Abram Van Engen is the Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities and Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a co-host of the popular podcast Poetry for All and author of Word Made Fresh: An Invitation to Poetry for the Church, which won the 2024 Culture, Poetry, and the Arts Book Award from Christianity Today.

Abram has taught poetry in churches and colleges for almost two decades and written on poetry in many different venues. His scholarly work entails research on religion and literature broadly, with a special focus on early America and Puritanism. He currently serves as the Director of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University.