- Department: Philosophy
- University: California State University-Sacramento
- Location: Sacramento, California
I was fortunate to be born into a loving family that took me to church often and taught me to love reading. I was fortunate to have a school teacher read her class The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, so that much later at a key moment in my life I was curious enough to read a non-fiction book (Mere Christianity) by the same author (C. S. Lewis). I was fortunate to meet friends and professors in college who kept pointing me in the right direction. I was fortunate to marry one of those friends, and start another loving family with her, and read our kids C. S. Lewis, and become a college professor, and hopefully point students in the right direction.
Favorite Quote
"To love and admire anything outside yourself is to take one step away from utter spiritual ruin; though we shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God." (C. S. Lewis)
Friends describe me
as someone who is quick to listen
My hobbies
reading, basketball
Fantasy dinner guests
Frodo and Sam
Best advice I ever received
"Blood is thicker than water."
My undergrad alma mater
Indiana University
My worst subject in school
Philosophy
In college I drove
my friends crazy with my questions
If I weren't a professor, I would
seek to become a professor
Favorite books
The Lord of the Rings
Favorite movies
The Shawshank Redemption, It's a Wonderful Life
Favorite city
Bloomington, Indiana
Favorite coffee
Anything but decaf
Nobody knows I
get genuinely stumped by survey questions like this one
My latest accomplishment
I earned a PhD in 2006.
Current Research
Philosophical/Ethical Issues in Human Genetic Engineering