I'm Charles, and my life runs on a few things: a banjo I clearly adore, long rides for Pedal the Cause, and hiking trails around SF. I turned a dissertation I started in 2017 into a published book six years later. Outside of that, I'm a dad who keeps a photo of his kid terrified by Kylo Ren and another of him catching his first foul ball. Ask me about my book, Pedal the Cause, playing banjo, and raising kids.