range of writing publications. He also is a part-time farmer who draws much of his writing inspiration from his back-to-the-land experiences. His teaching specialties include fiction writing, science fiction, the contemporary novel, and values issues in literature. Learn more...
Melanie Springer Mock
Associate Professor of Writing/Literature
Telephone: 503-554-2605
E-mail: mmock@georgefox.edu
Melanie Springer Mock (Ph.D., Oklahoma State University) is the Writing and Literature department chair. Her book, on the diaries of Mennonite Conscientious Objectors written during World War I, was published in 2003 by Cascadia Press. Melanie's scholarly interests include nonfiction writing, composition and rhetoric, and autobiography. Her other-worldly interests range from running to spending time with her husband and her sons, Benjamin and Samuel. Learn more...
Rebecca Ankeny
Professor of Writing/Literature
Telephone: 503-554-2146
E-mail: bankeny@georgefox.edu
Becky Ankeny (PhD, University of Oregon) teaches British literature and writing. Her research interests include the writings of George MacDonald, C. S. Lewis, Muriel Spark, and William Blake. Her book, The Story, the Teller and the Audience in George MacDonald's Fiction came out from Mellen Press in 2000. Becky is also currently an itinerant preacher at Northwest Yearly Meeting and has been a guest chapel speaker numerous times here at George Fox. She is completing an MBA in 2009 through the Oregon Executive MBA program. Learn more...
Professor of Writing/Literature
Telephone:
E-mail: gtandy@georgefox.edu
Gary Tandy (PhD, University of Tulsa) directs our department's Reading Lab and serves as the Associate Director of the Academic Resource Center. He teaches a variety of writing courses for us including technical writing courses, English Skills, and composition. His personal academic interests focus on the rhetoric of C.S. Lewis and Christianity and Literature. Gary comes to us from Cascade College and brings extensive experience as a professional technical writer. Learn more...
Polly PetersonDistinguished Adjunct
E-mail: popeters@georgefox.edu
Polly Peterson (MA, George Fox University) directed our department's Reading Lab and was the Associate Director of the Academic Resource Center for two years. We are sad to see Polly resign from her administrative duties, but are thrilled she's back with us to teach Freshman Writing and English Skills.
Valerie Rogers
Administrative Assistant
Telephone: 503-554-2670
E-mail: vrogers@georgefox.edu
Valerie joins us as an alumn of George Fox. She not only keeps our department running smoothly on a daily basis, she's very involved in various campus activities.
