Curriculum Vitae
Nathan P. Gilmour
Professor of English, Emmanuel College
205 Warrior Trail ngilmour@gmail.com
Statham, GA 30666 (706) 254-9003
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, English, University of Georgia (Athens, GA, 2005-2012)
Dissertation: Ethical Succession: Theological Movement in English Renaissance Literature
Director Fran Teague
Defended February 2012
Certificate for Teaching Portfolio
Master of Arts, English, University of Georgia (Athens, GA, 2002-04)
Thesis: Theological Dramatics: Two Case Studies
Master of Arts in Religion, Emmanuel School of Religion (Johnson City, TN, 1999-2002)
Concentration: Old Testament
Thesis: Visionary Imagination
Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Milligan College (Milligan College, TN, 1995-99)
English and Humanities majors, Bible minor
Teaching Positions
Emmanuel College Franklin Springs, GA
2009-present
Professor of English and Director of Composition Culture
University of Georgia Athens, GA
2003-04 and 2005-2009
Teacher of Record, Teaching Assistant rank, English Department
Emmanuel College Franklin Springs, GA
Spring 2005
Adjunct Instructor, English and Communications Departments
Milligan College Milligan College, TN
2000-01
Adjunct Instructor, Humanities Department
Teaching and Research Interests
Rhetoric and Composition, English Renaissance Literature, Medieval English Literature, Philosophy and Literature, Theology and Literature, Biblical Studies, Theology
Publications
“Confessions and Obfuscations: Just War and Henry V.” Renaissance Papers 66 (2020), pp. 13-22
“The Body of Sextus in Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece.” In Critical Approaches to Literature: Feminist. Ipswich, MA: Grey House Publishing, 2018, pp. 75-97.
“Satan’s Unclear Origin.” Critical Insights: Rebellion. Ipswich, MA: Grey House Publishing, 2017, pp. 112-125.
“Does Forgiveness Just Happen?: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lewis’ ‘Last Step.’” In Science Fiction and The Abolition of Man. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock. 2017, pp. 294-306.
“The Genealogy of the Stoop Kid.” In The Wire in the College Classroom: Pedagogical Approaches in the Humanities. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Books. 2015.
Ethical Succession: Theological Movement in English Renaissance Literature. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013.
Review of Good News for Anxious Christians: 10 Practical Things You Don’t Have to Do by Phillip Cary. Imaginatio et Ratio: A Journal of Theology and the Arts 1.1 (2012).
“Dante and Desire, or What an Evangelical Youth Group Kid Stands to Learn from a Walk through Purgatory.” Essay in Faith in Writing: Essays in Honor of Jack Knowles. Xlibris Corporation, 2012.
Theological Dramatics: Two Christological Case Studies. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.
“Suspicion and Sisterhood.” Essay in Out of the Ooze: Love Letters to the Church. Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2007.
Composition Culture
As director of Emmanuel College’s Composition Culture program, I directed the school’s SACS QEP from 2009-2012, securing approval for the program without further monitoring upon first submission and passing SACS’s five-year review process. As the program continues, I train new faculty at Emmanuel College in the principles and practices of Writing in the Disciplines and provide workshop sessions exploring broader faith-and-learning questions.
Recent Courses Taught
Composition and Rhetoric
EN 101 Freshman Composition I
Emmanuel College, Fall 2009 and 2015 and 2022, Spring 2022
EN 370 Advanced Composition
Emmanuel College, Spring 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022
EN 101I Intensive Freshman Composition I
Emmanuel College, Fall 2018-2021
EN 101H Honors Freshman Composition I
Emmanuel College, Fall 2010-2016
EN 102H Honors Freshman Composition II
Emmanuel College, Spring 2011-2017
EN 102 Freshman Composition II
Emmanuel College, Fall 2015 and 2017; Spring 2010, 2013-18
ENGL 1101 Introduction to Composition, Special Topics: The Enlightenment
UGA, Spring 2009
Literature
EN 490 Shakespeare
Emmanuel College, Fall 2018, 2020, 2022
EN 205 Introduction to Literature, Ancient and Medieval
Emmanuel College, Fall 2014-22, Winters 2016-2021, Summer 2018
EN 206 Introduction to Literature, Renaissance and Enlightenment
Emmanuel College, Spring 2018, 2020, 2022
EN 210 Literary Publication Workshop
Emmanuel College, Fall 2012-Fall 2020
EN 403 European Literature
Emmanuel College, Fall 2014 and 2016
OE 352 Old English Poetry and Scholarship (taught in the original)
Emmanuel College, Spring 2014, 2016
OE 351 Old English Prose and Verse (taught in the original)
Emmanuel College, Fall 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019
EN 447 and 448 Western Authors I and II (European literature)
Emmanuel College, Fall 2011 to Spring 2014
Theology, Philosophy, and Interdisciplinary Courses
PH 200 Introduction to Philosophy
Emmanuel College, Summer 2014-16, Winter 2016-17, Fall 2021-22
SS 400 Professions, Vocations, Missions (Capstone theology seminar)
Emmanuel College, Spring 2010-2022, Summer 2017-21 (online), Winter 2017 (online), Fall 2021-22
HU 230 Religion and Philosophy
Emmanuel College, Summer 2013, 2016-22 (online)
RN 201 World Religions
Emmanuel College, Summer 2021-22 (online)
VI 400 Professions, Virtuosi, Missions (Capstone theology seminar)
Emmanuel College, Fall 2020-21
VI 110 Virtuosi I (Interdisciplinary Honors Curriculum)
Emmanuel College, Fall 2018
HS 400 Honors Professions, Vocations, Missions (Capstone theology seminar)
Emmanuel College, Fall 2013-18
Medieval Language
OE 251 Old English Grammar
Emmanuel College, Spring 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021
Conference Presentations and Workshops
“The Questions We Carry.” Workshop led at Theology Beer Camp, Asheville, NC, 2018.
