John Maddux has taught composition at UC for 23 years. He is a published poet and essayist, and an avid coin collector. Dr. Maddux has published one volume of poetry, dozens of poems in literary quarterlies and small market magazines, and has a book-length collection of gay/lesbian themed essays, Pink Triangles and Rainbow Dreams. He is also the author of a Star Trek trivia book, published in 1996.