He received a BA in English Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, his MA in English here at NCSU, and his PhD in English from Boston University. He has published articles and book chapters on such authors as Sir Walter Scott, William Faulkner, Ambrose Bierce, and Neil Gaiman. An actor and improvisational comedian, Wade is the Assistant Director of the local improv comedy troupe Raleigh’s Village Idiots, and he has appeared in several William Peace Theatre productions, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Cabaret. At Peace he teaches composition classes, as well as courses in Law and Literature, Southern Literature, Children’s Literature, and American Hauntings.