- Department: English
- University: Clemson University
- Location: South Carolina
I loved college and still love being involved with it. But I learned right after graduating and launching a career (mission accomplished!) that our personal life goals, no matter how ambitious, will ultimately not deliver as promised. You can turn that around, though, and have a surprisingly rich, rewarding life--one that's not dependent on circumstances--with the right foundation: Jesus Christ. You can dream big, but without a solid relationship with Jesus Christ, you'll discover your dream was too small.
Friends describe me
A smiler and laugher
My hobbies
Reading, movies, fixing my house. Past hobbies: fencing, skiing, running.
Fantasy dinner guests
Film producer J.J. Abrams, screenwriter-producer Amanda Segel, writer C.S. Lewis
Best advice I ever received
Wear a helmet when riding that motorcycle!
My undergrad alma mater
University of Missouri
My worst subject in school
Calculus. I gave it a week and scrammed. Never looked back.
In college I drove
VW Beetle, then a Datsun roadster (great car!).
If I weren't a professor, I would
be in communications somehow, especially video
Favorite books
The Bible. I am amazed that although it has a first page and a last page, in between it keeps going into infinity. Its insights are unending.
Favorite movies
Narnia--The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Favorite city
Clemson
Favorite coffee
Black, free
Nobody knows I
Had a great motorcycle until I was hit by a hit-and-run driver.
My latest accomplishment
Publication of "Escaping the Killing Fields: a family's harrowing journey from war-torn Cambodia to Freedom" in Spartanburg Magazine