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Thank you for visiting the Research portal, which describes my themes, holistic focus, applied research goals, research paradigm, consulting, research interests, and salient social concerns.

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Themes

I inquire and write on health and education reform and develop vocation to benefit a thriving public commons.

Holistic Imperative

I live by vocation to communicate and lead by writing, photography, scholarship, and networking as pathways to encourage people and organizations to heal and grow. I prefer a holistic and active contribution to a separatist, siloed, or individuated framework and language often common in research.

Thus, I integrate multiple frames of knowing. For example, I do not separate "secular" from "spiritual," or reduce persons to a research "subject," single frame, social norm, or contrived system. I find this imperative essential when speaking to social justice themes in health, education, and the public commons.

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Research Paradigm

I draw on my perspective to dialogue, confirm, and collaborate with research partners and creative teams. I seek to encourage people via open inquiry and by contributing our gifts, skills, and interests. I understand research to be multi- variate, channel, modal, directional, value-laden, highly creative, and yet limited in perception and so in need of counterpoint accountings.

I regard the world as situated and systemic, and draw on guiding principles to reconcile accountings in between the compelling imperative, "all may be permissable, but not all benefits" (1 Cor. 10:23). I embed ethos and praxis into research design. I regard research participants as co-contributors and seek to leave them better off than I found them. I seek wisdom and foresight (James 1:5), and like writing about implications and reform. I want to provide socially beneficial, culturally engaging, and interpersonally meaningful outcomes while staying true to my center, vocation, and goals.

Applied Research Goals

I desire to contribute health and education reform, and to develop a healthy public commons. I work to develop vocation, to lead creative projects, to bridge academic and community organizations, to change how and why we communicate health, to design innovative and sustainable degree programs, to generate partnerships with technology, healthcare, expressive arts, and digital media organizations to design equitable and holistic communication approaches and systems.

I endeavor to scale my work locally and internationally by sharing my findings, or writing/publishing books, teaching and developing curriculum for writing and narrative health, mentoring graduate, English language, designing innovative higher education programs, and international learners, collaborating with alumni, civic, and faith leaders to peaceful communication (Matt. 5:9).

Research Interests

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Consulting Research

I consult organizations via narrative health, intermedia, communication, and vocational development. I am glad to help your organization succeed in

Social Concerns

I feel concern for social issues such as human trafficking, cristophobia, war orphans, nutrition, ecological sustainability, and end of life care (see James 1.27 to sum). I perceive a need to rebuild the public commons via encouraging people to develop vocation to contribute to a holos society (e.g., 1 Tim. 4:14-16).

For More Information

Peruse About, Write, Photograph, Communicate and Lead, and Research to learn more about my work. Visit my Blog for current events. Access my Resume, Purpose Statement, and Writing Sample. Contact Me if interested in partnering with me in my pursuits.