Dr. Jennifer Overkamp
A professional writer, teacher, and mentor with 20+ years experience in communications, including PR, journalism, marketing, development, scholarly publications, and technical writing. Dr. Jennifer Overkamp is also an author, artist, sewer, and gardener.
As a Professor of English at St. Gregory the Great Seminary in Seward for 11 years, Dr. Overkamp was an instructor, tutor and mentor for many priests. She is a graduate of Lincoln’s Pius X High School and Nebraska Wesleyan University, and UNL where she received her PhD in English in 2008. She and Robert, her husband of 25 years, are members of St. Teresa parish in Lincoln.
Events with Dr. Jennifer Overkamp
Christianity and CreativityApril 17 - 19, 2026
Christianity & Creativity April 17-19, 2026 with Dr. Jennifer Overkamp A working retreat for Artists, Writers, and Crafters The retreat will begin on Friday with an 8pm Rosary and Mass. The retreat will conclude Sunday with Mass and noon lunch. God is the first Creator, the divine Artist who spoke beauty into existence and fashioned humanity in His own image—making each of us participants in the ongoing work of creation. This unique working creative retreat invites authors and artists, scrapbookers and crafters, sewers and all creative souls to explore the profound connection between faith and artistic expression. Dr. Jennifer Overkamp…