A New Contributor
By First, I’d like to thank Charli for her contribution to LGM. She has moved to other projects for the time being, but we hope that someday she’ll be able to return.
Second, I’d like to welcome our newest regular contributor. Many of you will be familiar with Erik Loomis from his plentiful comments on this site, as well as from his blogging at Alterdestiny. Erik has also served as a guest blogger on a couple of occasions. Erik received his BA in History from the University of Oregon in 1996, his MA in History from the University of Tennessee in 1999, and his Ph.D. in History from the University of New Mexico in 2008. In the fall, he will join the Department of History at the University of Rhode Island as an assistant professor.
Facts about Erik*:
- He’s such a lapsed Lutheran that he’s marrying a Catholic
- He stabbed a man in Bangalore, just to watch him die.
- He’s more familiar with the north Cambodian opium industry than he really should be.
- He has a soft spot for Knoxville, Tennessee.
- He once co-habitated with Maoists.
- He is often mistaken for an albino Mormon.
- He’s more familiar with the North Texas/Southern Oklahoma crystal methamphetamine industry than he really should be.
*Only some of these facts are true.