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Emily Griesinger, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of English
Phone: (626) 815-6000, Ext. 3745
Email: egriesinger@apu.edu
Fax: (626) 812-3024
Emily Griesinger, Ph.D., is a professor of English at Azusa Pacific University, where she teaches courses in British literature, religion and literature, children’s literature, and autobiography and memoir. Her article on Toni Morrison’s Beloved in Christianity and Literature received the 2003 Lionel Basney “Best Essay” Award. A second article, “Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: The Charismatic Spirituality of Hildegard of Bingen,” published in Christian Scholar’s Review in 2000 won the Charles J. Miller ”Best Essay” Award. She has also published in Books and Culture and Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal. In 2006 she co-edited a collection of essays entitled The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World (Baylor U Press), and is currently working on a book on women writers and the Victorian crisis of faith. Dr. Griesinger teaches several courses related to her research, including a seminar on Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf, and a seminar on Spiritual Autobiography and Memoir.

Education

Ph.D. - English, Vanderbilt University, 1989

M.A. - English, Baylor University, 1979

B.A. - English (Spanish minor), Baylor University, 1976

Department

  • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
    • English

Expertise

  • British Literature
  • Children's Literature
  • Literature and Theology
  • Spiritual Autobiography and Memoir

Courses Taught

ENGL 110 – Freshman Writing Seminar
ENGL 232 – English Literature Survey Since 1789
ENGL 433 – Children's Literature (APS only)
ENGL 466 – British Novel
ENGL 488 – Significant Authors
ENGL 489 – Literary Topics

Office Hours

T/R 12:00 - 1:00pm, and by appointment

Office Location

Faculty Quad, Room 3, East Campus

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