Connecting the Dots recounts several pivotal moments, or forks in the road, that could have easily altered intellectual and career paths. Leaving New York to attend Iowa State University in 1972 was transformative – I came to realize how provincial growing up in Brooklyn, in the Big Apple, could be despite its size and diversity. Brooklyn and New York City receded from their centrality to my life, while subsequently Ames, IA, Phoenix, AZ, Chicago, IL, Philadelphia, PA, and Miami, FL…..
