With degrees in sociology, law and public healh, I've more recently studied a number of wisdom and healing traditions and was an integrative medicine bodywork practitioner. Currently, I am retired, doing writing and research. Most recently, I was an adjunct lecturer at Indiana University and an adjunct professor for Purdue Global University.  I am writing about: Bigotry and implicit bias in race and religion Contemplative Practice and Personal Sustainability Transdisciplinarity Human Nature Sustainability Holistic Health Racial Justice and Anti-Jewishness Polarization of Our Political System Writers who have influenced me - Parker Palmer, Arthur Zajonc, Wendell Berry, Thicht Nhat Hanh, Rev. William Barber, II, Rhonda MaGee, Dara Horn, Deborah Lipstadt, Jessica Nordell, HL Mencken, Krishnamurti, CharlesDarwin, Samuel Clemens, Daniel Quinn, Thom Hartmann, Jane Goodall, Frans de Waal, Riane Eisler, Brother Wayne Teasdale, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Theron Randolph, Shakespeare, Rumi, and many, many others.

--The Kaplan Way Award, presented for supporting student success by embodying the values of Integrity, Knowledge, Support, Opportunity and Results, from the Kaplan University School of Health Sciences, now Purdue Global University, 2014.
--Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Health Sciences, Kaplan University, 2008.
--Listed in over two dozen Who's Who editions from Marquis.
--Crane Gargoyle Award from the Council on Disability Rights, 1992.
--Carlton Lee Award from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine, 1988.
--Expression of Appreciation from the District of Columbia Lung Association.
--Recognition of Excellence Award from the National Center for Environmental Health Strategies 1991