Hello! Welcome to my faculty page. Here's just a little bit of information about myself. I have been teaching humanities since 1997 and at SPC (Tarpon campus) since 2009. My undergraduate degree and master's degree are in English and my Ph.D is in Humanities. I received my Ph.D from Florida State University where I taught in the Humanities Program for three years (1997-2000) and wrote my doctoral dissertation on a comparison between Shakespearean tragedy and Greek tragedy, particularly that of Euripides. I also participated in an NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) conference at the University of Michigan in Homeric Studies (2008) and have presented academic papers at various institutions such as Yale University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Missouri at Columbia, and a few others. Traveling is a passion of mine and I have had the privilege of taking students on study abroad trips to Italy and Greece while at SPC.

In addition to my teaching, research is important to me. I have published an essay on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and a book on the ancient Greeks which is available at Amazon (Ancient Greeks and the Human Condition by McFarland Press). I would still like to write a book on Shakespeare in the future. At SPC, I mainly teach Hum 1020: Introduction to Humanities (both face-to-face and online) and Hum 2210: Ancient to Renaissance. When I am not teaching I enjoy watching old television shows, listening to classical and 80's music, and playing the occasional game of chess with my son. I also have an interest in theology, in particular the writings of C.S. Lewis and Christian apologetics.

I look forward to seeing you in class!