Megan Fullerton Strollo
Assistant Professor of Biblical Languages
Email: megan.strollo@upsem.edu
Location: Richmond
Department: Bible
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Email: megan.strollo@upsem.edu
Location: Richmond
Department: Bible
Union Presbyterian Seminary, Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, Hebrew Bible
Union Presbyterian Seminary, M.Div.
Virginia Commonwealth University, B.A. in Music
Rev. Dr. Megan Fullerton Strollo is Assistant Professor of Biblical Languages, beginning in July 2020. She received both her Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy in biblical studies degrees from Union Presbyterian Seminary in 2012 and 2020, respectively. In 2012 she received the seminary’s Patrick D. Miller Award for Excellence in the Study of Scripture.
Her primary research interests include the Megilloth, post-exilic literature, Wisdom literature, biblical languages, biblical theology, women in the Bible, intertextuality in the Bible, and feminist biblical interpretation. She has published articles and reviews in peer-reviewed journals and is a contributor in Megilloth Studies: The Shape of Contemporary Scholarship (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2016).
As an ordained Baptist minister, Strollo has served in pastoral roles at various churches in Virginia and enjoys opportunities to bring her research interests to the church and other public forums. When she is not teaching, she enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and two daughters, and serving in her local community of Fredericksburg, VA.
Author, The Value of the Relationship: An Intertextual Reading of Song of Songs and Lamentations (Review and Expositor)
Author, Initiative and Agency: Towards a Theology of the Megilloth (Sheffield Phoenix Press)
