About

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Hi, my name is Stephen and I am, among many things, a man with a bad haircut.

Although I am originally from the US, I live in Milton Keynes, England with my wife and daughters. I hold a BA in Creative Writing from Knox College in Galesburg, IL, an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham (UK), and an MA in Research Methods (Education) from the Open University. Currently, I am in the third year of a PhD in Metaphor Theory and Computer-mediated Communication (also at the OU), supervised by Lynne Cameron and Daniel Allington. I also tutor MA students for the University of Birmingham’s TESOL/ Applied Linguistics distance programme, and teach Research Methods, Empirical Investigations of Language, and Pedagogic Grammar at Middlesex University in the MA TESOL/ Applied Linguistics course.

I have three little girls and one wife and no pets (although I suspect that's the next thing I'll get talked into).

I have blogged on and off (mostly on) since August of 2003, with a focus on over-analysing everything that happens to me. I find this to be a useful kind of free therapy. I spend most of my waking hours writing academic texts, reading academic texts, reading about writing academic texts, teaching writing academic texts, and writing more academic texts. This is my space to remember why I love it and how sublime a well-written sentence can be.

Given the I spend most of my time sitting around thinking about social theory, you might find me making references to complex systems theory, Foucault, various elements of metaphor theory, and Nietzsche. Sometimes War and Peace. Pretentious? Sure.

In my free time, I enjoy long distance running, cycling, and spending time with my wife and daughters.

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