More 2012 and He spends a lot of time online and has long corresponded with John Hoopes a Harvard and Yale trained anthropologist who specializes in Central America and teaches at the University of Kansas Hoopes who has researched the origins of the 2012 meme calls it a fruitful exchange He knows a great deal more about this calendar stuff than many people out there who are presenting themselves as experts Hoopes says He s not an academic He s not a scientist He s not an expert on the ancient Maya He s a professional astrologer which is like saying this is a very qualified fortune teller Nevertheless Ma yks has more expertise than the typical 2012 blogger in an area few can claim to truly understand