Matthew Farrelly is the founder of Pegasus Education. He is an educator who has been teaching and developing curriculum for late grammar, middle, and high school students in the K-12 Classical Christian tradition for nearly a decade. You will find his CV and other media at his LinkedIn profile below. Before teaching, Matthew acquired his M.A. from Wheaton College Graduate School (Illinois) in Biblical Exegesis - a program focused on original-language research and interpretation of biblical literature. Before that, he received his B.A. in Christian Thought - an interdisciplinary Liberal Arts, biblical literature, and religious studies program - from Grove City College (Pennsylvania).
Currently, Matthew is a PhD student in the Educational Policies Studies program (concentration: History and Humanities) at Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison (2018-2024). His goal is to explore how ancient philosophies of education and their views of what it means to be human are relevant for educators today. When not meeting with students, Matthew is researching, writing, and presenting at academic conferences. Some recent papers he has presented and/or will present include:
Matthew is also a founding executive committee member of The Philosophy of Education Society of North America (PESNA). You can find out more about its vision, values, and annual conference in the Chicago-land area at pesnorthamerica.org. You can access Matthew’s current CV here.
Currently, Matthew is a PhD student in the Educational Policies Studies program (concentration: History and Humanities) at Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison (2018-2024). His goal is to explore how ancient philosophies of education and their views of what it means to be human are relevant for educators today. When not meeting with students, Matthew is researching, writing, and presenting at academic conferences. Some recent papers he has presented and/or will present include:
- “The Poetry of Moral Perception in Plato, Dewey, and Wordsworth”: forthcoming paper presentation at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues conference, “Educating Character through the Arts”; July 19-21, 2018 at The University of Birmingham, UK.
- “The Significance of Myth for Environmental Education”: forthcoming paper presentation at the annual conference of The Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), March 23-25, 2018, UK.
- “Intellectual Hospitality for Civil Conversations and Democratic Flourishing” — Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society (OVPES), 2017.
- “Educating for Ecological Wisdom: A Hebraic and Hellenic Synthesis”, OVPES, 2016
- “ ‘Sweetness and Light’: Hellenic and Hebraic Wisdom in Dialogue”, Jubilee Centre For Character and Virtues, UK. You may access the paper draft and poster here and here, respectively.
Matthew is also a founding executive committee member of The Philosophy of Education Society of North America (PESNA). You can find out more about its vision, values, and annual conference in the Chicago-land area at pesnorthamerica.org. You can access Matthew’s current CV here.
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