Dr. Marla Lunderberg
Professor of English, Department Chair616.395.7243lunderberg@hope.edu
Marla Lunderberg began teaching at Hope in 1994. Her teaching interests are wide-ranging: Shakespeare, British literature, cultural heritage, English composition, First Year Seminar and Senior Seminar.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Marla's field of expertise is 17th-century British literature. She loves encouraging students as they tackle John Milton鈥檚 Paradise Lost and dissect John Donne鈥檚 Holy Sonnets. She has a secondary field of interest in Asian studies; she has led students on Hope鈥檚 May Term to Japan and has served as Hope鈥檚 Meiji Gakuin exchange professor.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., early modern British literature, University of Chicago, 1996
- M.A., University of Chicago, 1986
- B.A., English, French, 快猫短视频, 1982
HONORS, GRANTS & AWARDS
- Study tour of Japan and Korea, Great Lakes College Association 鈥 Global Liberal Arts Alliance grant, 2019
- Provost鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Advising, 快猫短视频, 2018
- 鈥淏eyond East and West: Exchanges and Interactions across the Early Modern World (1400-1800),鈥 National Endowment for the Humanities Institute at Indiana University, 2017
- Field study in China, Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP) grant, 2011
- 鈥淚nfusing East Asia into the Undergraduate Curriculum鈥 Asian Studies Development Program Institute at University of Hawaii East-West Center, Freeman Foundation grant, 2008
Select publications
- 鈥Why Go to Church When You're On Vacation?鈥 Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought, May/June 2015
- 鈥Toss the Coin, Clap Your Hands, and Pray!鈥 Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought, February, 2012
- 鈥John Donne鈥檚 Strategies for Discreet Preaching,鈥 SEL Studies in English Literature 1500鈥1900 44.1, 2004
Outside the college
In her spare time, Marla loves travel, hiking, photography and ballroom dancing.
Dr. Marla Lunderberg
616.395.7243
lunderberg@hope.eduLubbers Hall-Room 310 126 East 10th Street Holland, MI 49423-3516