I am an anthropologist, ethnographer, and educator. My research and teaching interests include Ethnographic Theory and Practice; Reciprocal and Collaborative Researches; Social Memory and Oral History; Race and Ethnicity; Folklore, Ethnomusicology, and Community Aesthetics; Belief and Worldview; Collaborative and Community-Based Pedagogies.

I am currently Professor of Humanities and Anthropology and Director of the Graduate Humanities Program at the Marshall University Graduate College, a graduate center in South Charleston, West Virginia.