Bio
I was born in Philadelphia and has lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois and North Carolina. Early interests in music, writing, religion and world building have evolved into career interests in rhetorical invention, especially religion, spirituality, music, and virtual worlds as forms of persuasion through world building. My research interests include Religion in American Public Discourse, Classical Theory, Narrative Theory and Interactionism, especially the theories of Kenneth Burke and Mikhail Bakhtin.
Education
Northwestern University Ph.D
Westminster Choir College