Mary Baggett, PhD College of Arts and HumanitiesEnglish, Communication, Great Texts, and Modern Languages Professor of English and Cultural Apologetics Chair, Department of Apologetics, School of Christian Thought Online Coordinator, College of Arts and Humanities Education PhD, Literature and Criticism, Indiana University of Pennsylvania MA, English, Longwood University MA, Theological Studies, Liberty University BS, in English, Liberty University Courses Taught Composition and Literature I Composition and Literature II Great Works of Literature I Great Works of Literature II Apologetics, Research and Writing Literary Criticism Short Fiction Science Fiction Detective Fiction Utopian Fiction Modern Poetry Teaching Focus Dr. Baggett’s primary teaching focus is American Literature, contemporary literature, genre fiction, and literary criticism. She also teaches Research and Writing for HCU’s Apologetics program. Publications Dr. Baggettt has co-authored four books—At the Bend of the River Grand, The Morals of the Story, Telling Tales, and Ted Lasso and Philosophy —and a handful of articles on a variety of topics including educational practice, utopian literature, popular culture, and American literary figures such as Nella Larsen, Marilynne Robinson, and Philip K. Dick. Dr. Baggett’s Morals of the Story was recognized for an Award of Merit in 2019’s Christianity Today’s Book Awards in the Apologetics/Evangelism category. Additional Information While at HCU, Dr. Baggett has served as the Online Coordinator for the School of Humanities. In 2024, she was recognized as the Piper Professor nominee for the College of Arts and Humanities. She currently serves as Senior Research Fellow for the Center of the Foundations of Ethics, and is a Bluestocking in Residence for the Society for Women of Letters.
