Dr. Toby Coley
Associate Professor
College of Humanities and Sciences
tcoley@umhb.edu
Heard 114
鶹Ƶ Box 8008
(254) 295-4561
Toby F. Coley completed his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Writing from Bowling Green State University (OH) in 2011 and teaches courses in Rhetoric and Composition, British Literature, Religion and Literature, Advanced Composition, Advanced Rhetoric, and Creative Writing at 鶹Ƶ. He is editor of 鶹Ƶ's longstanding literary journal, The Windhover and directs our biennial Windhover Writers' Festival. He conducts research on C.S. Lewis, rhetoric, and writes fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His publications have been featured in VII: The Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center, Rhetoric Review, Computers and Composition, Computers & Composition Online, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, and Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal. His book, Teaching with Digital Media in Writing Studies: An Exploration of Responsibilities was published in the fall of 2011 (Peter Lang Press). His creative work has been featured in the venues such as the Oberon Poetry Magazine, Ekstasis, North American Anglican, The Windhover, Black & White, and more.
Subjects Taught
Advanced Composition; Advanced Rhetoric; Creative Writing (Prose & Poetry); Rhetoric and Composition; Religion and Literature; Principles of Literature; British Literature 1 and 2Degrees Earned
B.A., The College at Southeastern; M.A., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; Classes in theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary; working toward MFA at U of St. Thomas (Houston)Research Interests
- Creative Writing
Composition and Rhetoric - Ethics and Writing
- C.S. Lewis
- Religion and Literature
Recent Publications
- “Just Out of Reach (fireflies)” (poem). Oberon Poetry Magazine. 2025.
“A Diagram of Love himself: Reading C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves as Spiritual Practice.”
VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center (forthcoming 2024)
“Gods-eye view” (poem). Ekstasis. Autumn, 2024.
“Transposing Deity.” (poem). North American Anglican. Dec. 1, 2023. https://
northamanglican.com/transposing-deity/
“Sacramental Ontology in That Hideous Strength.” VII: Journal of the Marion E. Wade Center (2020): 13-32. - “[Enlightened saints they call them]” (poetry). The Windhover. 22.1 (2018): 55.
- Never Stop Learning. 鶹Ƶ Blog Post. Jan.19, 2017
- Review. Kyoko Yuasa, C. S. Lewis and Christian Postmodernism: Word, Image, and Beyond. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-4982-1938-9. Pp. 197. $20.80 Christianity and Literature. 66.3 (June 2017).
- Review. Kilby, Clyde S. A Well of Wonder: Essays on C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings. Paraclete Press, 2016. The Cresset: A review of Literature, the Arts, and Public Affairs LXXX.3 (Lent 2017).
- "'The Weight of Glory': C.S. Lewis' Most Pathetic Sermon." Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal 9, 2015. 89-117.
- Review. The C.S. Lewis Phenomenon: Christianity and the Public Sphere. By Samuel Joeckel. Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-88146-437-5. Pp. 403. $30.00. Christianity and Literature 63.3 (Spring 2014).