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by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 10, 2021 | College Classes, Reading Well, Video
UPDATE November 2021:Nella Larsen’s novel Passing is now in movie form on Netflix.Use the conversations featured below as a watching/reading companion to the movie and/or novel.[Original Posted in March, 2020] Have you ever wondered about how you became you? How do we...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 4, 2020 | College Classes, Reading Well, Teaching and Academic Design, Video
This challenge may be impossible… As a student, I discovered that some professors are great lecturers: they will tell students everything they need to know about the reading in class! In fact, for someone like Kant, a good lecture might be far more...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 16, 2020 | College Classes, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Ever wished there was a gospel written specifically for those really bleak, hopeless moments when all appears lost? A gospel writer that seems to sit with us in our questions and brokenness? The Gospel of Mark might be the account of Jesus’ life for exactly those...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 9, 2020 | College Classes, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Resurrecting Jesus from the fog of familiarity can be hard—so hard, in fact, that we often gloss over the way each individual gospel text portrays him. In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus is cagey, authoritative, even mysterious. What do we make of this man? Who is he?...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 3, 2020 | College Classes, Reading Well, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, The Christian Imagination, Video
Stories that reimagine Jesus, considering what his life would look like if lived in the modern world, have a long history in the Christian imagination. What would Jesus do? How would governments and leaders respond? And would you believe him if he showed up here and...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 2, 2020 | College Classes, Fostering Faith, Reading Well, The Bible, The Bible and The Novel, Video
Too often texts fall silent because we think we know the story. Or because we find the barriers of time, place, and culture insurmountable. At George Fox University we are exploring ways to bring creative educational solutions to students during the COVID-19 crisis...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 10, 2018 | College Classes, News, Teaching and Academic Design
Earlier this month, Joey the Spotted Turtle was adopted by EmNet! After bringing Joey into the world as a class project, my Environmental Literature class is very excited to see Joey go to a good home where he’ll be cared for and loved, and see their College project...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | May 21, 2018 | College Classes, Teaching and Academic Design
For my “Literature and the Environment” class (spring 2018), I tasked my students with a highly open-ended project. As a class community, they needed to develop a body of writing that would raise awareness about the St. Joesph River and encourage our local community...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jun 1, 2017 | College Classes, Teaching and Academic Design
During the 2016-2017 academic year, I had the privilege of being a visiting assistant professor at Wheaton College. The Wheaton English department has been home to some of the finest Christian scholars of literature. Men I’ve long respected for their work, like Clyde...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 16, 2016 | College Classes
In Fall 2015, I had the opportunity to co-teach a directed reading course for the Theology Department on the Catholic Novel with Dr. Tim O’Malley. While interdisciplinary co-teaching is often avoided because it can drain faculty resources, such classes have the...
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