Academic History 
B.A., St. John’s College, Annapolis MD, 1974
M.A., Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1982

Expertise
Classical literature
Phenomenological literary theory
Literature from a Christian perspective

Awards & Honors
Elected "Professor of the Year" by University of St. Thomas Faculty, 1997
Danforth Fellowship, 1974-1980
John Motley Morehead Foundation Fellowship, Chapel Hill, 1974-1978

Selected Publications
“The Theological Axiology of Dietrich von Hildebrand,” Logos 4:2, Spring 2001, 66-77.

"Imagination and Transfiguration." Logos 1:1, Spring 1997.

Articles on "Roman Ingarden" and  "Wolfgang Iser" in Thinkers of the Twentieth Century : a Biographical, Bibliographical, and Critical Dictionary, Gale Research Company, 1983

Selected Presentations
Commencement Address, "Overcoming the Culture of Consumerism," University of St. Thomas, December 19, 1997.

Commencement Address, "Attentiveness and Freedom."  Trinity School at River Ridge, June 11, 1994.