Melanie Springer Mock

Melanie Springer Mock is a professor of English at George Fox University, Newberg, Ore., where she primarily teaches first-year writing, memoir, and journalism courses. She is the author or coauthor of six books, including Finding our Way Forward: When The Children We Love Become Adults (forthcoming from Herald Press, 2023). Her essays and reviews have appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Christian Feminism Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Runner’s World, and Christianity Today, among other places. She regularly reviews books for several publications, including Anabaptist World. She lives in Dundee, Ore., with her husband, and they have two 20-year-old sons. Melanie is also a stepmom to two adults, and Nani to two grandsons. She enjoys running, swimming, biking, knitting, and watching reality television, and spends too much time on Twitter at @springermock.