Rev. Dr. Zandra L. Jordan
Rev. Dr. Zandra L. Jordan is the Director of the Hume Center for Writing and Speaking at Stanford University. A trained rhetorician and ordained Baptist minister, she holds a B.A. in English from Spelman College, a M.A.T in English from Brown University, a MDiv with Certification in Black Church Studies from Emory University, and a PhD in English and Education from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining the Stanford community, Zandra was the founding director of the Center for Academic Literacy at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia and served as Minister of Adult Christian Education at Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta. She now serves on the teaching team at University AME Zion Church in Palo Alto where she also leads THRIVE Women’s Ministry and Higher Calling, a mid-week devotional. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Zandra started a weekly online Bible study that has attendees on the West and East Coasts. Zandra’s scholarly interests include womanist theology and writing/speaking pedagogies, racial justice in writing center administration, and Black women’s social justice sermons. She is a proud member of the San Francisco-Peninsula Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.