I am an Instructional Development Faculty at Florida State University’s Office of Distance Learning and a PhD graduate student in the Department of Religion at Florida State University. Having an extensive background in Information Technology, I am also academically trained in the two fields of American Religious History and Western Esotericism. My interests, however, are wide ranging, dealing with technology related to engaged learning on-line and in-person classes, digital humanities, notions of the body within a religious context, the intersection of science and religion, and the development of eastern religions within the western world, particularly Buddhism in the West.