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Dr. Jennie A. Harrop is Associate Dean of Adult Degree Programs at George Fox University in Newberg, OR. She holds three terminal degrees – a PhD in English from the University of Denver, a DMin in Semiotics from Portland Seminary, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Colorado State University – as well as a BA in Journalism from Pacific Lutheran University. In the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a news and crime reporter for several newspapers, including the Chicago News Tribune, The Oregonian, and The Tacoma News Tribune. She has published a variety of essays, book reviews, articles, and short stories over the years, including six books in the past decade: The Jesus Quotient: IQ to EQ to AQ (2019); GFU’s first open textbook, The Simple Math of Writing Well: Writing for the 21st Century (2018); three children’s books with Oxford University Press (2013); and Angling for Repose: Wallace Stegner and the De-Mythologizing of the American West (2010).

With more than 50 faculty and a program that is 35 years old, George Fox University’s Adult Degree Programs regularly press the university in new directions such as engaged, active online learning platforms; free open textbooks and e-resources; experiential and transformational learning experiences; and andragogical teaching methodologies. Harrop is an ordained Presbyterian minister serving as lead pastor of Cedar Creek Church in Sherwood, Oregon, as well as Coordinator of Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) for the university; Title IX Deputy Coordinator; and faculty lead for the Liberal Arts Core Curriculum (LACC) general education offerings.