Biography: Dr. Michael J. DeValve, PhD.

Michael is a dad, husband, son, zemiologist, criminologist, educator, meditator, mediator and musician. He completed his advanced study at the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University in 2004. He has served as a tenure-track or tenured professor at the university level for more than twenty years. Michael has published over 40 books, peer-reviewed papers, poems and other works, many of which deal with his ideas about justice and love. The activities that bring him joy include debating with his beloved students, meditating, writing, and playing electric bass in any rock band that will allow him in the vicinity. Michael lives in Cranston, Rhode Island, with his soulmate, best friend and hero, Lindsay, Miles, their son, and nonhuman family members, Davyn and Opal.