He teaches both on-site and distance courses in the English Masters program. He received his Ph. D. in English from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His research focuses on the evolution of the novel both within and without European civilizations. He is particularly interested in the ideological and cultural significance of setting and perspective within the novel. He is also concerned with the impact of economic changes on both Culture and the individual, the implications of imperialism and colonialism on the literature of both the colonizer and the colonized, and the role new technologies can play within the classroom.