Biography: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

Jeff McIntire-Strasburg is the founder and editor of sustainablog, a co-founder and former Senior Editor of Green Options Media, and a former writer at Treehugger. Jeff was born and raised in the South (Florida and Louisiana), but made his way out West in his early twenties to attend graduate school at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has a Ph.D. in English, and spent 11 years in the classroom in positions ranging from graduate teaching assistant to assistant professor. After reading one too many freshman essays, he decided it was time for something new, and made a career switch into corporate writing and editing. Jeff is married to Jan, and has three step-children. He has a dog, Zelda, and three cats. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, in a big old drafty historical home built in 1904. When not working (ha!), he enjoys taking the dog to the park, reading (lots of non-fiction, but also the occasional mystery novel), working in his tiny little yard, and frittering away the hours in a local coffee shop.