Jennifer Thompson received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine.  She dutifully published parts of her dissertation and a fair amount of poetry.  As a result, a collection called Naming God is still available from BlazeVox Press, while a limited edition artist's book, The World of Stone, wound up in various collections, including that of the University of Sterling, Scotland.  She completed two post docs, then left a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Humanities at Embry-Riddle University, thereby freeing herself to find true job satisfaction as a test engineer.  Evenings and weekends she collects art and poses for artists, raises chickens, harvests water, teaches Vinyasa yoga, and schemes to get additional tattoos.