A native Washingtonian, I began work as a Longshoreman and a Teamster in Bellingham and Seattle. After earning the PhD back east, I am grateful to be home.

Grateful also to cherish the teaching, the students that make classes rewarding, and the support for public research.

As a writer I am interested chiefly in the environmental humanities, and particularly in how creative writing and culture studies may nourish one another.