Welcome to my faculty web page! I am in the process of moving content from my old faculty web page (see link on the sidebar). On this site, you can read information about my book, Ritual Practices to Gain Power, about my current courses, course policies, and about my family history (letters of historical interest, and columns written by my grandfather Richard Wilson, who was the Washington bureau chief for the Des Moines Register from 1933 to 1970).