Here are a few things you might find interesting (or boring!) about me:

• I serve as the Director of Music and Media at First Baptist Alcoa, where I’ve been since 2020.

• I am a Doctor of Philosophy student at the University of Aberdeen, where I research literary features and pedagogy in Clement of Alexandria.

• For the last few several semesters, I’ve been an adjunct lecturer at Johnson University teaching a few sections of Philosophical Ethics to their undergraduates.

• A few adjacent research interests include Origen of Alexandria, the context and reception of the Nicene Creed, and Trinitarian theology. I am increasingly interested in the transmission of Greek literature, Greek palaeography, and illuminated manuscripts (though I formally know next to nothing about art!).

• I would count the Center for Baptist Renewal and the North American Patristics Society my “intellectual homes” for the time being. In other words, these organizations often embody the kind of ethos I hope to develop during my studies.

• I live in East Tennessee with my dog, and I’m as big of a nerd about coffee as I am about the church fathers—I even competed nationally one time.