Houston Wood was born in Kentucky, studied at Northwestern University and the University of California at Santa Barbara, then jumped across the Pacific in the 1970s to spend almost 20 years farming on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai'i. He returned to urban life to complete a PhD at the University of Hawai'i and has been teaching at Hawai'i Pacific University since 1997. Wood has published three books (one with Hugh Mehan) and in June 2015 Oxford University Press will publish his textbook "Invitation to Peace Studies." He is currently at work on an anthology, "Current Debates in Peace Studies" as well as a much revised new edition (with Christal Whelan) and his earlier "Native Features."Wood can be reached at hwoodAThpu.edu