Probably best known for standing on a mountain wearing a cowboy hat and telling you that Elder Futhark is the wrong set of runes for Old Norse. Instructor and translator of Old Norse, Norse mythology, and runes, formerly working at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and the University of Colorado, and since 2020 working as a full-time independent public educator through such outlets as Youtube videos, published translations of the Poetic Edda and other works, and independently-offered Zoom courses in the Old Norse language and the major texts of Norse mythology. Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies (Philology), University of Wisconsin-Madison.