By way of introduction, I am an adjunct professor at Moraine Valley Community College since 2004 where I teach philosophy, world religions, and western humanities. I have also taught at St. Francis, DeVry, and Purdue North Central.

I have received my bachelors in philosophy from Muskingum College, a masters in history and theology from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and a doctorate in organizational psychology from McCormick Theological Seminary. In addition, I have done post-graduate studies in medical ethics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. I am a licensed marriage and family therapist and have written a human-interest column for over a dozen years for a paper in Dixon, IL. Teaching and writing assignments have permitted me to travel extensively throughout all of Western and parts of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, Indochina, and South Pacific. I have taught a class for St. Francis in Tibet and China.  I took my third trip to Myanmar (Burma) during winter break this past year.