Email: [email protected]
First Year at Gordon-Conwell: 2019
Expertise: Administration, Education, and Leadership, and Formation
Biography:
Jana Holiday serves as Dean of Students at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. Jana served as Dean of Students and as Associate Dean of Students at Trinity International University/Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) from 2012-2019 in Deerfield, IL. She completed her doctorate in educational studies at TEDS, focusing on academic leadership in theological education. Her dissertation research was on administrative imagination, a capacity leaders can develop to see new ways to solve problems. She has an MA in Philosophy of Religion and another one in Christian Studies, also from TEDS. She spent 6 years as director of community life at Lakeview Covenant Church in Chicagoland.
Jana grew up in Maryland, the oldest of four kids, and was very involved in church and school activities while growing up. After an unexplained year as a nursing major in college (Jana eventually realized that dealing with bodily fluids was going to be a problem), she became a philosophy major. Jana served at Black Forest Academy in Germany, and later taught high school and college, solidifying her love of developing young people. Jana enjoys hiking, painting, reading, and hanging out with her nephews and niece. She is an Anglican, loves the church and finds working with its leaders to be a delightful calling. Jana adjuncts for Gordon-Conwell and her favorite thing to teach is whatever she happens to be presently thinking about—it could be “Administration for Ministry” or “Educational Ministry,” or something else related to learning and formation. Her book, “Taking Good Care: Administration as Christian Formation” is being released February 10, 2026 from Eerdmans.
Degrees
- PhD (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
- MA (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
- BA (Cedarville University)