Melanie Springer Mock, PhD
Professor of English
Teaching and Writing Interests
- Journalism
- Creative nonfiction, including longform journalism
- First-year writing
- Cultural criticism
Melanie Springer Mock is professor of English at ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Fox University, where she primarily teaches first-year writing, memoir, and journalism courses. She is author or coauthor of seven books, including one forthcoming in 2027, tentatively title Whatever is True: Reflections on a Small Town, a School Board, and Hope for our Country's Future (Fernwood Press, 2027). Her essays and reviews have appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Christian Feminism Today, Chronicle of Higher Education, Current Magazine, Runner’s World, and Inside Higher Education, among other places, and she is a regular reviewer for Anabaptist World. She is also a member of Christians For Social Action's Pundits Circle. She lives with her husband live in Dundee, Ore., and they have four grown children and three grandchildren.
Published Work
Melanie has published a number of books, including Finding Our Way Forward: When the Children You Love Become Adults (Herald Press, 2023), Worthy: Finding Yourself in a World Expecting Someone Else (Herald Press, 2018), and If Eve Only Knew: Freeing Yourself from Biblical Womanhood to Become Who God Expected You to Be (Chalice Press, 2015). Her seventh book, Whatever is True, will be published by Fernwood Press in 2027.
Melanie is also an accomplished essayist in both popular and academic presses. Her essays have appeared in Christian Feminism Today, The Nation, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Ms. Magazine, and Runner's World, among other places. Much of her work focuses on her experiences parenting, feminism within Christian context, and cultural critique.
Education
Melanie earned her PhD at Oklahoma State University in 1999 with a concentration in composition and rhetoric and modern American literature. Her dissertation: "Journeys of God and Country: The Narrative of American Mennonite Conscientious Objectors and the Great War." She earned a master's degree in English literature from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1994 with a concentration in writing theory. Her thesis was entitled: "Evenings at the Bird and Baby: The Inklings as a Model For Contemporary Collaborative Theory."
Personal Interests
Melanie's non-academic interests include her family, running, being outdoors, and watching good shows on television.