Faculty
Bill Jolliff
Professor of English
Telephone: 503-554-2604
Email: wjolliff@georgefox.edu
William Jolliff (PhD, 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
Associate Professor of English
Telephone: 503-554-2606
Email: kheininge@georgefox.edu
Kathleen Heininge's (PhD, University of California at Davis) main interests are Irish literature, especially drama, British modernism, postcolonial and comic theories, and Stephen King. She recently published a new book, Buffoonery in Irish Drama: Staging Twentieth-Century Post-Colonial Stereotypes, by Peter Lang Publishing. Learn more...
Melanie Springer Mock
Professor of English
Telephone: 503-554-2605
Email: mmock@georgefox.edu
Melanie Springer Mock's (PhD, Oklahoma State University) scholarly interests include nonfiction writing, composition and rhetoric, and autobiography. She has published several books, including the recent collection The Spirit of Adoption: Writers on Religion, Adoption, Faith, and More (Cascade Books, 2014) and Just Moms: Conveying Justice in an Unjust World (Barclay Press, 2011). Melanie's other-worldly interests range from running to spending time with her husband and her sons, Benjamin and Samuel. Learn more...
Gary Tandy
Professor of English
Chair, Department of English and Theater
Telephone: 503-554-2602
Email: gtandy@georgefox.edu
Gary Tandy (PhD, University of Tulsa) is the English department chair. He teaches writing and British literature courses and serves as the associate director of the Academic Resource Center. His personal academic interests focus on the works of C.S. Lewis and Christianity and literature. Gary has extensive experience as a professional technical writer and is also the faculty advisor for our English Honors Society. Learn more...
Abigail Favale
Associate Professor of English
Faculty Fellow, William Penn Honors Program
Telephone: 503-554-2601
Email: afavale@georgefox.edu
Abigail Favale (PhD, University of St. Andrews) has primary scholarly and teaching interests in religion and literature, gender theory, ancient world literature, and fiction writing. Her book, Irigaray, Incarnation and Contemporary Women's Fiction (Bloomsbury, 2013) was awarded the 2014 Feminist and Women's Studies Association Book Prize. She has also published works of literary criticism, creative non-fiction, and short fiction in various journals and edited collections. Learn more...
Brooks Lampe
Assistant Professor of English and Writing Program Director
Email: blampe@georgefox.edu
Brooks Lampe joined the Department of English and Theatre as an assistant professor of English and writing program director in 2016. In the year prior, he was a post-doctoral researcher in writing pedagogy in the Department of English at the University of Delaware. Previously, he was an adjunct instructor in the Metropolitan School of Professional Studies (2014) and a teaching fellow (2007-2012) at The Catholic University of America. Learn more...
Josh Hren
Assistant Professor of English
Telephone: 503-554-2645
Email: jhren@georgefox.edu
The Department of English and Theatre welcomed Joshua Hren as an assistant professor of English in 2016. In the two years prior, he worked as an assistant professor of English and Catholic studies at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. Also, since 2013, he served as founder and editor-in-chief of Wiseblood Books, a small press that primarily publishes poetry and fiction.
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