Fr. Jayme Stayer, S.J.
Professor, Department of English
Currently Associate Professor of English, Jayme Stayer is interested in the intersections of literature, poetry, music, theology, and rhetoric. In addition to articles on these subjects, Dr. Stayer is the co-editor, with Ronald Schuchard and Iman Javadi, of Volume 5 (1934-1939) of (Johns Hopkins, 2017), winner of the Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition. His most recent book is (Johns Hopkins 2021); other books include , co-authored with John Mauk and Karen Mauk; and (editor). He is currently working on a book on T. S. Eliot and religion for Penn State University Press’s series. He is a past president of the . A professional singer, he has performed with the choruses of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, and the Cleveland Orchestra. He joined the Jesuits in 2003 and was ordained a priest in 2013.