About the Guru

Who is the Guru?

A great many things.  I am:

• A husband and father
• A proud American
• A professional freelance writer
• An avid Dungeons and Dragons and RPG enthusiast
• A Methodist, and
• A passable dancer.

You can find me all around the web. I’ve got blogs, linked above, and you can find me on Twitter as well as StumbleUpon.

I am also a professionally trained historian, with advanced degrees in the field from actual real universities.  My areas of study include Intellectual History, U.S. History, and Nineteenth-Century History.  I have taught as an adjunct professor at Northwood University and other local schools.

For the record, I have never been, and have no desire to be, a tenured full professor at a research University.  I’m happy teaching from time to time as my writing career allows, and I find plenty of outlet for my ideas on this site as well as with the occasional lecture series I am asked to present.

Isn’t it pretentious to call yourself a “Guru?”

Sure!  I’m glad you noticed. But if I can’t be a little pretentious on my own blog, where can I be?

What you can expect from this site:

• An honest view of the American academic historical community
• An honest view of history
• A view of history that refuses to adhere to the trinity of race, class and gender
• An open discussion of agendas in history, be they ideological, personal or professional.

If you have questions, concerns, complaints or general observations, please feel free to contact me.