I'm a forty-something American who has completed a PhD in Scotland on the Knights Templar and their relationships with non-Christians (Muslims and Jews) in Spain. I am also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Aquaculture Extension, Cameroon, 1991-4). Before that, I worked for five years as an EMT, Rescue Squad Captain, ambulance driver and First Responder when I was in high school and college. I've been a DJ, researcher (both in science and the humanities), house painter, custodian for the U.S. Park Service, stable manager, telemarketer, paper delivery person, museum curator, librarian and many more...
