Education

• Ph.D. Ohio State University
• M.A. Ohio State University
• M.S. Ohio State University
• B.S. University of Cincinnati

Experience

• Palm Beach Atlantic College (1994-2000) 
• Malone University (2000-present)

Recent Scholarly Work

• Article: "Faith Integration and the Irreducible Metaphors of Disciplinary Discourse" Christian Scholars Review Fall 2009.
• Poems: "The First Dark Feeder Band," and "Forty," both in Ohio Teachers Write, Spring 2009.
• Book Review of A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian D. McLaren, reviewed in The Chesterton Review, Spring/Summer 2008.

Teaching Assignments

• Foundations of American Literature
• Modern Literary Theory
• Literature in Society
• English Composition
• World Literature
• World Cinema
• Faith in the World Seminar
• Topics courses

Biography

I'm married to Ginny, a nurse, and we have three children.  I belong to Akron Christian Reformed Church, I grow vegetables, and I play Bocce and the Mountain Dulcimer.