He has a Ph.D. in Germanic Philology from the University of Minnesota and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina. He is a recognized authority on the historical and legendary material surrounding the life and death of Attila the Hun and is the author of THE STORIES OF ATTILA THE HUN’S DEATH: Narrative, Myth, and Meaning (The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001). As an associate professor of humanities, he speaks each year at several national and international conferences on topics as diverse as Shakespeare and cognitive science. Michael Babcock Online