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B.A. in English (The Ohio State University)

M.A. in English (Longwood University)

Ph.D. in English (The Ohio State University)

Dr. Tennant began teaching at Corban in 1995, with areas of expertise that include American literature, British literature, minority authors, creative writing, and poetry.

Dr. Tennant is the founder of Corban’s poetry club, Stinky Bagels, as well as Corban’s Literary Arts Council and the annual Fusion Art Show, which showcases an eclectic blend of student poetry, painting, and photography, culminating in a book featuring their work.

Dr. Tennant’s published works include two poetry books, Eden and After (2015) and Commotion of Wings (2010), as well as two books of literary criticism, Religion in the Handmaid’s Tale (2019) and Reading the Gothic in Margaret Atwood’s First Seven Novels (2003). She has also had approximately 100 poems published in Southern Poetry Review, Rattle, Christianity and Literature, and other journals. In 2014, her poem “Smaller” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

She has served as the Vice President of Oregon State Poetry Association and is a member of Peregrine Writers of Salem, Oregon, the Christianity and Literature Conference, Oregon Christian Writers, Oregon Poets, and the Oxford Round Table.