Benjamin Bennett-Carpenter

My work engages rhetorical and psychological strategies within cultural niches. These niches include interpersonal & academic discourse, society & religion, art & media, and particular personal microcosms.

I am especially interested in how we human beings compose our world(s) in relation to mortality, spirituality/secularity, conceptions of information, and creativity.

I seek to understand and negotiate what I see as individual and collective struggles for survival, well-being, and inspiration in a complex universe.

Recent / current projects include:

Death in Documentaries: The Memento Mori Experience (Brill | Rodopi, 2018)

Explaining Jesus: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of a Phenomenon (Lexington Books | Rowman & Littlefield, 2019)

"Rhetorics of Information: The Dream of Reverse Engineering Nature and Culture" (ongoing)

"Create to Live: Evolutionary and Existentialist-Humanistic Themes in Psychology" (ongoing)

Contact:
39221 Woodward Ave #107
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304 USA
bbennettcarpenter@gmail.com
+1 248 854 8340

University contact:
Department of Writing & Rhetoric,
Liberal Studies Program, and
The Honors College
Oakland University
Dodge Hall #166
118 Library Drive
Rochester, Michigan 48309 USA
bennettc@oakland.edu
+1 248 370 2746 (office contact)
+1 248 854 8340 (mobile)