Contact & Bios

Email: lfrenz03@gmail.com

Biographies:

Lisa:

Lisa Frenz has a BA in Voice Performance from the Conservatory of Music, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. She never thought to end up as choir director/music director at a church, but she did that for over 30 years. In the process she also wrote a few songs for her choir and as solo or congregational pieces. While she has performed in musicals and operettas her favorite musical form is song: jazz, blues, folk, pop, as well as classical and even occasionally, rock. During the week, she works at Lewis & Clark Law School in their Text & Image Production Services department, supporting staff and faculty with graphic design, word processing, data base management, etc.Lisa also started writing litanies, prayers and liturgies in the 1980's. She actually was the first outside writer for Creative Communications for the Parish. She published with them for almost ten years and continues to write, looking for new and unique ways to express her faith in a community setting.

Annal:

Annal Frenz serves as the Assistant Director of the Honors College, and she is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Chicago. She brings a diverse background to the College from both the academic and non-academic worlds. After completing her B.S. in History at Portland State University, Annal worked for some years in international business. She returned to academia when she entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, where she also taught writing and worked as an Assistant Director of the Writing Program.Annal comes to Boise State from Pacific Lutheran University where she was a visiting professor in the Department of Religion, teaching a variety of courses on religions of the ancient Mediterranean including early Christianity, Greek and Roman polytheism, and Zoroastrianism. Prior to PLU, she also taught courses at the University of Chicago in the First Year Humanities Core that ranged from ancient Greek thought to modern cultural studies. She is currently completing her Ph.D. dissertation, Construing Virginity: Greco-Roman Ideologies of a Sexual Boundary.