I am the editor for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture (http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/ ) and hold a Ph.D. in Heritage Studies from Arkansas State University, having completed in 2010 my dissertation on racial cleansing in the state of Arkansas. I have published articles, essays, and book reviews in such journals as Canadian Journal of History, Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies, Religion & Education, Free Inquiry, Nations and Nationalism, Labor Studies Journal, Marx & Philosophy Review of Books, Plurilogue, Heythrop Journal, and the website of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, among many others.