Dr. Bane teaches courses in literature and pedagogy in the University of Central Arkansas English Department.

He has lived in numerous places all over the country and has worked variously as a country music disc jockey, an oil refinery demolition specialist, a movie critic, and an eighth-grade English teacher. Along the way, he managed to earn an Associate of Arts degree in Film, a Bachelor of Science in English Education, and a Master of Arts in English with a specialization in American Literature. He earned his doctorate in Twentieth Century Literature and Film with a minor in Comparative Literature from LSU in 2006. He now lives with his wife, Paulette, and his three children, Ericka, Katherine, and Geoffrey, in Conway.

His book, A Primer of the Novel [co-authored with David Madden and Sean M. Flory] was published in 2006, and an article, "The Art of War (Films): Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire and Paths of Glory," was published in 2008  in the collection Stanley Kubrick: Essays on his Films and Legacy.

For more information about Dr. Bane, please see his curriculum vitae.