In this area of research, he has focused on paleography, scribal systems, and the use of the Linear B tablets to answer questions about many aspects of life in Greek prehistory.
[3] His other interests include writing public intellectual commentaries (over 300 since 1999 [4]), reviewing books on a broad range of subjects ancient and modern,[5] and researching, writing, teaching, and lecturing about how humans, in groups or as individuals, respond to war and violence.
[6] He has served as academic co-director of the NEH Aquila Warrior Chorus Project in Austin for now three iterations 2016 into 2020.
[7] He also has helped to provide impoverished adults the opportunity to return to higher education through an innovative program that focuses on the humanities.
[9] He has also studied and written about problems with NCAA athletics within American institutions of higher education.