Griesinger, professor in the Department of English specializes in religion and literature. She has written articles and essays for Christianity and Literature, Christian Scholar’s Review, Books & Culture, and Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, and has co-edited a collection of critical essays titled The Gift of Story: Narrating Hope in a Postmodern World (Baylor University Press, 2006). Her expertise in spiritual autobiography and memoir positions her well as a Lilly board member, contributing to the processes and policies that support scholars seeking meaningful vocation through Christian higher education.