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About the Author
Work
I have taught writing, literature, and philosophy at DeVry University for the past 15 years.
I made this website as an easily accessible resource for my students and myself - to assist
in their homework, research, and classwork.
Education and Academic Interests
I went to Wake Forest University and majored in English and Religion, then to University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I studied English and Education and received my
Masters degree. I am presently attending Georgia State University, getting my Ph.D. in
English with a "minor" in Philosophy. I have completed the coursework, passed the exams,
and am working on my dissertation on Walker Percy, entitled Walker Percy's View of Symbol
and Existence. I chose Percy because he asks the same questions I have asked; he is
intrigued with the same dilemmas I am, yet he died before he could finish his search and
explore the answers to:
What is symbol and, more particularly, language?
Why are only humans capable of it?
What does that say about the nature of human beings?
What are the implications of the human need to symbolize and the
resulting human behavior and drives: cultural and religious activities not intrinsic for our biological survival but
engaged in for some (what?) other reason?
I'd like to explore some of those same questions.
Hobbies and Family
I enjoy traveling; I am an "Army brat" who was raised around the world, including the Philippines,
Hawaii, and Turkey, where I graduated from high school. I now have a grown daughter in college,
studying English, who is very talented and a better writer
than her mom! I have three cats, Bob, Percy (yes, really), and Emma. In my spare time, I like running, weights, yoga, cooking,
and building websites!
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