Associate Professor of the Practice, Computer Science, Boston College (since 2021), teaching computer systems, databases, compilers, and basics. Previously (2012 – 2020), software engineer in industry. Previously (1984 – 2004), Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, teaching poetics and literary theory. Books: Telling Rhythm: Body and Meaning in Poetry (Michigan, 1995); Computer Systems: Behind the Veil (in press, Cognella, 2026).