Dr. Chene Heady is Professor of English at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in British Literature and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, both from Ohio State University. 

He received his bachelor's degree from Madonna University (Religious Studies Major, English Minor, Class of 1994). 

His well-reviewed memoir Numbering My Days (Ignatius Press, 2016) was listed as  "recommended reading" by national Catholic publications including Our Sunday Visitor, Catholic Digest, and St. Anthony Messenger.

In March 2018, as a "featured author," Chene was the subject of five thirty-minute interviews with Johnette Benkovic on the international Catholic television network EWTN. 

His scholarly book, Worlds ofCommon Prayer: Liturgical Time and Poetic Re-enchantment, 1827-1935, appeared in June 2019 from Farleigh Dickinson University Press.