He has taught in the Department of English and Languages for fourteen years. Michael also is a long time sponsor of Sigma Tau Delta and a founding advisor of TSU’s Academic Advising Center. Having submitted regularly to faculty chapbooks, Michael has branched out and began attending local and regional conferences to present original creative short stories in such venues as SCMLA, Langdon Review, SWPCAC, and Scissortail. Recently, Michael had his first short story, “As the Wave Rose,” published in the online literary journal Cybersoleil. After completing an episodic trilogy of short stories entitled Surf, Swamp and Stone, Michael has created a new character—Spurious Gustafurd Hendershot, a cowboy whose life is fading from view.