Bio
Josh Hamm is an Instructor of English at the United States Air Force Academy. Hailing originally from southwest Ohio, he commissioned into the Air Force through Officer Training School in 2012. Having trained and worked in the Air Force as a Space Operations Officer since 2013, with various assignments at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado and Royal Air Force Menwith Hill, United Kingdom, Maj Hamm transitioned to the United States Space Force in 2020.
Education
BA (Philosophy), Miami University, Ohio, 2010
MSc (Epistemology, Ethics & Mind), University of Edinburgh, 2021
MA (English), University of Virginia, 2022
Professional Experience
Instructor, Department of English and Fine Arts, US Air Force Academy, Colorado (January 2023-present)
Executive Officer, Royal Air Force Menwith Hill, United Kingdom (2020-2021)
Flight Commander, Mission Support, Royal Air Force Menwith Hill, United Kingdom (2019-2020)
Mission Director, Royal Air Force Menwith Hill, United Kingdom (2018-2019)
Global Positioning System Staff & Senior Evaluator, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado (2016-2018)
Global Positioning System Staff Instructor & Course Manager, Schriever Air Force Base, CO (2014-2016)
Global Positioning System Payload System Operator, Schriever Air Force Base, CO (2013-2014)
Research and Scholarly Interests
Renaissance and early modern poetry and poetics
Early modern philosophy
History of theology and liturgy
The Bible as literature
Lyric theory
Publications
“Review: Reading Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls: Glossary and Commentary.” War, Literature and the Arts, vol. 36 (2024).
In-Progress
“Open the Bones”: Reflection and Revelation in George Herbert’s Sacramental Poetics