Aaron Housholder

Professor of English

I Serve in...

English & Modern Languages Department

Education

• PhD, Literature, Ball State University
• MA, Creative Writing (Fiction), Ball State University
• MA, Literature, Ball State University
• BA, English, Anderson University

Career Accomplishments

• More than 20 years of college-level teaching
• More than 50 creative writing publications
• Presentations at 4 international conferences
• Faculty advisor for 14 editions of Parnassus (Taylor University's journal of creative writing and art)
• Fiction Editor for Relief Journal
• Co-leader for 4 Literary London trips
• Granted tenure at Taylor University in 2013
• Promoted to Full Professor in 2018

About

We have here what is for me a perfect combination of opportunities: to study at a high level of academic expectation, to proclaim a relationship with Christ, and to get to know our students well as individuals and to invest in their lives. I need all three components to be the professor and the human being I’m wired to be. I love the challenge of our classes here, the freedom we have to discuss spiritual concerns, and the degree to which my life is enriched by the relationships I build with my students. This is a great place to teach and learn.

Outside of work, I enjoy hanging out with my wife, Sua, and kids, Scottie and Alvia. I also enjoy reading, cooking, carpentry, golf, and watching the Reds play baseball. A little known fact about me is that I shave my head as a penance for the mullet I had in high school. This may or may not be true.