JOSH A. MAYO
 
Website: https://joshamayo.com
Email: JAMayo@gcc.edu
 
EDUCATION
  • Ph.D., University of Dallas (2017)
  • M.A., University of Dallas (2014)
  • M.A., University of Mississippi (2012)
  • B.A., Grove City College (2010)
 
TEACHING
 
I am currently assistant professor and chair-elect of English at Grove City College and also serve as a faculty member of the Writing Program. Outside the classroom, I am faculty advisor for The Quad Literary Magazine and co-advisor for the Lux Mea Society.
 
AREAS OF INTEREST
 
  • Poetic knowledge & Christian faith
  • Traditions of liberal education
  • British literature
 
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
 
  • The Society for Classical Learning (2018-present)
 
BOOKS
 
  • Good in Every Thing: A Guide to Virtue in Shakespeare, The Circe Institute (forthcoming)
 
ARTICLES
 
  • “Briefly Noted: Death Be Not Proud” First Things (March 2019)
 
  • “The Best College for You?” Salvo 44 (Spring 2018)
 
  • “Soul Comforter: On Emily Dickinson & the Source of Our Hope” Touchstone (July/August 2017)
 
  • “God’s Gift of Metaphor: On George MacDonald & the Christian Imagination” Touchstone (July/August 2016)
 
ONLINE WRITING
 
  • My articles at First Things: https://www.firstthings.com/author/joshua-mayo
 
  • My work at The Circe Institute: https://www.circeinstitute.org/blog/author/2184
 
INVITED LECTURES
 
  • “The Humanities are for Humans,” lecture for SGA EdTalks, Grove City College, November 13th, 2019.
 
  • “Classical Education & the Gospel of Christ,” lecture for the Evening of Thanksgiving, Providence Christian Academy (Schererville, IN), November 7th, 2019.
 
  • “How Good Books Help You Fight the Devil: Acedia, Hope & the Quest for Mentorship,” lecture for Men of Hope, Grove City College, May 7th, 2019
 
  • “How to Enjoy Shakespeare,” lecture for Trustee Scholars, Grove City College, February 2nd, 2019
 
  • “Education as Preparation for Glory,” lecture for faculty orientation, Coram Deo Academy (Dallas, TX), August 3rd, 2018.
 
  • “For Its Own Sake: Recovering the Heart of Learning with A.G. Sertillanges,” lecture for the Lux Mea Society, April 5th, 2018.
 
  • “For Glory & for Beauty: The Role of Splendor in the Christian Life,” lecture for the Annual Arts Festival, Grove City College, March 16th, 2018.
 
OTHER TALKS
 
  • “Do We Have a Common Conscience?—Three Views in Emerson, Durkheim and Chesterton,” lecture at the Institute for Faith & Freedom Conference, Grove City College, April 5th, 2019
 
  • “On the Limits of Politics and Poetry in The Tempest,” paper presentation at the 3rd Biennial Shakespeare Conference, University of Dallas, October 6th, 2018.
 
  • “The Militarist & the Pacifist: G.K. Chesterton, WWI & the Idea of a Just War,” lecture at the Center for Vision & Values Conference, Grove City College, April 13th, 2018.
 
  • “Providence & Tense in Paradise Lost, Book III,” paper presentation at the Conference on Christianity & Literature, John Brown University, November 14th, 2014.
 
  • “Time as Distension: Augustine, Plotinus & T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets,” paper presentation at the IPS Fall Colloquium, University of Dallas, October 13th, 2013.
 
  • “George Herbert’s “Paradise”: A Reformed Emblem,” paper presentation at the George Herbert Society Conference, Grove City College, April 5th, 2013.