Melanie Springer Mock is an Assistant Professor of Writing and Literature at George Fox University, an Evangelical Friends school in Newberg, Oregon. At George Fox University, Mock teaches courses in writing, autobiography, and literary research. She attended George Fox University (then College) as an undergraduate, earning a Writing and Literature degree in 1990. In 1994, Mock received her MA degree in English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis; in 2000, she received her PhD in English from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, and was awarded the College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Research Excellence Award. She found her interest in Great War writing and in autobiography while studying at Oklahoma State University. Writing Peace: The Unheard Voices of Great War Mennonite Objectors is a result of Mock’s dissertation research on the Great War, autobiography, and the Mennonite response to war. A lifelong pacifist and Mennonite, Mock sees this research as a confluence of both scholarly and personal interests. Mock was born in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1968. Her husband, Ron, is an Associate Professor at George Fox University, teaching peace studies, conflict resolution, and law. Both Ron and Melanie attend Newberg Friends Church. Mock has two stepchildren, Melissa and Ryan. The Mocks have also adopted Benjamin Quan from Vietnam. Writing Peace orders:
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