Chaplain at Cornell University

Dr. Eagleson is a chaplain to graduate students and faculty at Cornell University. This includes a role as Director of Graduate Student and Faculty Engagement at Chesterton House, a Christian Study center.

Photo Credit: Photo by Dave Burbank/Cornell University

American Scientific Affiliation

Dr. Eagleson is Director of Partnerships and Innovation for American Scientific Affiliation. Since 2016, she has led early-career programs to support the next generation of scientific leaders.

Leadership Organizer and Mentor

Dr. Eagleson leads the Innovation Circle for Christian Scholarship, a peer network for people who lead national-level and campus organizations focused on Christianity, scholarship, and the common good.

Photo Credit: Photo by Dave Burbank/Cornell University

Scholar’s Compass Booklet

Scholar’s Compass is a one-semester guidebook to connecting faith & work for grad students & faculty. Design by noted liturgical artist Ned Bustard.

Book: Science & Faith

How does science enhance faith? Is God relevant in an age of science? Science and Faith: Student Questions Explored provides Christian perspectives from a diverse group of scientists for the perfect conversation starter.

Speaker & Convenor

How can passion-filled Christians find their calling? As a speaker, storyteller, public scholar, and convenor, Dr. Eagleson helps communities worldwide explore their calling together. She has given talks at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, MIT, and Duquesne, as well as led regional and and national retreats.

Writing: Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction

How can enduring ideas sparkle and inspire? As a writer, Hannah Eagleson has explored this question through poetry, journalism, school textbooks, music lyrics, and children’s fiction.

Developmental Editing

As an editor, Dr. Eagleson helps authors shape their ideas into a coherent book that can effectively reach their audience.

Most recently, she edited Christianity in a Time of Climate Change: To Give a Future with Hope by Dr. Kristen Poole.

Textbooks & Study Guides

As an educational writer, Dr. Eagleson has published over 30 textbooks and teaching guides for public schools, home schools, and classical schools on topics including literature, writing, earth science, and geography.

Literary Scholarship

Dr. Eagleson has a PhD in Early Modern Literature from the University of Delaware and a Master’s degree from St. John’s College.

Her dissertation showed how poets John Donne and George Hebert imagined the body in the world across theological time.

CASBS @ Stanford

In 2022-2023, Dr. Eagleson was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. At CASBS, she launched research on best practices & scholarship for religious organizations thinking strategically on artificial intelligence, social sciences, & religion.

New College Berkeley

In 2022-2023 Dr. Eagleson was a visiting scholar with New College Berkeley. While at New College, Hannah co-organized events and a listening tour that connected churches and technology professionals with theology and scientific knowledge to navigate technologies including AI.

Emerging Scholars Network

From 2014 – 2023, Dr. Eagleson was staff at the Emerging Scholars Network, which supports thousands of students, postdocs, and faculty across the US to work out how their academic vocation serves God and others. Hannah served as Associate Director for five of those years.