My Work
I’m an author, anthropologist, and retired university professor. Recently I was Visiting Research Scholar in the Interplanetary Initiative at Arizona State University and I currently teach in the Political Science Department at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the Organizational Dynamics Program at the University of Pennsylvania. I am Emeritus Professor in the Program in Human Dimensions of Organizations at the University of Texas at Austin. My training is as a cultural anthropologist and I have about thirty years of experience teaching and doing research related to Japan and the ethics and culture of space exploration.
I'm also a jazz drummer and performed with The Botolph Jazz Trio and in recent years, I've co-hosted the podcast on How To Be Wrong on the New Books Network.
As an author, I have published widely in scientific journals, have written or edited many books (several of which have been translated into Ukrainian and Russian), and regularly publish essays and opinion pieces in venues such as The Daily Beast, The Conversation, The Hechinger Report, and The Harvard Business Review.
I hope you enjoy the site.