BELONGING AFTER BRAIN INJURY

About Me

Over the years, I’ve worn many hats—traditional and nontraditional student, medical assistant, Navy cryptologic technician, computer graphics professional, university and community college teacher—and through it all, in various ways, a writer. I hold a BA in English and an MA in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina Greensboro, as well as a PhD in Communication and Culture from Indiana University Bloomington.

I’ve lived on both coasts as well as the South and Midwest, and spent six years in Italy and Spain while either serving in or affiliated with the Navy. These experiences have shaped the way I see people, places, and the importance of connection.

The project closest to my heart is Belonging After Brain Injury: Relocating Dan (Routledge, 2022). Part biography, part memoir, and part practical reflection, it tells my brother’s story and highlights how belonging and social connection are vital to recovery, quality of life, and care for survivors of traumatic brain injury. (See About My Book; available here and here).

Now retired, I spend my days sporadically (and haphazardly) blogging, doing what I can to promote a more humane world, and enjoying life in Muncie, Indiana, with my husband, Dyke.