Joshua PenrodJosh is a native and resident of western Pennsylvania, which also supplies much of the setting of his writing. In addition to his writing, he is currently an executive for a global trade association in the biomedical sector and an award-winning adjunt professor at the University of Baltimore and Southern New Hampshire University, teaching courses in business and public administration. He holds a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech, in addition to law and graduate degrees from other institutions, and completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Florida. He has previously published books on topics of industrial history (Johnstown Industry and Johnstown Waters) and neuroscience's role in marketing research (Ethics and Biopower in Neuromarketing). He has also been an essay contributor to the Northern Appalachia Review and the Loyalhanna Review. Read More Read Less