Wesley Garey

Assistant Professor
Norris Hall
P843-863-7554 / Ejgarey@csuniv.edu

CREDENTIALS

PhD, English Literature, Baylor University
BA, English & Philosophy, Covenant College

Dr. Wesley Garey is Visiting Assistant Professor at Charleston Southern University. He grew up in Atlanta, GA, and earned his Ph.D. from Baylor University. Here at CSU, he teaches medieval and Renaissance British literature, as well as introductory writing and literature courses. His research focuses on the connections between theology, rhetoric, and aesthetics in Renaissance poetry, and he is excited to help CSU’s students discover the truth, goodness, and beauty that can be found in great literature of the past and present.

When he’s not teaching, Garey enjoys exploring Charleston and the surrounding areas of South Carolina.

Your Purpose. Our Mission.

Many of my courses are the first English or literature classes a student might take at CSU, so I'm particularly excited about the opportunity to introduce students to great literature and writing as a way of thinking and making sense of the world around us. As we learn together, I go the extra mile in the classroom by emphasizing discussion and the value of all students’ voices as we seek truth together. Outside the classroom, I go the extra mile to support students through frequent communication and feedback. In particular, in all my writing classes, I make it a priority to have individualized meetings with all my students where we can talk through your papers together before they are due, helping me learn more about you and your learning needs, and helping you craft a finely polished paper before turning in final drafts. I’m always also happy to talk about any other questions you may have about literature, writing, life, or faith!

Dr. Wesley Garey

Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship in English, Baylor University, 2020-2021
Teaching Capstone in Higher Education (TeaCHE), Baylor University, April 2019
Baylor University Graduate School Fellowship, 2013-2018

Publications:

“Rewriting Epic and Redefining Glory in Lucy Hutchinson’s Order and Disorder.” Christianity and Literature, vol. 69, no. 3, 2020, pp. 399-417.

Selected Presentations

“ ‘Concealed in types and shadows’: Lucy Hutchinson, the Emblem-Book Tradition, and Early Modern Hermeneutics.” South-West Conference on Christianity and Literature, online, October 2021

“ ‘In every leaf, lectures of providence’: Lucy Hutchinson, Natural Theology, and the Emblem-Book Tradition.” South-Central Renaissance Conference, online, March 2021

“Rewriting Virgilian Prophecy in Early Modern Biblical Epic,” 2020 Texmoot, Houston Baptist University, February 2020

“ ‘These Rules Will Render Thee a King Complete’: Epideictic Rhetoric and Princely Education in Milton’s Paradise Regained,” South-Central Renaissance Conference, Texas Tech University, April 2019

“Transforming Lucretius in Lucy Hutchinson’s Order and Disorder,” 2019 Braniff Conference in the Liberal Arts, University of Dallas, February 2019

“Arranging Divine and Human Speech in Lucy Hutchinson’s Order and Disorder,” 2019 Texmoot, Baylor University, January 2019

“Saints’ Lives and Liturgical Instruction for the Laity in John Mirk’s Festial,” Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, Baylor University, October 2017

“ ‘The beste rym I can’: Authorship, Performance, and the Sociable Text in Chaucer’s Sir Thopas,” 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2016

“Geffrey among the Poets: Intertextuality and Authority in Chaucer’s House of Fame,” 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 2015

Milton Society of America
South-Central Renaissance Association
Conference on Christianity and Literature