Leadership

Dr. April Hoelke Simpson

Director of Faithways Academy

I am Assistant Professor of Religion at Georgetown College, where I teach New Testament and other topics such as women in Christianity, ancient religions, and Greek. After earning my bachelor’s degree from Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina, I earned master’s degrees from Gardner-Webb and its School of Divinity, then received my doctorate from SMU in Dallas, TX. In addition to North Carolina and Texas, I have also lived in Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and now Kentucky.

Dr. Michelle Johnson

Faithways Consultant and Summer Elective Instructor

Michelle Johnson is a philosophy professor at Georgetown College. She teaches and researches on ethics, philosophy of education, environmental ethics, and philosophy of play. She is the author the blog Love is Stronger and the books Argument Builder, Discovery of Deduction, (co-author) and Everyday Debate. Before returning to graduate school, she was a middle and high school humanities teacher for over a decade. She earned her PhD in philosophy at the University of Kentucky and wrote her dissertation on education and the good society. In her free time, she enjoys walking, hiking, writing, and gardening.