Kevin Gary spent ten years as a high school teacher before becoming a college professor. As a teacher of future teachers, he understands the challenges educators face. He draws from the works of classical and contemporary thinkers for wisdom that applies today.

His book Why Boredom Matters (Cambridge, 2022) takes on one of the biggest adversaries of learning and human flourishing, whether in the classroom or outside of it. Kevin currently teaches Classical Education at Hillsdale College. Prior to Hillsdale he taught at Valparaiso University, where he has taught classes in education, theology, the freshman core program, and in Christ College Honors College. Kevin is a founding member of NAAPE, the North American Association for Philosophy of Education. He has been a fellow at the Yale for Faith and Culture and is a regular participant at the Jubilee Conference at Oxford University. He has a Ph.D. in cultural and educational policy studies from Loyola University Chicago, as well as an M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction from Loyola and an M.A. in systematic theology from the University of Notre Dame. He enjoys speaking to groups of all ages and stages of life.