“Literary Interpretation as Discipleship.” Paper presented at Culture, Criticism, and the Christian Mind Conference, Sioux Center, IA, 2017.
“Confession and Obfuscation: Just War Teaching in Shakespeare’s Henry V.” Paper presented at Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Columbia, SC, 2017.
“Process Theology and Public Bible Reading.” Interview with John Cobb at Theology Beer Camp, Redondo Beach, CA, 2017.
“’Where Do I Sign?’: Seymour’s Missing Aria and its Marlovian Echoes in Little Shop of Horrors.” Paper presented at SAMLA Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2011.
“The Dangerous Digital Lives of Post-Evangelicals.” Paper presented at Evangelicalism: Then and Now Conference, Toccoa, GA, 2009.
“Of Devils and Mirrors: Michael Radford’s Merchant of Venice.” Paper presented at Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2006.
“Ezekiel’s Temple Visions as Survival Literature.” Paper presented at American Comparative Literature Association National Conference, San Diego, CA, 2003.
Academic Service
Composition Culture Director, Emmanuel College, 2009-Present
Coordinator, Faculty Reading Group, Emmanuel College, 2016-present
Co-Chair, Honors Committee, Emmanuel College, 2016-Present (Committee Member 2013-14, 2015-Present)
Faculty Sponsor, Emmanuel College Christian Humanists, 2013-2020
Promotion Committee, Emmanuel College, 2017-19
Faculty Senate Secretary, Emmanuel College, 2016-2018
SACS Subcommittee for QEP, Emmanuel College, 2013-2015
Paper Presentation Judge, Emmanuel Research and Capstone Symposium, 2015-2016
Faculty Senate, Emmanuel College, 2011-2014
QEP Director (Composition Culture), Emmanuel College, 2009-2012
Intellectual Podcasting
Since 2009 I have served as webmaster, writer, and podcast host for the Christian Humanist, an online project bringing high-level Christian-intellectual conversation to the listening and reading public free of charge. Our listener base is small (roughly 3000) but dedicated, and our offerings include the following podcasts and blog:
- Before They Were Live, 2017-present (A theological look at the feature-length animated films of Disney Studios)
- The City of Man Podcast, 2016-present (Politics and faith)
- The Pietist Schoolman Podcast, 2015-2017 (Faith and academics)
- The Sectarian Review, 2015-present (Cultural criticism and Christian confession)
- Book of Nature, 2014-present (Science, Mathematics, and Faith podcast)
- Christian Humanist Profiles, 2013-present (Interview program)
- Christian Feminist Podcast, 2013-present (Gender, Culture and Faith podcast)
- www.christianhumanist.org (Blog and podcast clearinghouse), 2010-present
- The Christian Humanist Podcast, 2009-present (Humanities and Faith podcast)
I serve as one of the hosts of The Christian Humanist Podcast and Christian Humanist Profiles, and I have done guest spots on a number of the other shows on our network and off, including The Partially Examined Life (a philosophy podcast) and Homebrewed Christianity (the Internet’s most-downloaded theology podcast). I also maintain the website and distribute episode files to subscribers for the other shows within the project.
Church and Community Service
Elder, Pulpit Service, and adult Sunday School teacher, Bogart Christian Church, 2015-present
Board Member, Coach, and Assistant Coach, Statham Little League Baseball, 2014-2017
Preacher, Webmaster, Deacon, Adult Sunday School Teacher, Teen Bible Study Teacher, Athens Christian Church, October 2007-2015
Educational Minister and Interim Choir Director, Bogart Christian Church, January-August 2007
Deacon, Adult Sunday School Teacher, Pulpit Service, Adult Bible Study Teacher, Bogart Christian Church, 2003-07
Adult Sunday School Teacher, Galilee Christian Church, Jefferson, GA, 2002-03
Assistant Preacher, West Main Street Christian Church, Johnson City, TN, 2000-02
Teen Sunday School Teacher, Pulpit Service, Youth Group Sponsor, West Main Street Christian Church, 1995-2002
Awards and Honors
Lee H. and Lucille Firebaugh Memorial Faculty Award, Emmanuel College, 2012
University of Georgia English Department Outstanding TA Award, 2009
Member, Theta Phi Theological Studies Honor Society, 2002-present
American Bible Society Academics and Ministry Award, 2001
Research Assistantship, Emmanuel School of Religion, 2000-02
English Department Award, Milligan College, 1999
Humanities Department Award, Milligan College, 1997
Languages
Old English, Koine Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Latin, Modern Spanish