I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College at Louisiana State University. Prior to that I was a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Doane University in Crete, Nebraska. I received my PhD in Comparative Literature from Washington University in St. Louis in May 2020. My particular focus is on the intersection of philosophy, religion, and literature. My first book project attempts to understand the significance of the writings of Søren Kierkegaard in the British literature of the late interwar and post-war period (1930-1990).

I earned a BA summa cum laude from The University of Tulsa in 2008, majoring in Philosophy. My senior thesis explored changing notions of genius, with a focus on Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Mystery Science Theater 3000 (if that tells you anything). After college I taught history and humanities for five years at a charter liberal arts high school in Tulsa, where I tortured students with my bad puns.

In my spare time I write about culture in various places, mainly here. From September 2014 to December 2015, I was the film critic for the Columbia Daily Tribune newspaper in Columbia, MO. My work has appeared on websites such as The A.V. Club, Books & Culture, The Week, and Paste. I have also done a great deal of work, both in print and online, with Oklahoma Magazine. My primary focus in broader criticism has been on film, but I have also written on television, literature, music, and even food.

In my even more spare time, I enjoy plunking away at the cello (I've played for nearly three decades), reading for pleasure, typing away haphazardly at my long suffering novel(s)-in-progress, playing and watching basketball, drinking bourbon (and scotch, when I can get it), and most importantly spending time with friends and my wife and five kids.