It is my misfortune to be the type of person who too often sees the dark cloud behind the silver lining, who frowns at the half-empty glass, and who broods on the rising ocean rather than enjoying the waves. That said, there is a major part of my life which  I have been blessed to [...]

One of the joys of the Graduate Liberal Studies program is “discovering” connections between seemingly disparate people and their works. Of course this is the purpose, the raison d’etre, of interdisplinary courses, but it still comes as a pleasant surprise to locate parallels where perhaps one hadn’t imagined finding them. Such is the case with [...]