Dr. Hope Hayes Rogers is an artist, philosopher, teacher, and friend, who lives in Flowery Branch, GA with her dad, Ron, and her dog, Pippa. Her mom, Dr. Lee Hayes Rogers, went to be with the Lord in 2021.

Education

Killian Hill Christian School in Lilburn, GA, where she attended kindergarten

Mount Carmel Christian School in Stone Mountain, GA, where she attended 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades

Providence Christian Academy in Lilburn, GA, where she attended 5th and 6th grades

Trickum Middle School in Lilburn, GA, where she attended 7th and 8th grades

Parkview High School in Lilburn, GA, where she was Valedictorian and STAR Student of the Class of 2009

Hope with her parents and grandparents (Gigi & Haha)

Hope with her STAR Teacher, Coach George Carden

Many thanks also to Dr. Patrick (aka Magister), Dr. Huie, Mrs. Netopski (aka Ms. Henderson), Ms. Bateman, Mrs. Finco, Dr. Tilley, Mrs. McAuliffe, Dr. May, Mr. Petmecky (aka Coach Gary – he taught me to swim!), Mr. McCoy, Mr. Heier, etc.

The University of Georgia, where she studied English, Linguistics, and Latin with a CURO certificate and graduated summa cum laude as a First Honor Graduate in 2013

Thesis: No Triumph without Loss: Problems of Interracial Collaboration in Tolkien’s Works (2012)

Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Evans

Winner: Honors Program Best Paper in the Humanities, 2012

Special thanks to Dr. Roxanne Eberle, Dr. Richard Menke, Dr. Bill Kretzschmar, Dr. Sonya Loftis, Dr. Tricia Lootens, Dr. Michelle Ballif, Dr. Mi-Ran Kim, Dr. Mario Erasmo, etc.

Hope also loved the UGA at Oxford program, where she studied with Dr. Elisabeth Dutton, Dr. Tara Stubbs, Dr. David Bradshaw, and Dr. Adam Goodie.

Princeton University, where she specialized in 19th century British novels by women and earned a PhD in English in 2019

Advisors: Dr. Deborah Nord, Dr. Claudia L. Johnson, Dr. Anne Cheng

Special thanks to Dr. Diana Fuss for teaching me how to teach!

Churches, Bible Studies, & Such

Parkview Church in Lilburn, GA, led by Jon Adams (PCA)

Grace Fellowship Church in Snellville, GA, led by Buddy Hoffman, Randy Rainwater, and Jon Stallsmith (non-denominational)

Small Group Leaders: Carol Carpenter Lathe Shaffer, Gena Ford

Christ Community Church in Athens, GA (Acts 29)

Campus Outreach in Athens, GA (interdenominational)

Small Group Leader: Maddie Lopez Morden

St. Aldate’s Church in Oxford, UK (Church of England)

Stone Hill Church in Princeton, NJ, led by Matt Ristuccia, Tracy Troxel, and Jin Hyo Lee (non-denominational)

Faculty Commons in Princeton, NJ (Cru)

Small Group Leader: Jan Luley

Princeton Graduate Christian Fellowship in Princeton, NJ, led by David and Christina Keddie

Small Group Leaders: Abigail Sargent-Loy and Hope Rogers (The Party Group)

Wine and Tissues in Princeton, NJ (prayer group)

Leaders: Christy Carnell and Hope Rogers

The Secret Society of Holy Hotties in Princeton, NJ / Zoom (book club)

Leaders: Amanda McArther and Hope Rogers

Ecclesia Church in Princeton, NJ, led by Ian Graham (Evangelical Covenant Church)

Midtown Fellowship: Two Notch, in Columbia, SC, led by Ant Frederick (Southern Baptist – it was an accident, but I loved the people)

Small Group Leaders: Hannah Frederick & co.

Trinity Anglican Church in Atlanta, GA, led by Kris McDaniel and Nate Smith (Anglican Church of North America)

Small Group Leaders: The Hortons, Courtney, & co.

St. Mary and St. Martha of Bethany Episcopal Church in Buford, GA, led by Laura Masterson (Episcopal)

Small Group: Tea & Talk

Teaching

Hope has taught high school English at Pace Academy in Atlanta, GA and at Cardinal Newman School in Columbia, SC. She has also taught courses at Princeton, Mercer County Community College, and Duke TIP.

Selected classes:

Myths and Legends (& Rape), Duke TIP, 2014

Jane Austen, Then and Now, Princeton, 2017, co-taught with Dr. Claudia L. Johnson

Women, Sex, and Death, Mercer County Community College, 2018

The Intersectional Taylor Swift, Pace Academy, 2024

Books Hope has taught include Pride and Prejudice (Austen), Dracula (Stoker), A Little Princess (Burnett), Never Let Me Go (Ishiguro), Persepolis (Satrapi), Homegoing (Gyasi), Binti (Okorafor), Bless Me, Ultima (Anaya), The Odyssey (Wilson trans.), and the Shakespeare plays The Merchant of Venice, Othello, and Much Ado About Nothing.

Social Media

You can follow Hope on Instagram (@hope_phd), Facebook, and Goodreads.

Listen and add to her Spotify playlist, Songs of Hope!