Classical Conversations
Jessica Mesmer Magnus is an accomplished academic and practitioner with extensive experience in management, human resources, and research. Currently serving as Senior Faculty Contributor and Facilitator at the Swain Center for Executive Education since January 2017, Jessica also holds the position of Professor and Chair of the Department of Management at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where tenure spans from 2005 to present. Additional roles include Senior Faculty Investigator at the US Army Research Institute Consortium of Universities and a Support Representative for Classical Conversations. Jessica's research credentials are highlighted by the role of Co-Principal Investigator for a NASA-funded project focused on team cognition and task management, emphasizing a strong commitment to innovative education and applied psychology. Academic qualifications comprise a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Florida International University, an MS in Applied Psychology from Christopher Newport University, and a BS in Psychology from the University of Florida, supplemented by certifications in human resources and mindfulness, SEL, and yoga.
Classical Conversations
Classical Conversations is a home-centered educational community that equips parents to provide their children with timeless tools of learning so they can discover nature’s order and beauty and enable others to do the same. The curriculum offers a Christ-centered worldview, while honing students’ academic and classical skills of recitation, logical thinking, and rhetoric. Classical Conversations families gain a supportive and committed community that equips and guides parents and motivates students to become life-long learners. Classical Conversations equips parents to educate their children using timeless tools of learning within the current culture. Classical Conversations inspires students to know God and make Him known by cultivating the joy of learning innate in every child. Classical Conversations provides a community-based curriculum that gives families the real-time support and accountability they need to succeed.