I graduated from Southern Methodist University - in Big D (Go Stangs!) with a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, I received a M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Arkansas, and then spent time working on my Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska. I hope to some day finish my Ph.D., but at the moment I am enjoying teaching in Katy.

I serve as a Faculty Consultant and AP U.S. History Reader for the College Board and co-wrote the ancillary materials to the 13/e of the AP US History textbook - The American Pageant and the 7/e of The American Pageant - Brief Edition published by Houghton-Mifflin. I just published a curriculum unit for the Center for Learning on Edward Bellamy's novel - Looking Backward and I am currently on the writing team that is updating the Advanced Placement U.S. History Workbooks (3 volumes) for the Center for Learning. The other writing project I am working on is an anthology on American Philosophical and Intellectual Thought.