Meet Our Faculty

Office Location

Room 119
Parker Building

(912) 583-3216

jyoder@bpc.edu

Jerusha Yoder

Assistant Professor of English

Division of Christian Studies and Humanities

Education

MA, English, Liberty University, 2018
BA, English, Brewton-Parker College 2014

Biography

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I play guitar and bass, and I used to have a green mohawk. I still love loud music.
I am fluent in Spanish.
My wife and I are obsessed with the show Survivor.
I love a good board game.
I am a New Orleans Saints fan. WHO DAT

Research Interests

American Literature: Human Experience in Mythology and Literature
Holocaust Literature

Professional Organizations/Memberships

Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society
The Oracle, BPC’s Interdisciplinary Journal

Favorite Classes Taught at BPC

ENG 350 – Selected Topics in Creative Writing
ENG 409 – Southern Literature
ENG 497/498 – Senior Capstone I /II

Be still and know that I am God

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Scholarly Work & Publications

“The Revealing Voice of Death: Liesel’s Encounter with Trauma” Critical Insights: The Book Thief, Salem Press, Feb. 2021, pp. 245-58.

“Death, Friendship, and the Power of Words: Liesel Meminger’s Traumatic Story in Markus The Book Thief.” Critical Insights: The Book Thief, Salem Press, Feb. 2021, pp. 259-74.