About the person this website is about
Since these biographic sketches feel so artificial and awkward anyway, I'll do my best to keep this one short and I will begin in the middle of things...
While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at the University of Utah, I worked at Hansen Planetarium as a guide, instructor, and star-theater lecturer for several years before leaving the state to play lead guitar for the progressive rock band 23rd Hour. After brief sojourns in New Mexico and North Carolina, I decided that such was not the life for me, and I returned to school and the wilds of Utah to complete a masters degree in Philosophy (focus on Environmental Philosophy). I then worked for three years in the non-profit environmental field as assistant ecological restoration coordinator for TreeUtah. I ultimately decided to further my education by completing an M.A. and PhD in English (British and American Literature), with a focus on the intersections between nature and virtuality in narrative. I now work as Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of English at the University of Utah, where I enjoy teaching courses in nature and virtuality, critical theory, an online introduction to literature, and Intellectual Traditions courses for the Honors College. In what spare time I can find, I design Euro-style strategy games (internationally published and distributed) which are (so far) themed on trolls and The Canterbury Tales.
To stay sane in an ecologically and politically dismaying reality, I have convinced myself that teaching and designing board games and walking my friend's dog actually do matter.
I live in Salt Lake City with my wife (singular) and cats (plural) plus one canine godchild. My favorite novel is Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart, with David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas and Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves running a close second and third, respectively. My favorite writers at the moment are China Mieville, Paolo Bacigalupi, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Robert Holdstock, and John Crowley.
You can contact me here.
While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy at the University of Utah, I worked at Hansen Planetarium as a guide, instructor, and star-theater lecturer for several years before leaving the state to play lead guitar for the progressive rock band 23rd Hour. After brief sojourns in New Mexico and North Carolina, I decided that such was not the life for me, and I returned to school and the wilds of Utah to complete a masters degree in Philosophy (focus on Environmental Philosophy). I then worked for three years in the non-profit environmental field as assistant ecological restoration coordinator for TreeUtah. I ultimately decided to further my education by completing an M.A. and PhD in English (British and American Literature), with a focus on the intersections between nature and virtuality in narrative. I now work as Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in the Department of English at the University of Utah, where I enjoy teaching courses in nature and virtuality, critical theory, an online introduction to literature, and Intellectual Traditions courses for the Honors College. In what spare time I can find, I design Euro-style strategy games (internationally published and distributed) which are (so far) themed on trolls and The Canterbury Tales.
To stay sane in an ecologically and politically dismaying reality, I have convinced myself that teaching and designing board games and walking my friend's dog actually do matter.
I live in Salt Lake City with my wife (singular) and cats (plural) plus one canine godchild. My favorite novel is Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart, with David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas and Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves running a close second and third, respectively. My favorite writers at the moment are China Mieville, Paolo Bacigalupi, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Robert Holdstock, and John Crowley.
You can contact me here.
