As I do every summer, I’ll be spending much of my time in the remote regions of the American West, escaping the Houston heat and soaking in the technicolor beauty of the land God has blessed us with.
In addition to my wanderings, I intend to complete a book that I am working on called Courting Power: 33 Rules of Ambition. It’s kind of a mix of self-help, sociology, and political theory. I also plan to conduct new research that maps the intersections between strategic warfare and rhetorical practice.
Recently, I self-published my work entitled “‘Teachers Who Look Like Them’: A Critique of the Evidence for Neo-Segregationist Approaches to Education,” now available on Amazon. I’ll also be working on reformatting a number of previously released studies in new editions for sale online.
Next semester, I am excited to teach ENG 3340/HUM 3310 (Cultural Criticism) for the first time. In that course, our focus will be on the year 2020. As we study theories of cultural critique, we will explore the overlapping public discourses involving the COVID-19 pandemic, the social unrest in the months following the death of George Floyd, and the 2020 presidential election.
In addition to all of this work, I’ll spend a good deal of time hiking, drinking beer, and contemplating the great mysteries.
