Daniel Strait
Professor
Dr. Daniel Strait is a professor of English at Asbury College. In addition to teaching courses in the College’s general education program, in both literature and in composition, he teaches courses in British literature. His primary duties include teaching British Literary Traditions, Shakespeare, Milton, and other upper division courses in the program. Dr. Strait earned his B.A. in English from Houghton College (Houghton, NY), a M.A. in English from Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida), and a Ph.D in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (PA).
Dr. Strait’s research interests include exploring the intersections of literature, philosophy, and religion, especially in Shakespearean drama and Renaissance literature in general. In 2005, Dr. Strait was invited to the University of Notre Dame to participate in a NEH Summer Seminar entitled "Religious Experience and English Poetry, 1633-1985." He recently presented a paper on "counterexperience" in the poetry of George Herbert at the 2007 Pacific Northwest Renaissance Society meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Strait has also presented papers and published articles on George Herbert, Emily Dickinson, G. K. Chesterton, and George Bernard Shaw. He also serves as an editorial board member of The Chesterton Review, a quarterly journal of religion, literature, and culture, published by Seton Hall University.
Dr. Strait has been married for 19 years. He and his wife have two children and live in Wilmore, Kentucky.
