After teaching high school chemistry and physics for four years as a recovering engineer, he was privileged to study observational extragalactic astrophysics at the University of North Carolina. Currently, Dr. Fleenor is interested in research problems involving galaxy environments and multi-wavelength synthesis (primarily radio, X-ray, and optical data). He maintains that education is a continual process of deepening relationship between knower and known through asking better questions. He is also an aspiring husband, father, and adult.