From Beowulf to Eavan Boland, Shakespeare to Tom Stoppard, many works of British, American, and European literature have found their way on to my syllabi and into discussion with my students. I’ve taught a wide range of courses in literature and related subjects. You can hire me to teach an existing course at your institution, design a new one, or give a lecture. I’m also available to mentor those entering the teaching field.

Here are some of the courses for which I’ve served as a Precepting Professor at the graduate level:

  • The Return of King Arthur
  • The Inklings and King Arthur
  • Tolkien’s Wars and Middle-earth
  • Beowulf Through Tolkien
  • Lewis and Tolkien

Then here is a list of adult continuing education courses I’ve had the pleasure of leading:

  • An Introduction to The Oddest Inkling (Charles Williams)
  • Creative Writing: Poetic Meter
  • Poetry in Tolkien’s Time
  • Literature and Mental Health
  • Here Be Dragons
  • Creative Writing: Poetry in Forms
  • Till We Have Faces: Lewis’s Finest Work
  • Tolkien & Magic
  • Tolkien’s Ents and the Environment

And now here’s what I’ve taught to undergraduates:

  • College Writing
  • Thinking and Writing—Theme: “Vocation”
  • Thinking, Writing, and Research—Theme: “What Does It Mean to Be Human?”
  • British Literature—Themes: “Political Leadership” and “Creation Care”
  • Fantasy and Science Fiction of C. S. Lewis
  • Creative Writing
  • Introduction to Poetry
  • College English II
  • College English I
  • Fundamentals of Writing
  • Writing in the Humanities
  • Rhetoric and Composition
  • Writing for Publication
  • Christian Classics and Composition

I’ve given guest lectures on literary topics:

  • “Charles Williams’s Plays”
  • “Choreographing the Archetypes: Charles Williams & the Tarot”
  • “Charles Williams’s Hermetic Foundations”
  • “Charles Williams’s Arthuriad: An Introduction”
  • “Tracing Themes in Taliessin Through Logres”
  • “The Inklings and Literary Criticism”
  • “Overview of Critical Theory”
  • “Little Loosed Dragons: Intertextuality in Beowulf and the Inklings”
  • “Heraldry of Heaven: The Development of Sehnsucht in the Writings of C.S. Lewis”

I’ve also had the honor of mentoring individual students in specific capstone projects:

  • Katherine E. Forster, Patrick Henry College: Directed Writing Project in Poetry.
  • Jacob R. Schreiner, Signum University: Thesis Second Reader. Sub-Creation Through Speech-Acts in Tolkien’s Legendarium.
  • Mark Lachniet, Signum University: Thesis Second Reader. Hacker Qua Magician in Cybermancer Fiction.
  • Gwen Grant, Signum University: Thesis Director. Charles Williams’s Magical Language.

Here are the colleges and universities where I have taught:

  • Hartwick College, Oneonta NY
  • Signum University, online
  • Baylor University, Waco TX
  • The King’s College, New York NY
  • Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville PA
  • Penn State Lehigh Valley, Center Valley PA
  • The Berkshire Institute for Christian Studies, Lenox MA

Contact me for a consultation about how I can serve your needs with my teaching experience!