Minor - English
Description
Unlocking the beauty and power of written language is a primary goal of the English minor, but such a goal is also fundamental to any liberal arts education. Steve not only values literature from around the world, he teaches in such a way that is a clear complement to the serious study of so great a work as the Bible - which employs literary use of language on every page.
Resident Faculty
Steve Baarendse
(M.A., Indiana University) Steve grew up in Vienna, Austria. Before joining CIU's faculty in 2001, he studied comparative literature and art history at Indiana University and taught missionary kids at Black Forest Academy in Germany. He enjoys reading literature and anything relate...
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Lindsay Hislop
(Ph.D. University of South Carolina) Lindsay Hislop was raised in southern Scotland and southern Ontario and now lives in the southern United States. He worked in the engineering field for 15 years (mostly in Canada) before pursuing an academic career. He serves as an elder in his church, wh...
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Mark Wenger
(M.A., Columbia International University) Raised by missionary parents in Costa Rica and Mexico, Mark grew up speaking English and Spanish and developed an abiding fascination with languages. Over the years he has studied Chinese, Korean, and, most recently, Hebrew. He and his wife -- raised as a...
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