JOSH A. MAYO
Website: https://joshamayo.com
Email: JAMayo@gcc.edu
EDUCATION
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
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
BOOKS
ARTICLES
ONLINE WRITING
INVITED LECTURES
OTHER TALKS
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.