He holds a PhD in anthropology from Boston University. My PhD fieldwork focused on religious change and cultural processes among Central Australia. I have taught anthropology in upstate New York and Denver. My areas of interest include religion, violence, and psychological anthropology. I am the author of books such as "Violence and Culture: A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach" (Wadsworth, 2005), "Introducing the Anthropology of Religion" 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2014), “Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Life” 3rd ed. (Routledge, 2016), “Cruel Doctrines and Virtuous Violence: Religious Violence Across Culture and History” (Prometheus, 2010), “Social Sciences and Historical Perspectives: Society, Science, and Methods of Knowledge” (Routledge, 2016) and “Psychological Anthropology for the Twenty-first Century”) Routledge, 2018).