Joel E Matthews is a Nebraska-born farm-boy who left the corn fields for the wheat fields of Kansas. His first life was as a psychotherapist, where he learned how to put ego aside and walk for miles in shoes not his own. His second, and current, life is as a university instructor where he gets paid to be a nerd about science, culture, and other cool things. You can frequently find him standing outside talking to birds, bugs, squirrels, and the many rabbits who live in his unkempt backyard. He can also be found in his other natural habitat: the couch; where he reads, writes, watches documentaries, and plays with Lego bricks.