University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Countless people and things have guided me through my academic journey, be they family, friends, famous people, music, books, or nature. I have always wondered what that life work is. My academic work inspired “The Internet of Things,” the poem on page 67 of the winter 2021 edition of the poetry journal Rattle, by Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, who composed the piece after reading my promotion dossier. Her poem won the 2022 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award. I hope my work continues to inspire.