Molly Swick

Visiting Assistant Professor of Public Health

• Email: mollyswick@augustana.edu
• Office: Lindberg 215

Raised on the shores of sunny California and the Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, Dr. Molly A. Swick brings a unique perspective to education. The title of her dissertation is Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of Hope: An Autoethnography in a Social Justice Classroom. She is an outdoor enthusiast committed to social, environmental and economic justice. In past faculty positions, Dr. Swick taught graduate and undergraduate courses in educational philosophy and foundations, critical pedagogy, health and wellness, public health, health promotion, Lifeguarding, CPR, Responding to Emergencies, water safety, and outdoor education. In addition to teaching doctoral courses on adult learning, Dr. Swick taught health education courses for the K-12 teaching licensure program at Aurora University. Her core commitment is excellence in teaching, and she is thrilled to be joining the Augie community. In her free time, Dr. Swick enjoys hiking with her dog LuLu, kayaking, rafting, canoeing, X-country skiing, mountain biking, and horseback riding.