| Personal history |
| 1973 | I was born — or so I'm told |
| 1978–1991 |
Grew up in Ponca City, Oklahoma, graduating from Ponca City
Senior High School |
| 1991–1995 |
Earned my undergraduate degree at the University of
Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma |
| 1995–1999 |
Attended graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 1999–2000 |
While finishing a PhD, served full-time as a
Lasallian Volunteer, administering information technology for a
social services agency in the
Bronx, New York |
| 2000–2004 |
Taught at the
College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in
central Minnesota |
| 2004–now |
Teaching at Hendrix College
in Conway, Arkansas |
