Karen Swallow Prior

Karen Swallow Prior is an award-winning Professor of English at Liberty University. She earned her PhD in English at SUNY Buffalo. Her writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Christianity Today, Washington Post, Vox, First Things, Sojourners, Relevant, Think Christian, and other places. She is a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum, a Research Fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Senior Fellow at Liberty University's Center for Apologetics...See more

Karen Swallow Prior is an award-winning Professor of English at Liberty University. She earned her PhD in English at SUNY Buffalo. Her writing has appeared in the Atlantic, Christianity Today, Washington Post, Vox, First Things, Sojourners, Relevant, Think Christian, and other places. She is a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum, a Research Fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Senior Fellow at Liberty University's Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement, and a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Humane Society of the United States. She and her husband live on a 100-year old homestead in central Virginia with sundry horses, dogs, and chickens. And lots of books. See less