Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• MA, PhD awarded by UNC in Linguistics

Favorite saying

• ""I read the news today, oh boy." Lennon-McCartney "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance & conscientious stupidity." MLK Jr. "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." Antoine de Saint-Exupery "Truth is, everyone is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." Bob Marley "Life is a comedy for those who think...and a tragedy for those who feel." Horace Walpole "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain "Life can only be understood backward; but it must be lived forwards." Søren Kierkegaard "He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together it was something." Josephine Baker"