The author and English instructor will become the first research professor and one of the only female faculty members at the Southern Baptist college.
One of Liberty University’s best-known professors, Karen Swallow Prior, will be leaving her post to join the faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) next fall.
Prior has taught English at Liberty since 1999. During her tenure, she has watched the school transform as its leadership transitioned from late founder Jerry Falwell to son Jerry Falwell Jr.; its enrollment multiplied through pioneering online education platforms; and ultimately its reputation became further aligned with President Donald Trump, a friend of Falwell Jr.’s.
Her own career has transformed as well. Outside of her own classroom at Liberty, Prior has grown into evangelicals’ favorite English professor—espousing the virtues of classic literature in books like Booked and On Reading and launching conversations on church and culture through her lively, gracious social media presence.
In addition to speaking out as a “Never Trumper” in national media like the New Yorker and The New York Times, Prior has advocated for and allied with abuse survivors, including those from within her own denomination as a Southern Baptist.
At Southeastern, she will serve as full-time research professor of English and Christianity & Culture, the first research professor in the history of the college. She will teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
“At Liberty, I have been privileged to disciple Christian young people for 21 years, primarily in my discipline of English,” she said in a statement. “My mission in teaching has always been to have students leaving my classroom loving life, literature and God more than when they came in. I look forward to continuing in that mission as I move into this ...
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