My people are all from the heartland. They are Illinois farmers, from time immemorial. I still get back to the old place from time to time to help my brother. He still follows the plow. But I am the first in my family to leave the land and follow a different path in life. I till a different soil and harvest a different crop. My undergraduate degree was in philosophy and literature from Millikin University. My Master's Degree is in the Humanities from the University of Chicago. My Ph.D. is in the Division of the Social Sciences of the University of Chicago. I teach courses at Triton, both online and enhanced, in U.S. History, Sociology, Humanities and English. I enjoy interacting with students and talking with them about some of the great ideas in history, the achievements of the social sciences, and the profound insights of great literature.