A Simpsonologist, Karma Waltonen has co-authored The Simpsons in the Classroom with Denise Du Vernay. Her son's friends often marvel at her collection of Simpsonalia and the fact that she considers Simpsons indoctrination to be a sign of superior parenting.Karma teaches at the University of California, Davis and Sacramento City College. Her courses and interests are varied. This quarter, she's teaching developmental writing, advanced writing in the health sciences, and a course on Graphic Novels. This Spring, you can find her presenting on Margaret Atwood at the NEMLA Conference in Montreal and the Short Fiction/Story Conference in Toronto. She's the former President of the Margaret Atwood Society.Florida State University granted Karma B.A.s in Theatre and English in 1997 and an M.A. in English in 2000. She received a Ph.D. in English, with a designated emphasis in Feminist Theory, from the University of California, Davis in 2006. In addition to scholarly work, Karma writes creative non-fiction, a bi-monthly column on film at www.matchflick.com, stand-up comedy (which she sometimes performs), and poetry. She can be found on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter (under Simpsonology), and at www.simpsonology.com.She's been running a weekly book group since 2005. In her spare time, she reads, cooks, critiques comedy with her son, and watches way more television and movies than you would ever expect. However, since she then incorporates these activities into her ongoing studies of popular culture, she decides that it was all somehow work after all. That's what happens when you love what you do.