I was born in 1955 in Manassas, Virginia, grew up in Union, South Carolina, and have lived in North Carolina since 1979.

• B.A. (1977, English) -- Furman University, Greenville, SC
• M.Div. (1981, Theology) -- Southeastern Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
• M.A. (1988, Religion) -- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

8/05-Present

Lecturer
Department of Religious Studies
Elon University
Elon, NC  27244

2/93–5/05                

Adjunct Instructor
Department of Religious Studies
Elon University
Elon, NC  27244

1/90-12/92

Instructor, University Transfer Program
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC  27703

REL 101 Introduction to Religious Studies
REL 102 World Religions
REL 110 Religion in a Global Context
REL 236 Religion and Racing
REL 237 Religion and Rock & Roll
REL 251 Sacred Spaces, Holy Places
GST 110 The Global Experience
GST 258  Nation or State: In Search of Hawaiian Identity

• Chair, Religious and Spiritual Life Committee, 2010-2011
• Faculty Advisor, Students for Peace and Justice, 2009-present

• Into the Mystic: Religion and Rock & Roll (book manuscript under development)

Book

• Godspeed: Racing Is My Religion, May, 2007, Continuum International

Article

• “Racing vs. Religion:  A Brief History of Occoneechee Speedway,” 2005-06, Hillsborough Historical Society Journal

• “Death and the Afterlife in the World’s Religions,” Village at Brookwood, August, 2010

Memberships

• American Academy of Religion (since 2005)
• Southeastern Conference for the Study of Religion (since 2005)
• Theta Alpha Kappa, National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology (since 2005)

Committees

• Adjunct Affairs Committee, 1995-present
• Faculty Athletics Committee, 2011 (continuing)
• Chaplain Search Committee, 2010-2011
• Multi-Faith Center Committee, 2009-2010
• Anti-Slavery Coalition, 2006-2008

Student Service Trips

• Group co-leader, Spring Break in Taize, France, 3/10 and 3/11
• Group co-leader, Spring Break in Turtle Island, North Carolina

• Workshop for Instructors of Religion at Two-Year Institutions, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia, 4/2011
• Association of American Colleges & Universities Global Learning Forum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3/2010

• 2008 Most Influential Professor Award, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Elon University
• 2003 Semester Scholar Award, Pi Kappa Phi, Elon University
• 2001 North Carolina Writers' Network Short Essay Competition -- Grand Prize
• 1993 North Carolina Writers' Network Fiction Competition -- Second Prize