This personal website was originally created in 1996 with the help of my students, who wanted me better connected with the growing “World Wide Web.” This site has always interwoven my personal and professional life. Why? My students wanted to know more about their professors.

This may help explain why, as a professor, I mix my personal and professional life. This site has been used over the decades to support my current students, alumni, and the larger collegium. But. I won’t segment out my life and my work as a professor.

Social Media and Communication

We are often “caught up” in internet conversations with a limited toolset to use for communication. Limited characters, limited time, limited text, and limited modes of communication each create a set of barriers to communication that keep us from fully fleshing out the posts that we make on social media.   [click here to read more]

Representation

I do not make any pretense of representing my employer, program, department, college, university, or the State of Texas.  

I have linked to official websites, where appropriate, to guide visitors to “official” answers. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me directly.